Ovid Vocabulary: Daedalus and Icarus Words & Definitions

pelagus, -ī, n.

sea

obstruō, obstruere, obstruxī, obstructus

to obstruct, block

āēr, āēris, m.

air

dīmittō, dīmittere, dīmisī, dimissus

to send away, send forth

alligō, alligāre, alligāvī, alligātus

to bind

flectō, flectere, flexī, flexus

to bend

avis, avis, f.

bird

ignarus, -a, -um

unaware

vagus, -a, -um

wandering

captō, captāre, captāvī, captātus

to try to catch

pluma, plumae, f.

feather

molliō, mollīre, moliī/molīvī, mollītus

to soften

geminus, -a, -um

twin, double

opifex, opificis, m.

craftsman

pendeō, pendēre, pependī

to hang, suspend

adūrō, adūrere, adussī, adustus

to burn, scratch

stringō, stringere, strinxī, strictus

to draw (a sword)

praeceptum, -ī, n.

rule, instruction