Aeneid Vocabulary Unit #2 (Book II Need To Know Vocabulary)

accipiō, -ere, -cēpī, -ceptus

to receive, accept, get; hear

acies, -ei, f.

battle line, army; sharp edge, point

adsum, adesse, adfuī, adfutūrus

to be present, be at hand

aeger, -gra, -grum

sick, weary, wretched

agmen, agminis, n.

army, line, troop, course

ait (defective verb: ais, ait, aiunt)

to say, tell

aliquis, aliquid

some(one), some(thing); any(one), any(thing)

altus, -a, -um

high, on high, lofty, deep

amplector, -i, -plexus

to embrace, enfold. encircle, twine around

ante (adv.)

before

aperio, -ire, -ui, -ertus

to open, disclose, reveal

āra, -ae, f.

altar

ardens, ardentis

burning, ablaze; eager, passionate

arma, -ōrum, n.pl.

arms, weapons; implements, tools

arvum, -ī, n.

plowed land, field, region

arx, arcis, f.

citadel, fortress

aspicio, -ere, -spexi, -spectus

to see, behold, look at

at (conj.)

but

āter, ātra, ātrum

black, dark, gloomy

autem (conj.)

moreover, however, but

auxilium, -ī, n.

help, assistance; (plural) auxiliary troops

bellum, -ī, n.

war

canō, -ere, cecinī, cantus

to sing, chant, prophesize

caput, capitis, n.

head

capiō, capere, cēpī, captus

to catch, capture, take

caterva, -ae, f.

band, troop crowd

causa, -ae, f.

cause, reason, opportunity; (in the abl.) for the sake of

cēterus, -a, -um

the other, the rest of

circum (+ accusative)

around, about, at, near

clāmor, clāmōris, m.

shout, shouting, cry

clipeus, -ī, m.

shield (specifically a round shield made of metal)

contingo, -ere, tigi, -tactus

to touch, befall

corpus, corporis, n.

body

corripiō, -ere, -uī, -reptus

to seize, snatch, grasp; chide, reproach, criticize

crēdō, -ere, -didī, -ditus (+ dative)

to believe, trust

cunctus, -a, -um

all, whole, entire

cūr (adv.)

why

Danaī, -ōrum, m.pl.

the Danaans, Greeks

dea, -ae, f.

goddess

dēfendō, -ere, -ī, -sus

to defend, guard, protect

dēfessus, -a, -um

tired, worn out, weary; weakened

dēnique (adv.)

finally, in the end; in short

deus, -ī, m.

god, divinity, deity

dextra (dextera), -ae, f.

right hand

diēs, diēī, m.

day

dīvus, -a, -um

divine; (as a noun) divinity, god, goddess

dō, dare, dedī, datus

to give, grant; surrender, give up

dōnum, -ī, n.

gift, present

dūcō, -ere, duxī, ductus

to lead, take; draw

duo, -ae, -o

two

Ecce (interjection)

Look! Lo and behold!

effundō, -ere, -fūdī, -fūsus

to pour out, pour forth, shed

equus, -ī, m.

horse

ēripiō, -ere, -ripuī, -reptus

to snatch away, rescue

exspectō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus

to wait for, await, look out for

fātālis, -is, -e

fated, fatal, deadly

fātum, -ī, n

fate, destiny, doom

ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus

to bear, endure ; carry, bring ; say, report

ferrum, -ī, n.

iron; (by synecdoche) sword, weapon, tool

ferus, -a, -um

wild, untamed, uncultivated; (as a noun) beast

fio, fieri, factus

to become, be made; happen, occur, arise

flamma, -ae, f.

flame

fleō, -ēre, flēvī, flētus

to weep, lament

fluctus, -ūs, m.

wave, tide, flood, sea

for, fārī, fātus sum

to speak, say

fugiō, -ere, fūgī, fugitus

to flee, escape, run away

furor, -ōris, m.

madness, frenzy, rage, fury

futūrus, -a. -um

future, destined (to be), going to be

gaudeo, -ere, gavisus

to rejoice, exult

geminus, -a, -um

twin, double, two

gemitus, -ūs, m.

groan, sigh

gerō, -ere, gessī, gestus

to bear, carry, wear, hold, sustain, wage

grātus, -a, -um

pleasing, agreeable

habeō, -ēre, habuī, habitus

to have, hold

hasta, -ae, f.

spear

hauriō, -īre, hausī, haustus

to drain, drink up; draw out; spill, shed

homō, hominis, m.

human being, man, person

horrendus, -a, -um

dreadful, terrible, horrible

hostis, -is, m.

enemy, foe, public enemy; stranger, foreigner

ignis, ignis, m.

fire

impello, -ere, -puli, -pulsus

to strike, drive, force, impel

implicō, -āre, -uī, -itus

to involve, entangle, entwine, envelop, encircle

incertus, -a, -um

uncertain, unsettled; undecided, doubtful

incipiō, incipere, incēpī, inceptus

to begin

induo, -ere, -ui, -utus

to put on

īnfēlix, īnfēlīcis

unfortunate, accursed, unhappy, ill-omened, unlucky, wretched

ingens, ingentis

huge, enormous

intendō, -ere, -ī, -tus

to direct; intend; reach forth, stretch, stretch out

iuvō, -āre, iūvī, iūtus

to help, aid, assist; delight, please

labor (labōs), labōris, m.

labor, hardship, task

laedo, -ere, -si, -sus

to strike, hurt, offend

latus, -eris, n.

side, flank

līmen, līminis, n.

doorway, threshold

lītus, lītoris, n.

coast, coastline, shore, seaside

lūx, lūcis, f.

light, sun, day; life; glory

māchina, -ae, f.

machine, engine, device

maneō, -ēre, mānsī, mānsus

to stay, remain; last, endure

manus, -ūs, f.

hand

medium, -ī, n.

the middle, center; interval, intervening space

medius, -a, -um

in the middle (of), in the midst (of), mid, middle (of)