Metamorphoses Vocab - books 1-4 - from Haverford Bridge

in

in, on (+ abl.); into, onto; against (+ acc.)

novus –a –um

new, fresh, young; unusual, extraordinary (> novae res, f. pl. = revolution)

ferō ferre tulī lātus

to bring, bear, carry; endure; report (feritur it is said; ferunt they say)

animus animī m.

(rational) soul, mind; spirit; pl., strong feelings

mūtō mūtāre mūtāvī mūtātus

to change; take in exchange, give in exchange

dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus

to say, speak, tell

fōrma fōrmae f.

form, figure, appearance; beauty; mold, pattern

corpus corporis n.

body

deus deī m.

god

coepī coepisse coeptum

to begin

nam

for

vōs vestrum/vestrī

you (plural)

et(iam)

even, also

ille illa illud

that; those

aspīrō (adspīrō) adspīrāre adspīrāvī adspīrātus

to breathe to or upon; breathe or emit fragrance; inspire; aid, favor, prosper; aspire

meus –a –um

my, mine

prīmus –a –um

first, foremost, best, chief, principal; nearest, next; [in primus = especially]

–que

and; both…and

ā ab abs

(away) from; by (agency) + abl.

orīgō –inis f.

origin, source; birth, family; race; ancestry

mundus mundī m.

world, universe, heavens

ad

toward, to; for the purpose or benefit of ; to suit (+ acc.)

perpetuus –a –um

continuous, uninterrupted, whole; perpetual, lasting; everlasting; in perpetuum: for the whole course of a given period, for the duration of one’s life

dēdūcō dēdūcere dēdūxī dēductus

to lead/draw//pull/bring/stretch down/away/out/off; escort; eject/evict (claimant) divert/draw (water); draw (sword); spin; deduct/reduce/lessen; describe; deduce launch/bring downstream (ship); remove (force); entice; found/settle (colony)

tempus temporis n.

time

carmen carminis n.

a song, poem, verse, oracular response, prophecy, form of incantation, tune, air, lay, strain, note, sound

ante

before, earlier, previously; in front of (+ acc.)

mare maris n.

sea

et

and

terra terrae f.

land, earth

quī quae quod

some, any; what…, which...; who, which, that

tegō tegere tēxī tēctus

to cover, protect; defend; hide

omnis omne

every; all

caelum caelī n.

sky, heaven; weather, climate

ūnus –a –um

1, alone; single

sum esse fuī futūrus

to be; exist; (also used to form verb perfect passive tenses) (+ nom. perfect participle)

tōtus –a –um

whole

nātūra nātūrae f.

nature

vultus vultūs m.

expression; face

orbis orbis m.

circle, orb; a circular path, circuit

Chaos (only in nom. and acc. sing.) n.

Void and boundless space; Chaos, father of Night and Erebus, placed among the infernal gods

rudis –e

still in its natural state; roughly fashioned, crude, uncultivated

indīgestus –a –um

unorganized, without order, confused

mōlēs mōlis f.

large mass; rock/boulder; heap/lump/pile, bulk; monster; mole/jetty/dam/dike; large structure/building; military structure, wall, ramp; causeway/embankment; crowd, throng; heavy responsibility/burden; difficulty/danger; might/force

neque or nec

and not; neither … nor …

quisquam quicquam

someone, something; anyone, anything

nisi or nī

if…not, unless

pondus ponderis n.

weight, burden, impediment

iners –ertis

unskilled, lazy; unadventurous, unmanly

congerō –gerere –gessī –gestum

to gather together, collect; pile up

eōdem

the same place; to the same place

nōn

not

bene; melius (comp.); optimē (superl.)

well

iungō iungere iūnxī iūnctus

to join, unite; bring together, clasp (hands); connect, yoke, harness

discors discordis

disagreeing; hostile; opposing, contending (> dis– and cor)

sēmen sēminis n.

