Poetry Flashcards

(35 cards)

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aethēr, aetheris: ​n.

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upper reaches of heaven (ether, ethereal, ethernet)

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āla, ālae: ​f.

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​wing (alar)

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avēna, avenae: ​f.

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stem, (hollow) stalk

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clīvus, clīvī: ​m.

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sloping ground, slope, hillside (proclivity, acclivity, declivity)

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ēnsis, ēnsis:​m.

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sword

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fistula, fistulae:​f.

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shepherds pipe AKA Pan pipes (fester)

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gena, genae: ​f

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cheek

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lacertus, lacertī: ​m.

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arm

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nīdus, nīdī: ​m.

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nest (nidification, nidicolous, nidifugous, niche)

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pelagus, pelagī:​n.

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sea (pelagic, archipelago)

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penna, pennae: ​f.

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feathers, wings (pen, pennon)

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piscis, piscis: ​m.

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fish (piscivorous, Pisces: 12th sign of the zodiac)

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plūma, plūmae: ​f.

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feathers (plume)

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pollex, pollicis: ​m.

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thumb

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prōlēs, prōlis: ​f.

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​offspring (proletarian, proletariat, prolific, proliferation, prolecide)

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rēmigium, rēmigiī: ​n.

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. tellus, tellūris: ​f.

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land, earth (tellurian, tellurium)

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accomodo, accomodāre, accomodāvī, accomodātus:

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​to attach, fasten on (accommodate, commode)

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adūrō, adūrere, adūssī, adūstus:

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t​o burn, damage by fire

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.alligō, alligāre, alligāvī, alligātus:

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​to tie, bind, fasten (ally, alloy)

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captō, captāre, captāvī, captātus:

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t​o catch, grab (captation, cater)

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careō, carēre, caruī, caritūrus: +​abl.

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​to lack (caret)

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condō, condere, condidī, conditus:

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dēvōveō, dēvōvēre, dēvōvī, dēvōtus:

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​to dedicate (devout)

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ērudio, ērudīre, ērudīvī, ērudītus:
​to teach (erudition, erudite)
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innītor, innītī, innīxus sum: +​abl.
to lean on
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gravō, gravāre, gravāvī, gravātus:
​to weigh down (gravamen, grief, aggravation)
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librō, librāre, librāvī, librātus: ​
to balance (deliberation)
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madēscō, madēscere, maduī:
t​o become wet
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sepeliō, sepelīre, sepelīvī, sepultus:
​to bury (sepulture)
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tābēscō, tābēscere, tābuī:
​to melt away (tabes)
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fēcundus, fēcunda, fēcundum: ​
fertile (fecund, fecundity)
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īmus, īma, īmum:
​lowest, bottom, at the base of
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tener, tenera, tenerum: ​
soft, young
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. vagus, vaga, vagum:
​freely moving; wandering; shifting (vague, evagation)