latin verse vocab M/N/O

manes, manium

underworld

marmor, marmoris

marble, sea, statue

marmoreus, -a, -um

like/of marble

maternus, -a, -um

maternal

me miserum!

o wretched me!

membra, memborum

limbs

mereo, merere, merui, meritum

to deserve

mergo, mergere, mersi, mersum

to sink, submerge

meritum, meriti

what one deserves

meritus, -a, -um

deserving, deserved

merum, meri

wine

metuo, metuere, metui, metutum

to fear

militia, militae

military service

minister, ministri

servant

misco, miscere, miscui, mixtum

to confuse, mix

modo….modo….

at one time….at another

monstrum, montri

monster

mortalis, mortale

human, moral

mulceo, mulcere, mulsi, mulsum

to appease, sooth

Musa, Musae

Muse

naufragus, naufragi

shipwrecked person

navita, navitae

sailor

nebula, nebulae

cloud

nefandus, -a, -um

accursed, evil

nefas

crime, wickedness

nemus, nemoris

forest, wood

nequeo, nequire, nequivi

to be unable

nequiquam

in vain

niger, nigra, nigrum

black

nimium

excessively, too much

nimius, -a, -um

excessive

niteo, nitere

to shine

nitor, niti, nisus/nixus sum

to climb, lean on, rest

niveus, -a, -um

snowy, white

nix, nivis

snow

no, nare, navi

to swim

nocturnus, -a, -um

nocturnal

Notus, Noti

South Wind

nubulia, nubulorum

clouds

nubilus, -a, -um

cloudy

nudus, -a, -um

bare, naked

numen, numinis

divinity, god

nuptiae, nuptarum

marrige

nympha, nymphae

bride, nymph

obstupesco, obstupecere, obstupui

to be dumbstruck, stunned

occasus, occasus

setting, west

opacus, -a, -um

dense, thick

opes, opum

resources, wealth

ops, opis

help, power

opto, optare, optavi, optatum

to choose, desire that

orbus, -a, -um

deprived of

Orcus, Orci

god of the underworld

ortus, ortus

east, rising

os, ossis

bone

osculum, osculi

kiss

ovis, ovis

sheep