seed; breeding, propagation

rēs reī f.

thing; property; matter, affair; activity; situation; rēs novae: revolution; rēs gestae: deeds, achievements (esp. in a memoir, etc.)

nūllus –a –um

not any, no

adhūc

thus far, till now, to this point; hitherto; yet, as yet; still; besides

praebeō praebēre praebuī praebitus

to present/show/put forward; offer; expose physically oneself; expose/submit/allow make available, supply, provide; be the cause, occasion, produce; render

lūmen luminis n.

light; lamp, torch; eye (of a person); life; day, daylight; ad lumina: by torchlight

Tītān –ānis m.

a Titan, one of the six sons of Caelus and Terra, any descendant of a Titan, the Sun (son of Hyperion)

crēscō crēscere crēvī crētus

to come forth/to be; arise/spring (from); be born; become visible/great; grow (up); thrive, increase (size/number/honor), multiply; ascend; attain, be promoted

reparō reparāre –āvī –ātum

to get again, acquire anew, recover, retrieve, restore, repair, renew

cornū cornūs n.

horn; hoof; beak/tusk/claw; bow; horn/trumpet; end, wing of army; mountain top; the tip of a ship’s sail-yard, yard-arm

Phoebē –ēs f.

Phoebe, the sister of Apollo, Diana, Luna

circumfundō –fundere –fūdī –fūsus

to pour around; to encompass, surround; (pass.), circumfundor, fusus sum, (in middle signif.), to rush around, surround; p., circumfusus, a, um, surrounding; gathering around

pendeō pendēre pependī

to hang, hang down

āēr āeris m. (acc. sing. aera or aerem)

air (one of 4 elements); atmosphere, sky; cloud, mist, weather; breeze; odor

tellūs tellūris f.

earth

lībrō librāre librāvī librātus

to keep in balance, brandish

suus –a –um

his (own), her (own), its (own); their (own)

brachium brachī(ī) n.

arm

longus –a –um

long; far; long–standing; far–reaching

margō –inis m.

rim; border, edge; margin

porrigō porrigere porrēxī porrēctum

to stretch forth, hold forth, lift; (pass.), to be stretched out, extend (> pro and rego)

Amphitrītē –ēs f.

Amphitrite, wife of Neptune; the sea

ut or utī

in order that (introduces purpose clause); as, like; when; (introduces indirect command) that; (introduces negative fear clause) that…not; (interrogative) how?; (rel. adverb) to what extent

illīc or illī

there, in that place

pontus pontī m.

the open sea, the deep

sīc

thus, so, in this way, in such a way

īnstabilis –e

not steadfast, unsteady, unstable, tottering, not firm

innābilis –e

in which one cannot swim

unda undae f.

wave

lūx lūcis f.

light, daylight

egeō egēre eguī

to need (+ gen./abl.), lack, want; require, be without

maneō manēre mānsī mānsus

to remain, stay; await; abide; wait for; continue, endure, last; spend the night (sexual); lodge, stay

obstō obstāre obstitī obstātum

to stand in the way; hinder, block

alius alia aliud (archaic: alis alid)

other, another

quia

because; (introducing a clause after a verb of saying) that

frīgidus –a –um

cold, cool, chilly, frigid; lifeless, indifferent, dull

pugnō pugnāre pugnāvī pugnātum

to fight

calidus (caldus) –a –um

warm, hot; fiery, lusty, spirited; eager, rash, on the spot, quick, ready, prompt; having a warm climate/place

ūmeō –ēre

to be wet, moist

siccus –a –um

dry

mollis molle

soft (cushion/grass); flexible; mild, tolerable; easy; calm; weak; cowardly; unmanly; pathic; tender (women/youths); peaceful; kindly; impressionable

cum

with (prep. +abl.)

dūrus –a –um

hard; harsh

sine

without (+ abl.)

habeō habēre habuī habitus

to have, hold; consider