Latin Vocabulary Review - Lucretius, Seneca, and Cicero

Vocabulary terms and definitions translated from Latin excerpts of Lucretius, Seneca, and Cicero.

labentia

gliding, slipping

signa

stars, constellations, signs

venti

winds

suavis

sweet, pleasant

nitet

shines, gleams

reserata

opened, uncovered

volucris

birds, winged creatures

perculsae

struck, smitten

persultant

leap about, dance

cupide

eagerly, passionately

inducere

to lead, draw, entice

pergis

you continue, proceed

fluviosque

and rivers

virentis

green, flourishing

incutiens

instilling, striking into

blandum

gentle, charming

saecla

generations, ages

peregrinatione

traveling, wandering abroad

exigentibus

spending, passing

accidat

may happen, happens

ingenio

talent, intellect, genius

applicant

apply, attach

propeantes / properantes

hurrying, hastening

aeque

equally

sanitatem

health

remediorum

of remedies

crebra

frequent

vulnus

wound

cicatricem

scar

temperantur

are applied, moderated

convalescit

grows strong, recovers

Distrigit

distracts, draws apart

evolvere

to unroll, read through

Fastidientis

of a disgusted/fussy person

degustare

to taste

inquinant

pollute, stain

libuerit

it pleases

priores

earlier ones, previous authors

redi

return

vitandum

to be avoided

tuto

safely

imbecillitatem

weakness, feebleness

extuli

I carried out, brought out

turbatur

is disturbed, confused

fugavi

I fled, escaped

Inimica

hostile, harmful

conversatio

association, company

vitium

vice, fault

inprimit

impresses, stamps upon

nescientibus

unknowing people

adlinit

smears on, stains

alter alteri

one another / each other

condenda

to be stored up, hidden

contemnas

you may despise/scorn

adsensione

approval, agreement

introrsus

inwardly, internally

appellantur

are called

metu

fear

quaesivi

I sought, asked

arbitraremur

we might think/judge

carcere

prison

aspicis

you see

profudi

I poured forth

complexus

embracing, embrace

osculans

kissing

viget

is vigorous, flourishes

sentit

feels, perceives

sempiternus

everlasting, eternal

agitabitur

will be moved/driven

desinit

stops, ceases

fons

source, fountain

nasci

to be born

turbantibus

disturbing, storming

vexari

to be troubled, tossed

careas

you may lack/be free from

certamina

struggles, battles

instructa

drawn up, prepared

pericli

danger

dulcius

sweeter

munita

fortified

edita

raised up, lofty

templa

lofty places, temples

passimque

everywhere

palantis

wandering, scattered

contendere

struggle, strive

niti

strive, lean upon effort

potiri

to gain possession of

vacuum

empty

pectus

chest, heart

linqunt / linquunt

leave behind

curaque

and care/anxiety

ludibriaque

mockeries, delusions

curaeque

cares, anxieties

potentis

powerful

dubitas

you doubt

praesertim

especially

trepidant

tremble, panic

caecis

blind, dark

pavidant / pavidantia

fearful, trembling

futura

future things