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Vocabulary Aeneid IV.065-089

AB
vātis, -is, m.seer, prophet
ignārus, -a, -umignorant
quid (lines 65 and 66) = quōmodohow
vōtum, -ī, n.offering, votive prayer, vow
furēns, furentis, m./f.one raging
iuvō (1)here (line 66) = to help
edō, edere/ēsse, ēdī, ēsus (Pres. = edō, edis/ēs, edit/ēst, edimus, editis/ēstis, edunt)to eat, consume
mollis, -is, -etender, soft
medulla, -ae, f.marrow (i.e., the center of the bone, and then, figuratively, the center of one's being, one's heart)
tacitus, -a, -umsilent, noiseless, secret, unspoken
sub (+ abl.)here (line 67) = down in
ūror, ūrī, ustus sumto be on fire (esp. with love), to be consumed
īnfēlix (īnfēlicis) [1-termination]ill-starred, ill-fated
vagor (1)to wander, roam
coniciō, -ere, -iēcī, -iectushere (line 69) = to shoot
cerva, -ae, f.doe
incautus, -a, -umunaware, off-guard
Crēsius, -a, -umCretan, of Crete
fīgō, -ere, fīxī, fīxusto pierce
linquō, -ere, līquī, lictusto desert, abandon
volātilis, -is, -eflying, swift
ferrum, -ī, n.here (line 71) = iron-point, arrow
nescius, -a, -umignorant, unknowing
saltus, -ūs, m.glade
peragrō (1)to wander through
Dictaeus, -a, -umof Dicte (a mountain in Crete)
lētālis, -is, -elethal, deadly, fatal
harundō, harundinis, f.here (line 73) = arrow (lit. 'reed')
Sīdonius, -a, -umof Sidon, (and hence 'Phoenecian' = 'Carthaginian')
ostentō (1) [frequentative of 'ostendere']to show off
opēs, opium, f. pl.power
mediā in vōce (line 76)in mid-word
resistō, -ere, restitī, ---to stop
nārrāns, nārrantis, m.the teller
nārrantis ab ōre (line 79)on the words of the speaker
post (line 80) = posteāafterward
dīgredior, -gredī, -gressus sumto depart
lūmen, lūminis, n.light
obscūrus, -a, -umdark
premō, -ere, pressī, pressushere (line 81) = to hide
suādeō, -ēre, suāsī, suāsusto urge
cadēns (cadentis) [pres. part. of 'cadere']setting, gliding
strātum, -ī, n.(covered) couch
incubō (1) (+ dat.)to recline
gremium, -ī, n.lap
dētineō, -ēre, -tinuī, -tentusto hold
here (line 85) in the hope that
fallō, -ere, fefellī, falsumto cheat, deceive
coeptus, -a, -umbegun
iuventūs, iuventūtis, f.the youth
exerceō, -ēre, exercuī, exercitusto exercise practice
portus, -ūs, m.port, harbor
prōpugnāculum, -ī, n.rampart, defense
tūtus, -a, -umsecure, safe
opus, operis, n.work
minae, -ārum, f. pl.threats
minae mūrōrum (lines 88-89)threats of walls = threatening walls
aequātus, -a, -um (+ dat.)even (with)
machina, -ae, f.here (line 89) crane



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