Propertius 4.2 Flashcards
(92 cards)
1
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mirare
A
you wonder (from miror)
2
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tot
A
so many
3
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accipe
A
(imper) take, learn
4
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paenitet
A
there is regret
5
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deseruisse
A
to have left
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laetor
A
I rejoice (+abl)
7
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templo eburno
A
(abl) ivory temple
8
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aiunt
A
they say
9
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remorum
A
of oars
10
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per vada pulsa
A
through the beaten shallows
11
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sonus, -i (m)
A
sound
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vadum, -i (n)
A
shallow, shoal, stream
13
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amnis, amnis (m)
A
river, stream
14
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praecerpo, praecerpere, praecerpsi, praecerptum
A
to harvest early, to pick, to pluck
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vario, variare, variavi, variatum
A
to change
16
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liventibus racemis
A
to blue bunches
17
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coma spicea
A
the ears of grain’s hair
18
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tumet
A
it is swollen
19
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lactenti fruge
A
from the milky crop
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cerasus, cerasi (f)
A
cherry
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prunum, pruni (n)
A
plum
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morum, mori (n)
A
mulberry
23
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aestivo die
A
in the summer day
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insitor
A
grafter (grafting fruit trees)
25
pirus, piri (f)
pear tree
26
stipes, stipitis (m)
tree trunk, stake
27
invitus, invita, invitum
reluctant
28
menax, mendacis
(adj) deceitful, lying, false
29
vaces
may you be unoccupied
30
index indicis (m/f)
pointer, indicator, sign, inscription
31
opportuna mea est cunctis natura figuris
my nature is suitable for all figures
32
indue
clothe (imper.)
33
falx, falcis (f)
scythe
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comprime
restrain (imper)
35
torto faeno
with twisted hay
36
faenum, faeni (n)
hay
37
quondam
once, formerly
38
messor, messoris (m)
reaper, harvester
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corbis, corbis (f)
basket, basketful
40
corvis imposito pondere
when the weight of the basket was imposed
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pondus, ponderis (n)
weight
42
mitra, mitrae (f)
turban
43
furabor
I will steal
44
Iacchus, -i (m)
Bacchus
45
plectrum, plectri (n)
pick/plectrum (lyre by metonymy)
46
plumoso aucupio
(dat/abl) feathered fowling
47
auriga, aurigae (m)
charioteer
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petasus, petasi (m)
hat (traveling hat, wide brimmed hat)
49
praedabor
I will pillage
50
calamo
with a fishing rod
51
mundus, munda, mundum
clean, neat, fine, elegant
52
institor, institoris (m)
shopkeeper, peddler
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demissis in tunicis
in low-slung underclothes
54
curvare
to bend
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adiciam
I will add
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probatus, probata, probatum
esteemed
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caerulus, -a, -um
green-blue
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cucumis, cucumis/cucumeris (m)
snake melon/cucumber
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tumidus, -a, -um
swollen
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cucurbita, -ae (f)
gourd
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venter, ventris (m)
belly
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iuncus, -i (m)
reed
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brassica, -ae (f)
cabbage
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hio, hiare, hiavi --
to open
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pratum, -i (n)
meadow
66
quin
that not
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decenter
seemly, properly
68
langueat
(subj) it is weak
69
contundo, contundere, contudi, contusum
to utterly subdue, beat completely
70
Tatius, -i (m)
Titus Tatius (sabine king who fought with and then ruled jointly with Romulus)
71
labens, labentis
slipping
72
telum, teli (n)
spear
73
caducus, -a, -um
collapsing, falling
74
dedisse
to have given
75
turpis, -e
foul, filthy, shameful
76
sator, satoris (m)
sower, founder, progenitor, originator
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togatus, -a, -um
wearing a toga
78
per aevum
through time
79
superant
they remain
80
ad vadimonia
to the bail hearing
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acernus, -a, -um
maple
82
properanti falce
with a swift scythe
83
dolatus, -a, -um
fashioned, devised
84
caelator
carver, engraver
85
aenus, -a, -um
bronze, copper
86
tero, terere, trivi, tritum
to wear away
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cassibus impositis venor
with interposed nets I hunt
88
harundine sumpta
with a claimed reed
89
baculum
cane
90
ab eventu
from this occurance
91
tribuisti
you bestowed
92
tellus artifices ne terat Osca manus
let not the Oscan land wear away your artist hands
