Aeneid Vocabulary Flashcards

Flashcards for key vocabulary from the Aeneid.

Troia-ae f.

Troy

Latium

Central Italy around Rome

Iuno-Iunonis f.

Juno

Albanus-a-um

Alban, of Alba Longa, mother city of Rome that Ascanius founded

Tyrius-a-um

Tyrian (from Tyre in Phoenicia), Carthaginian

Tiberinus-a-um

Of the Tiber, river that runs through Rome

Karthago-Karthaginis f.

Carthage

Samos-i f.

Island in the Aegean Sea, center of worship for Juno

Troianus-a-um

Trojan

Libya-ae f.

Region of North Africa

Parcae-arum f.

The Fates

Saturnia-ae f.

Juno, daughter of Saturn

Argi-orum m.

Argos, city in Greece, Greece

Paris-Paridis m.

Trojan prince, son of Priam, took Helen from Menelaus

Ganymedes-is m.

Son of Laomedon, king of Troy; carried off by Jupiter’s eagle and made cupbearer of the gods

Troas-Trois m.

Trojan

Danaus-a-um

Danaan, Greek

Siculus-a-um

Sicilian, of Sicily, a large island south of Italy

Teucrus-a-um

Teucrian, Trojan

Pallas-adis f.

Minerva

Argivus-a-um

Argive, Greek

Iovis-is m.

Jove, Jupiter

Auster-stri m.

(South) wind

Aeolia-ae f.

One of the Liparian Islands near Sicily, ruled by Aeolus

Aeolus-i m.

God of the winds

Tyrrhenus-a-um

Tyrrhenian, of Etruria, northwest Italy

Ilum-i n.

Ilium, Troy

Deiopea-ae f.

A nymph

Eurus-i m.

(East) wind

Notus-i m.

(South) wind

Africus-i m.

(Southwest) wind

Tydides-ae m.

Son of Tydeus, Diomedes

Aeacides-ae m.

Descendent of Aeacus, Achilles

Hector-oris m.

Leader of the Trojans

Sarpedon-onis m.

King of Lydia, ally of the Trojans

Simois-entis m.

River near Troy

Aquilo-onis m.

(North) wind

Italus-a-um

Italian

Arae-arum f.

The Altars, a ledge of rocks between Sicily and Africa

Lycius-a-um

Lycian, of Lycia, country of Asia Minor

Orontes-is m.

Comrade of Aeneas

Ilioneus-ei m.

Trojan leader who meets and talks with Dido before Aeneas

Achates-ae m.

Faithful comrade of Aeneas who accompanies him to Carthage

Abas-antis m.

Trojan leader

Aletes-ae m.

Trojan leader

Neptunus-i m.

God of the sea

Zephyrus-i m.

(West) wind

Cymothoe-es f.

Sea nymph

Triton-onis m.

Minor sea-god

Aeneadae-arum m.

Descendents (followers) of Aeneas

Ceres-eris f.

Goddess of grain

Cerealis-e

Of Ceres

Capys m.

Comrade of Aeneas

Caicus-i m.

Comrade of Aeneas

Trinacrius-a-um

Trinacrian, Sicilian

Scyllaeus-a-um

Of Scylla, a ravenous sea-monster on one side of strait between Sicily and Italy

Cyclopius-a-um

Cyclopean

Dardanius-a-um

Dardanian, Trojan

Eurotas-ae m.

River of Sparta

Cynthus-i m.

Mountain in Delos, birthplace of Apollo and Diana

Diana-ae f.

Goddess of the hunt and mountains

Oreas-adis f.

Oread, a mountain nymph

Antheus

Trojan leader

Sergestus

Trojan leader

Cloanthus

Trojan leader

Hesperia-ae f.

Hesperia, Italy

Graius-a-um

Greek

Oenotrus-a-um

Oenotrian

Orion-onis m.

The storm-bringing constellation, named for a famous hunter

Dido-Didonis f.

Queen Dido of Carthage

Poenus-a-um

Phoenician, Carthaginian

Eryx-ycis m.

Eryx, a mountain in western Sicily

Laocoon-ontis m.

Trojan priest of Neptune, told Trojans not to bring horse inside Troy

Ulixes-is m.

Odysseus, the wily Greek leader who came up the Trojan Horse

Achivus-a-um

Achaean, Greek

Argolicus-a-um

Argive, Greek

Priamus-i m.

King of Troy

Tenedos-i f.

Small island near Troy

Cassandra-ae f.

Trojan prophetess whose prophecies no one believed

Phrygius-a-um

Phrygian, Trojan

Pergama-orum n.

(Citadel of) Troy

Creusa-ae f.

First wife of Aeneas

Vesta-ae f.

Goddess of the hearth

Sparta-ae f.

Sparta, region of Greece in southern Greece where Menelaus was from

Mycenae-arum f.

City in central Greece that Agamemnon ruled over

Ascanius-i m.

Son of Aeneas

Anchises-ae m.

Father of Aeneas

Iulus-i m.

Another name for Ascanius, son of Aeneas

Tyndaris-idis f.

Daughter of Tyndarus, Helen

Lacaenus-a-um

Spartan, Lacadaemonian

Tritonia-ae f.

Tritonian (an epithet of Minerva)

Venus-Veneris f.

Goddess of love

Coeus-i m.

One of the Titans, a giant, son of Earth

Enceladus-i m.

One of the Titans, a giant, son of Earth

Maurusius-a-um

Moorish

Lenaeus-a-um

Lenaen, Bacchic

Maeonius-a-um

Maeonian, Lydian, Asiatic

Olympus-i m.

Greek mountain, home of the gods

Cyllenius-i m.

The Cyllenian; Mercury, born on Mt. Cyllene

Thyias - adis f.

Bacchant, a woman devotee of the worship of Bacchus