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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 |
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