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Daedalus and Icarus: Vocabulary

Identify these words from Ovid's Metamorphoses VIII.183-235, "Daedalus and Icarus".

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interea	meanwhile
exilium	exile
perosus	detesting
natalis	of birth
pelago	sea; ocean
obstruat	he blocks off; bars access to
patet	lies open
aera	the skies
ignotas	unknown; unfamiliar
artes	arts; skills; talents
penna	feather
ala	wing
crevisse	to have grown
fistula	shepherd's pipe
paulatim	little by little
cerae	wax
aves	birds
ignarus	not realizing
mollibat	he softened
pollice	thumb
mirabile	wonderful
opifex	craftsman
geminas	twin
instruit	he instructed
medio	middle
unda	wave
celsior	too high
demissior	too low
vola	fly
ensem	sword
duce	leader
carpe	seize
viam	way
umeris	shoulders
opus	work
seniles	of an old man
genae	cheeks
maduere	became wet
tremuere	trembled
oscula	kisses
nato	son
velut	just as
nido	nest
prolem	offspring
teneram	tender
sequi	follow
pisces	fish
harundine	fishing rod
pastor	shepherd
baculo	staff
arator	plowman
stiva	plow-handle
obstipuit	was stunned
melle	honey
gaudere	exult
quatit	shake
carens	lacking
ullas	any
clamantia	crying out
caerulea	sky-blue
infelix	unhappy
devovit	cursed
condidit	buried
sepulcro	tomb
tellus	land