Pliny Ghosts Vocab

acer, acris, acre

keen, sharp

adeo, adire, adii, aditus

to go to, approach

agnosco, -ere, -novi, -nitum

to recognize

auris, -is, f.

ear

barba, -ae, f.

beard

caput, capitis, n.

head

careo, -ere, -ui

to be without, to lack (+ablative of separation)

catena, -ae, f.

chain (does not begin with a "v")

causa, -ae, f.

cause

coepi, coepisse (defective verb)

to begin

colligo, colligere, collegi, collectus

to gather up, collect together

comes, -itis, m.

companion, comrade

concutio, -ere, -cussi, -cussum

to shake

contra, adv.

on the contrary

cresco, -ere, crevi, cretum

to increase, grow

digitus, -i, m.

finger

dimitto, dimittere, dimisi, dimissus

to send away

doceo, docere, docui, doctus

to explain, inform, teach

effigies, -ei, f.

image, likeness

emo, -ere, emi, emptum

to buy

exspecto, -are, -avi, -atum

to wait

ferrum, -i, n.

iron

fingo, -ere, finxi, fictum

to imagine, invent, create

fragor, -oris, m.

crash, noise

gero, gerere, gessi, gestus

to wear

gradus, -us, m.

step, pace

horreo, -ere, -ui

to tremble, shudder

ignarus, -a, -um

unaware of (+genitive)

imago, -inis, f.

image (does not begin with "e" or "s")

inanis, -e

empty, groundless

intra, prep. + acc.

within

invenio, invenire, inveni, inventus

to find

lentus, -a, -um

slow

limen, liminis, n.

doorway

locus, -i, m.

place, location, spot

lumen, luminis, n.

lamp

malum, -i, m.

evil

manes, -ium, m.pl.

shades of the dead, (translate singular) ghost

metus, -us, m.

fear, dread (does not begin with a "t")

moneo, monere, monui, monitus

to warn, advise

moror, -ari, -atus sum

to delay, linger

mors, mortis, f.

death

os, ossis, n.

bone

paulum, adv. a

little

posco, poscere, poposci, -

to demand

postea, adv.

afterwards

posterus, -a, -um

following, next

qualis, -e

such as

quasi, adv.

as if

quia (conj.)

because

relinquo, -ere, -liqui, -lictum

to abandon, leave behind

repente, adv.

suddenly

respicio, -ere, -spexi, -spectum

to look back, to notice

rursus, adv.

again

seu… seu…

whether… or…

signum, -i, n.

mark, sign

simulacrum, -i, n.

image (does not begin with an "i" or "e")

strepitus, -us, m.

din, noise

timor, -oris, m.

fear, dread (does not begin with an "m")

tollo, tollere, sustuli, sublatum

to raise, lift

tristis, -e

sad

ubique, adv.

everywhere

vacuus, -a, -um

empty, vacant

vinculum, -i, n.

chain (does not begin with a "c")

voco, -are, -avi, -atus

to call