Propertius 3.1-10 Flashcards
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accumbō –cumbere –cubuī –cubitum
to lie down
Andromeda –ae or Andromedē –ēs f.
Andromeda, daughter of Cepheus. She claimed she was prettier than the Nereids, so Poseidon sent a sea monster to ravage the coast, and she was tied to a rock as a sacrifice, but she was rescued by Perseus.
Āpidanus –ī m.
Apidanus, a river in Thessaly
assiduus –a –um
established, steady
Bacchus –ī m.
Bacchus
caput capitis n.
head
carīna –ae f.
keel; ship
certus –a –um
sure, fixed
chorēa –ae f.
circling dance
concidō concidere concidī
to fall down
Cynthia –ae f.
Cynthia (she of Mt. Cynthus, on the Island of Delos), Artemis; the name of Propertius’ paramour.
cēdō cēdere cessī cessum
to yield
Cēphēus (Cēphēïus) –a –um
descended from Cepheus, king of the Cephenes (in Ethiopia) and father of Andromeda.
cōs cōtis f.
whetstone
dēsertus –a –um
desolate; abandoned
dūrus –a –um
hard, harsh
ēbrius –a –um
drunk
Ēdōnus, a, um
Bacchic (of the Edoni, a tribe on the border of Thrace and Macedonia, famous for Bacchic / Bacchantic orgiastic rituals).
fax facis f.
torch
fessus –a –um
tired
Cnōsius –a –um
Knossos, Cretan. Here an epithet for Ariadne.
herbōsus –a –um
grassy
iaceō iacēre iacuī
to lie
iam
now; already
