Propertius 1.2.15.-24 Flashcards
(41 cards)
adsum adesse adfuī adfutūrus
to be present
amplus –a –um
spacious, large, ample, generous
amāns –antis
loving, fond; (subst.) a lover
Apellēus –a –um
of Apelles, the famous 4th cent. Greek painter.
āvehō –ere –vehere –vehexī –vectum
to carry off, bear away
candor –ōris m.
shining
Castor –oris m.
twin brother of Pollux, semi-divine son of Leda and Zeus
color colōris m.
color
conquīrō conquīrere conquīsīvī conquīsītus
to seek, collect
cultus cultūs m.
cultivation, civilization, dress, mode of life
cupidus –a –um
desirous
discordia discordiae f.
disagreement, dissention
Euēnus (Euhēnus) –ī m.
Evenus, the father of Marpessa
externus –a –um
outside, foreign, strange
faciēs facieī f.
appearance, face
falsus –a –um
deceptive, false
gemma –ae f.
jewel, gem
Hilaīra –ae f.
Hilaïra, sister of Phoebe; the two sisters, daughters of Leucippus, king of Messenia, were raped by Castor and Pollux
Hippodamīa –ae f.
daughter of Oenomaus, married to Pelops when he defeated her father (unfairly) in a chariot race
Īdās –ae m.
an Argonaut, who fought with Apollo for love of Marpessa.
Leucippis –idis f.
daughter of Leucippus, i.e Phoebe
lītus lītoris n.
sea–shore
marītus marītī m.
husband
obnoxius –a –um
liable, guilty
