Poetic Vocab Flashcards
(83 cards)
1
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adno, adnare, adnavi, adnatus
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swim to, swim near,
2
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aedes, -is, f
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temple, pl. house
3
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alveus, -i m
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channel, river
4
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anima, -ae f
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breath, life, soul
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ardor, oris m
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burning, love, lover
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artus, -us m
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limb, limbs
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arva, -orum n pl
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fields, land
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aura, -ae f
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breeze
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candidus, -a, -um
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bright, white, clear
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carina, -ae f
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boat
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celsus, -a, -um
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high
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cubo, -are, -ui, -itus
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I lie down (ill)
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cuspis, -idis f
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spear
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daps, dapis f
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feast
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decus, -oris n
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glory
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dimico, dimicare, dimicavi, dimicatum
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fight
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diva, -ae f
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goddess
18
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divus, -i m
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god
19
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ensis, -is m
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sword
20
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famula, -ae f
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(female) slave
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famulus, -i m
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slave
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fas n
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fate, destiny
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flavus, -a, -um
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yellow, golden
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fluctus, -us m
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wave
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focus, -i m
hearth, family, home
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for, fari, fatus sum
say, speak
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formosus, -a, -um
handsome, beautiful
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foveo, fovere, fovi, fotum
warm, cherish
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freta, -orum n pl
straits, sea
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improbus
wicked, persistent
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instar + gen
as big as
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lacertus, -i m
arm
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lar, laris m
household god
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lectus, -i m
bed
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letum, -i n
death
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limen, liminis n
entrance, house
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limes, -itis m
path, boundary
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lucus, -i m
wood
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maestus, -a, -um
sad
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manes, -ium n pl
spirits of the underworld
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marmor, -oris n
marble, sea
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merus, -i m
wine
43
minister, -tri m
servant
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moenia, -ium n pl
defences, walls, city
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navita, -ae m
sailor
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nemus, -oris n
wood, forest, grove
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notus, -i m
South wind
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numen, -inis n
god, divine will
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occasus, -us m
setting; west
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ops, opis f
might, power
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opes pl
resources, means, wealth
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ortus, -us m
rising, east
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penates, -ium m pl
household gods; house
54
plango, plangere, planxi, planctus
beat, strike
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polus, -i m
sky
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pontus, -i m
sea
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pratum, -i n
meadow
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priscus, -a, -um
ancient, former, old fashioned
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progenies, -ei f
offspring
60
proles, -is f
offspring
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prora, -ae f
prow, ship
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ratis, -is f
ship
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rabur, -oris n
oak, strength, picked men
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rubesco, rubescere, rubui
blush
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saeculum, -i n
generation, century
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sceptrum, -i n
sceptre, rule, realm
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sedulus, -a, -um
busy
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serenus, -a, -um
clear, bright
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sidus, -eris n
star
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simulacrum, -i n
image; shade, ghost
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sinus, -us m
curve, lap, sail
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sors, sortis f
lot, fate
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spiro, spirare, spiravi, spiratum
breathe, blow, am alive
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superi, -orum m pl
the gods
75
supremus, -a, -um
highest, last
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supremum, -i n
end
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tellus, -uris f
land, earth
78
tepeo, tepere, tepui
I am warm, in love
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torus, -i m
bed, couch
80
trux, trucis
fierce, savage
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vadum, -i n
shallow water, sea
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vates, -is m
seer, poet, singer
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velum, -i m
sail
