A | B |
immittere | to give |
habena, -ae, f. | reins, check |
Euboicus, -a, -um | Euboea (Cumae was settled by a colony from Euboea) |
Cumae, -ā:rum, f. | Cumae (ancient city of Campania) |
obvertere (w. dat.) | to turn to |
prō:ra, -ae, f. | prow |
dē:ns, dentis, m. | fluke (of an anchor) |
fundā:re | hold to fast |
praetexere | to line |
ē:micā:re | to rush forth |
Hesperius, -a, -um | western (i.e., Italian) |
sē:men, -inis, n. | element, spark |
abstrū:sus, -a, -um (abstrū:dere, -sī:, -sus) | hidden |
silex, -licis, m. | flint |
tectum, -ī: . | lair |
rapere | to scour |
Apollō:, -inis, m. | Apollo (god of prophecy) |
praesideo, -ē:re, -sē:dī:, -sessus (w. dat.) | to rule |
horrendus, -a, -um | dreadful |
Sibylla, -ae, f. | the Sibyl (priestess of Apollo) |
antrum, -ī:, n. | cavern, cave |
Dē:lius, -a, -um | Delian (Delos was the birthplace of Apollo ) |
aperiō:, -ī:re, -uī:, -ertus | to reveal |
Trivia, -ae, f. | Hecate (goddess of the lower world) |
lucus, -ī:, m. | (sacred) grove |
Daedalus, -ī:, m. | Daedalus (famous Athenian craftsman who built the labyrinth on Crete from which he escaped on wings which he had made) |
Mī:nō:ius, -a, -um | of Minos (king of Crete) |
praepes, -etis | swift |
ī:nsuē:tus, -a, -um | unaccustomed |
ē:nā:re | to glide |
Arctus, -ī:, f. | the Bear (constellation Ursus Major, in the northern sky) |
Chalcidicus, -a, -um | Chalcidian (epithet of Cumae) |
Phoebus, -ī:, m | Phoebus (epithet of Apollo) |
remigium, -ī:, n. | oarage. |
ala, -ae, -f. | wing |
foris, -is, f. | door |
lē:tum, -ī:, n. | death |
Androgeō:s, -eō: (Greek gen.) | Androgeos (son of Minos) |
pendere | to pay |
Cecropidē:s, -ā:rum, m., | Athenians (children of Cecrops) |
septē:nī:, -ae, -a | seven (each), (a group of) seven |
quotannī:s | annually |
ducere | to draw |
sors, sortis, f. | lot |
contrā: | opposite (ie., on the other door) |
Gnō:sius, -s, -um | of Cnossos (city of Crete, ruled by Minos) |
taurus, -ī:, m. | bull |
suppō:nō:, -ere, posuī:, -positus | to place (X) under |
Pā:siphaē:, -ē:s, f. | Pashiphae (wife of Minos) |
prō:les, -is, f. | offspring |
biformis, -e | double-shaped |
Mī:nō:taurus, -ī:, -m. | the Minotaur (the Cretan half-bull, half-man) |
inesse | to be on |
venus, veneris, f. (= amor, amō:ris, m.) | love |
nefandus, -a, -um | unspeakable |
labor ille domū:s | lit. “that (well-known) effort of the house (i.e., the Labyrinth) |
inextricā:bilis, -e | unsolvable |
error, -ō:ris, m. | wander (i.e, maze) |
miserā:rī: | to show pity for |
dolō:s . . . ambā:gē:sque | tricks and goings around (i.e., the treacherous, winding passages) |
resolvere | to unravel |
regere | to guide |
fī:lum, -ī:, n. | thread |
vē:stī:gium, -ī:, n. | foot-step |
sinere | to allow |
Ĭ:carus, -Ĭ:, m. | Icarus (son af Daedalus) |
bis | twice |
effingere | to depict |
cadō:, -ere, cecidī:, cā:sus | to fall |
quī:n | nay even |
prō:tinus | continuously |
perlegere | to scan |
ni = nisi | except |
Achā:tē:s, -ae, m. | Achates (Aeneas’ comrade) |
ū:nā: | along with (him) |
Deiphobē:, -ē:s, f. | Deiphobe (prophetess of Apollo; the Sibyl’s name) |
Glaucus, -ī:, m. | Glaucus (father of Deiphobe) |
spectā:culum, -ī:, n. | sight |
grex, gregis, m. | flock |
intactus, -a, -um | unbroken (i.e., to the yoke) |
iuvencus, -ī:, m. | bullock |
bidē:ns, -ntis, f. | sheep (two-years old) |
adfā:rī: | to address |
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