Aeneid Vocabulary: Book 1, Lines 1-33

Aeneas, Aeneae

Aeneas, leader of the Trojans

aequo, aequare

to make equal

aequor, aequoris

even surface/level; sea/ocean

aether, aetheris

upper air, sky

antiquus, -a, -um

ancient, former, of old times

arx, arcis

castle, citadel, fortress

cano, canere

to make music; sing (of); sound; prophesize

carus, -a, -um

dear, precious, valued

caterva, catervae

crowd, troop, throng, mom

circum

around, about, all around

colo, colere

to till, tend, cultivate

contingo, contingere

to touch, reach, take hold of

currus, currus

chariot, car, wagon

Danai, Danorum

The Dananns, the Greeks

dextra, dextrae

right hand

Diana, -ae

Diana, goddess of the moon, daughter of Jupiter and Latona

Dido, Didonis

Dido, queen of Carthage

diva, divae

goddess

doleo, dolere

to hurt, feel pain; to grieve; to be pained, sorry

erro, errare

to wander, stray; to err, be in error

exerceo, exercere

to excercise, practice; to enforce, administer

fatum, fati

utterance, prophecy; destiny, fate

fluctus, fluctus

wave, flow, tide, surge

gens, gentis

race, house

hinc

from this place, hence

iacto, iacere

to throw, cast, hurl

iniuriae, iniuriae

injustice, wrong, insult, injury

iugum, iugi

yoke, collar; height, summit

Iuno, Iunonis

Juno, queen of gods

laedo, laedere

to hurt, wound, injure

Latium, Latii

Latium, the region of Italy Rome is founded

membrum, membri

of the body, limb

memor, memoris

mindful, remembering, heedful

moenia, moenium

defensive/city walls, ramparts

o

o, oh!

olim

once upon a time

ops, opis

power, might; aid, help;

os, oris

mouth; face

palma, palmae

palm, flat hand; palm tree

pectus, pectoris

breast, chest

pendeo, pendere

to hang, hang down

pharetra, pharetrae

quiver

quater

four times

sanguis, sanguinis

blood

sidus, sideris

constellation

sors, sortis

lot, drawing a lot; prophecy

strideo, stridere

to shriek, hiss

subito

suddenly

superbus, -a, -um

proud, vain, arrogant

talis, tale

such, of a kind

telum, teli

missile, javelin

templum, templi

temple, shrine

tendo, tendere

to stretch, spread out

Teucri, Teucrorum

The Teucrians, Trojans

traho, trahere

to drag, haul off

Troia

Troy

Troianus

of Troy, Trojan

umerus

upper arm, shoulder

unda, undae

wave

vetus, veteris

old

volvo, volvere

to cause to turn, roll