Apuleius, Met. 9.12.2-4 Flashcards

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adedō –ere –ēdī –ēsum

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to eat away, gnaw at, consume

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ānulātus –a –um

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shackled, bound; furnished or ornamented with a ring

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cālīgō –inis f.

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mist, fog; misty, obscurity; darkness, dimness, obscurity; smoke; cloud of dust; blinding dust

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candidō –āre

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to make white, glittering, or bright

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centunculus –ī m.

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a small patch, patchwork; a plant, knotweed

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cinis, cineris, m.

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coitus coitūs m.

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meeting, encounter, gathering; conjunction; meeting place, coalescence, union, sexual intercourse; fertilization; gathering, collection

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cōpiōsus, a, um

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rich, plentiful

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dēpingō –pingere –pīnxī –pictum

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to depict, portray, paint, draw; embroider

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dīmicō dīmicāre dīmicāvī dīmicātus

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to struggle, fight

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dorsum –ī n.

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the back; a ridge, reef of rocks; a bank

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exiguus, a, um

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small, short

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13
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eximiē

A

especially, exceptionally

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14
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famēs famis f.

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hunger, famine

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farīnulentus –a –um

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floury (hapax)

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fūmōsus –a –um

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full of smoke, smoking, smoky, smoked

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homunculus –ī m.

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a little or weakly man, a manikin

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indiguus –a –um

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needing, in want

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19
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inoptābilis –e

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undesirable, unpleasant

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inumbrō inumbrāre inumbrāvī inumbrātus

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to cast a shade upon; overshadow; shade

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litterātus –a –um

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versed in literature, cultured

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līvidus –a –um

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bluish; envious; discolored with bruises, black and blue

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lūminō lūmināre

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to light up, brighten, illumine

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lūror –ōris m.

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a yellowish color, sallowness, paleness

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magis or mage

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to greater extent, more nearly; rather, instead; more

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manifēstus –a –um

A

clear, evident, manifest

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obtegō, obtegere, obtexī, obtectum

A

cover

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officīna –ae f.

A

workshop

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palpebrae –ārum f.

A

the eyelids

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pannulus –ī m.

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a small piece of cloth, rags, ragged clothing

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perditus, a, um

A

lost

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perspergō, perspergere, perspersī, perspersum

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sprinkle

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perspergō –spergere –spersī –spersum

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to besprinkle, tinge

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plāgōsus –a –um

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given to blows, fond of flogging

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prorsus

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altogether, quite, absolutely (intensifying a word or phrase)

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pūbēs –is f.

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the groin, middle; the youthful population; youth, young men; youthful band; brood, offspring

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pugil –ilis m.

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one who fights with the cestus, a fist-fighter, boxer, pugilist

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pulvisculus –ī m.

A

dust, powder

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refectiō –ōnis f.

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repairing, restoration; alleviating or relief; food, meal, refection; act of providing with food

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scissilis –e

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cleft, rent, torn

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secta –ae f.

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a line of movement or action; a line of teaching; way of life, occupation.

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sēmirāsus –a –um

A

partly shaven

43
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sordidē

A

squalidly

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sparteus –a –um

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of a broom, made of broom

45
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tegīle –is n.

A

a covering, cover

46
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tenebrae tenebrārum f. pl.

A

darkness

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tunicō –āre –āvī –ātus

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to clothe with a tunic

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vapōrōsus –a –um

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full of steam, steaming, vaporous

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vībex (vībix) –īcis f.

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the mark of a blow or stripe, a weal; lash, flogging, whipping

50
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vīs (vim, vī etc (pl. vīrēs, vīrium) f.

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force, strength; plural often has singular meaning

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