latin verse vocab P/Q/R/S

pactus, -a, -um

agreed, settled

paulus, pauludis

marsh, pool

pariter

at the same time, together

pastor, pastoris

shepherd

pateo, patere, patui

to be clear, lie open

paternus, -a, -um

ancestral, of one’s father

patruis, -a, -um

ancestral, of one’s father

paveo, pavere, pavi

to be struck with fear

pecus, pecoris

cattle, herd

pelagus, pelagi

open sea

Penates, Penatium

home, household gods

pendo, pendere, pependi, pensum

to hang, suspend

perdo, perdere, perdidi, perditum

to destroy, loose, ruin

perennis, perenne

enduring, through the years

Phoebus, Phoebi

Phoebus Apollo

pingo, pingere, pinxi, pictum

to draw, paint

pinus, pinus

pine tree, ship

piscis, piscis

fish

pius, -a, -um

dutiful, pius

placidus, -a, -um

calm, peaceful

placo, placare, placavi, placatum

to appease, placate

plango, plangere, planxi, planctum

to beat my breast, strike

pleo, plere, plevi, pletum

to fill

pluvia, pluviae

rain

polus, poli

heaven, pole, sky

pondus, ponderis

weight

pontus, ponti

sea

praeceps, praecipitis

headlong, rushing

pratum, prati

meadow

preces, precum

prayers

premo, premere, pressi, pressum

to crush, press

priscus, -a, -um

ancient, former, old

procella, procellae

gale, storm

profundum, profundi

the deep (sea)

profundus, -a, -um

deep

proles, prolis

child, offspring

propero, propare, propavi, propatum

to be quick, hurry

prora, prorae

prow, ship

pudor, pudoris

modesty, shame

purpureus, -a, -um

glowing, purple, radiant

quamvis

although

quare?

why?

querela, querelae

complaint, lamentation

questus, questus

complaint, lamentation

rarus, -a, -um

occasional, rare

ratis, ratis

boat

regia, regiae

palace

regius, -a, -um

royal

reluctor, reluctari, reluctatus sum

to struggle against

remus, remi

oar

requies, requetis

rest, restpite

rivus, rivi

stream

robur, roboris

manpower, oak, strength

rogus, rogi

funeral pyre

rosa, rosae

rose

rubeo, rubere

to be red

ruina, ruinae

destruction, fall, ruin

rupes, rupis

rock

sacrum, sacri

ceremony, religous rite

salio, salire, salui, saltum

to jump, leap

sanguineus, -a, -um

bloody, bloodstained

sceptrum, sceptri

realm, sceptre

scopulus, scopuli

cliff, rock

sedulus, -a, -um

attentive, busy

seges, segetis

crop, grain field

semen, seminis

seed

senilis, senile

of an old man

sensus, sensus

feeling, sense

serpens, serpentis

serpent, snake

sidereus, -a, -um

starry

sidus, sideris

constellation, star

sileo, silere, silui

to be silent, still

simulo, simulare, simulavi, simulatum

to feign, pretend

singuli, singulae

individual, one each

sinus, sinus

bosom, lap

sitis, sitis

thirst

somnium, somnii

dream

sono, sonare, sonui, sonitum

to make a noise, sound

sors, sortis

fortune, lot

spargo, spargere, sparsi, sparsum

to scatter, sprinkle

spiculum, spiculi

arrow, dart

spiro, spirare, spiravi, spiratum

to be alive, breathe

stella, stellae

star

sterno, sternere, stravi, stratum

to lay low, spread, kill

subeo, subire, subii, subitum

to approach, come to mind

subitus, -a, -um

sudden

sublimis, sublime

lofty, on high

superi, suporum

gods

superus, -a, -um

above, high

supplex, supplicis

begging, supliant

supremus, -a, -um

highest, last

surdus, a, -um

deaf, unreceptive

surgo, sugere, surrexi, surrectum

to rise, rise up