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Vocabulary Aeneid VI.001-041

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immittereto give
habena, -ae, f.reins, check
Euboicus, -a, -umEuboea (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:rehold to fast
praetexereto line
ē:micā:reto rush forth
Hesperius, -a, -umwestern (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
rapereto scour
Apollō:, -inis, m.Apollo (god of prophecy)
praesideo, -ē:re, -sē:dī:, -sessus (w. dat.)to rule
horrendus, -a, -umdreadful
Sibylla, -ae, f.the Sibyl (priestess of Apollo)
antrum, -ī:, n.cavern, cave
Dē:lius, -a, -umDelian (Delos was the birthplace of Apollo )
aperiō:, -ī:re, -uī:, -ertusto 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, -umof Minos (king of Crete)
praepes, -etisswift
ī:nsuē:tus, -a, -umunaccustomed
ē:nā:reto glide
Arctus, -ī:, f.the Bear (constellation Ursus Major, in the northern sky)
Chalcidicus, -a, -umChalcidian (epithet of Cumae)
Phoebus, -ī:, mPhoebus (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)
pendereto pay
Cecropidē:s, -ā:rum, m.,Athenians (children of Cecrops)
septē:nī:, -ae, -aseven (each), (a group of) seven
quotannī:sannually
ducereto draw
sors, sortis, f.lot
contrā:opposite (ie., on the other door)
Gnō:sius, -s, -umof Cnossos (city of Crete, ruled by Minos)
taurus, -ī:, m.bull
suppō:nō:, -ere, posuī:, -positusto place (X) under
Pā:siphaē:, -ē:s, f.Pashiphae (wife of Minos)
prō:les, -is, f.offspring
biformis, -edouble-shaped
Mī:nō:taurus, -ī:, -m.the Minotaur (the Cretan half-bull, half-man)
inesseto be on
venus, veneris, f. (= amor, amō:ris, m.)love
nefandus, -a, -umunspeakable
labor ille domū:slit. “that (well-known) effort of the house (i.e., the Labyrinth)
inextricā:bilis, -eunsolvable
error, -ō:ris, m.wander (i.e, maze)
miserā:rī:to show pity for
dolō:s . . . ambā:gē:squetricks and goings around (i.e., the treacherous, winding passages)
resolvereto unravel
regereto guide
fī:lum, -ī:, n.thread
vē:stī:gium, -ī:, n.foot-step
sinereto allow
Ĭ:carus, -Ĭ:, m.Icarus (son af Daedalus)
bistwice
effingereto depict
cadō:, -ere, cecidī:, cā:susto fall
quī:nnay even
prō:tinuscontinuously
perlegereto scan
ni = nisiexcept
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, -umunbroken (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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