| A | B |
| Babylōn | Babylōnis, f., Babylon |
| Pȳramus | -ī, m., Pyramus |
| virgō | virginis, f., young woman |
| Thisbē | Thisbēs, f., Thisbe |
| rixor | rixārī, rixātus sum, to quarrel,  |
| uterque | utraque, utrumque, each (of two), both |
| rīma | -ae, f., crack |
| ōsculum | -ī, n., kiss |
| cōnsilium | -ī, n., plan |
| cōnsilium capere | to adopt a plan |
| īnscius | -a, -um, not knowing |
| vultus | -ūs, m., face |
| vēlāmen | vēlāminis, n., veil, shawl,  |
| ōre sanguine aspersō | his mouth spattered with blood |
| spēlunca | -ae, f., cave,  |
| sentiō | sentīre, sēnsī, sēnsus, to feel, to notice |
| exprimō | exprimere, expressī, expressus, to press out, to express |
| valedīcō | valedīcere, valedīxī, valedictūrus, to say goodbye |
| aspergō | aspergere, aspersī, aspersus, to sprinkle, to splash, to spatter,  |
| prōgredior | prōgredī, prōgressus sum, to go forward, to advance |
| nec | (conjunction) and...not |
| prior | prior, prius, first (of two), previous |
| moritūra | intending to die, determined to die |
| occīdō | occīdere, occīdī, occīsus, to kill |
| perdō | perdere, perdidī, perditus, to destroy |
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