Aeneid VI Vocabulary (Lines 388-402)

adorior, adoriri, adortus sum

to attack/to accost/to approach

Alcides, -ae [m]

descendent of Alceus (often Hercules)

Amphrysius, -a, -um

of Amphrysus/of Apollo (poetic)

castus, -a, -um

chaste/virtuous/pure

comprimo, comprimere, compressi, compressus

to compress/restrain

for, fari, fatus sum

to speak/say

gressus, -us [m]

step/going/course

ianitor, ianitoris [m]

doorkeeper

insidiae, -arum [f]

ambush, plot, stratagem

invictus, -a, -um

invincible

istinc

from there

lacus, -us [m]

lake/pond/tank

laeto, laetare, laetavi, laetatus

to delight/to gladden

latro, latrare, latravi, latratus

to bark/roar

patruus, patrui [m]

(paternal) uncle

solium, -i [n]

throne/seat

tendo, tendere, tetendi, tensus

to stretch/go/aim/strive

vinclum, -i [n] (see also 'vinculum, -i' [n])

bond, fetter, chain (often referring to marriage)

vis, vis [f]

force/strength