Aeneid, Book 1. 418-440 Flashcards
(48 cards)
sēmita, -ae (f)
pathway
intereā
meanwhile
quā
where
collis, collis (m.)
hill
immineō, imminēre (+ DAT.)
to hang over
adversus, -a, -um
opposite, facing
miror, mirārī, mirātus sum
to wonder at
mōlēs, mōlis (f.)
mass, burden, structure
māgālia, māgālium (n.)
huts, hovels
porta, -ae (f.)
gate, door, opening
instō, instāre, institī (+ DAT.)
urge on, press on
strātum, -ī (n.)
pavement, bed, layer
strepitum, -ī (n.)
noise, uproar, obstreperousness
ducere mūrōs
to EXTEND the walls
plūrimus. . . imminet
hangs over. . .with imposing size
optō (1)
choose, desire, hope for
conclūdō, conclūdere, conclūsī, conclūsum
to enclose
sulcus, -ī (m.)
furrow, trench, ditch
tēctum, -ī (n.)
roof, (metonymic for house)
legō, legere, lēxī, lēctum
to choose, gather (ALSO: read, in context)
portus, portūs (m.)
port, harbor
effodiō, effodere, effōdī, effossus
dig out, excavate (as w/ “fossil”)
rūpēs, rūpis (f.)
rock, cliff, crag
excīdō, excīdere, excīdī, excisus
cut out, destroy