Aeneid Vocab Unit #4 (Books 6, 7, 11, and 12 Need To Know Vocabulary)

aureus, -a, -um

of gold, golden

aurum, -ī, n.

gold

cēdo, -ere, cessī, cessus

to yield, depart

committō, -ere, -mīsī, -missus

to commit, allow (something) to happen, be guilty of; join, unite; entrust

cornū, -ūs, n.

horn

dūrus, -a, -um

hard, harsh, rough, stern

eques, equitis, m.

cavalryman, equestrian

fēlix, fēlīcis

happy, fortunate, blessed

haud (adv.)

not, by no means

iuxtā (prep + acc or adv.)

close to, next to; close

liber, librī, m.

book; bark of a tree

mēnsis, -is, m.

month

mīles, mīlitis, m.

soldier

nemus, nemoris, n.

grove, wood, forest

odium, -ī, n.

hatred, dislike, unpopularity

parcō, -ere, pepercī, parsus (+dative)

to spare

pāx, pācis, f.

peace

pellō, -ere, pepulī, pulsus

to drive out, banish, drive away; defeat; beat, strike, push

praestō, -āre, -itī, -ātus

to excel, surpass

proelium, -ī, n.

battle, combat

pugna, -ae, f.

fight, battle

sententia, -ae, f.

opinion, purpose, view, thought, resolve

spīrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus

to breathe, blow, quiver, live

seu (conj.)

or if, whether if

suprā (adv.)

above, over

tangō, -ere, tetigī, tāctus

to touch, reach

tener, -a, -um

tender, delicate, yielding

trānseō, -īre, -i(v)ī, -itum

to go across, cross over, pass over; pierce

vestis, -is, f.

clothing, garment

virgō, virginis, f.

maiden, girl

virtūs, virtūtis, f.

courage, valor, manliness

vīvus, -a, -um

living, alive

amnis, -is, m.

river, stream

arvum, -ī, n.

plowed land, field, region

celer, celeris, celere

swift, speedy, quick

cōnūbium, -ī, n.

marriage

crūdēlis, -is, -e

cruel, bloody, bitter, harsh

dextra (dextera), -ae, f.

right hand

dīvus, -a, -um

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

extrēmus, -a, -um

final, last, furthest, farthest

fātālis, -is, -e

fated, fatal, deadly

fātum, -ī, n

fate, destiny, doom

for, fārī, fātus sum

to speak, say

intereā (adv.)

meanwhile

lābor, lābī, lapsus sum

to slip (by), slide, glide (by), descend; faint, fall

lacrima, -ae, f.

tear, compassion

mereo, -ere, -ui, -itus

to deserve, earn, merit

ōs, ōris, n.

mouth, face; speech

pariter (adv.)

side by side, equally, alike

parvus, -a, -um

small, little, puny, young

patria, -ae, f.

fatherland, country

sacer, sacra, sacrum

sacred, holy, consecrated; accursed; (as a noun) sacrifice

sīdus, sīderis, n.

star, constellation; season, weather

sors, sortis, f.

lot, destiny, oracle, fate

tellus, tellūris, f.

earth, land, country

umbra, -ae, f.

shade, shadow; ghost