Apuleius 9.13.1-2 vocabulary Flashcards
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iūmentārius –a –um
of or belonging to beasts of burden
contubernium –ī n.
(tent–companionship); brotherhood, companionship
mūlus mūlī m.
mule
senex senis,old (adj.)
aged
canthērius –īm.
a gelding (castrated horse)
dēbilis –e
weak
praesaepe –is n. or praesaepium –iī, n.
(enclosure); manger
contruncō (1)
to gobble up
mōlēs mōlis f.
large/shapeless mass (rock)
palea -ae, f.
a chaff; husk (of grain)
cervīx cervīcis f.
neck
cariōsus –a –um
decayed, rotten
putrēdō –inisf.
rottenness, putridity, festering
follicō –āre (no perf)
to expand and contract one’s self like a pair of bellows
nāris –is f
nostril (in plural: nose)
languidus –a –um
languid, tired
pulsus –ūs m
striking or beating
tussis –is or tussēdō –inis f,
a cough
hiulcus –a –um
distended, extended
cōpula, -ae, f.
leash, harness
sparteus–a –um
of a broom, made of broom (broom is a kind of bush or low tree)
tritūra, -ae, f.
rubbing
exulcerō (1)
make sore, inflame
costa, -ae, f.
rib