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ō: interjection, expressing grief, pleasure, indignation, or adjuration

cŏlōnĭa, -ae, f.: a colony

cŭpĭo, -ĕre, -īvi or -ĭi, -ītum: want, desire

pons, -ntis, m.: bridge

lūdo, -dĕre, -si, -sum: play

longus, -a, -um: long; tall, svelte

sălĭo, -īre, -ŭi: jump, leap; mount for sexual intercourse

păro (1): furnish, supply; obtain

vĕrĕor, -ēri, ĭtus sum: show respect for; fear

ĭneptus, -a, -um: foolish, gauche, awkward

crūs, -ūris, n.: leg

pontĭcŭlus, -i, m.: dim. of pons, bridge

axulus, -is, m.: dim. of axis, board, plank

sto (1): stand

rĕdĭvīvus, -a, -um: reused, second-hand

nē: neg. adv. & conj., introducing prohibitions, clauses of purpose, etc.: do not, let not, lest, in order that not, etc.

sŭpīnus, -a, -um: lying on the back; facing upwards; flat; helpless

căvus, -a, -um: hollow; deep

pălus, -ūdis, f.: swamp

rĕcumbo, -cumbĕre, -cŭbui: recline; settle

bŏnus, -a, -um: good; of "good" social standing

lĭbīdo, -ĭnis, f.: desire; sexual craving

săcer, să̄cra, să̄crum: sacred, holy; accursed, detestable

suscĭpĭo, -cĭpĕre, -cēpi, -ceptum: undertake; perform

mūnus, -ĕris, n.: function, duty, task; gift; favor

rīsus, -ūs, m.: laugh

quīdam, quaedam, quoddam: a particular - , a certain

mūnĭceps, -ĭpis, m.: citizen of a municipium; townsman

vŏlo, velle, volui: wish, be willing

praeceps, -cĭpĭtis: plunging headfirst; headlong; sudden

lūtum, -i, n.: mud

căpŭt, -ĭtis, n.: head

pēs, pĕdis, m.: foot; (poet.) a metrical foot; (naut.) the line or sheet by which each of the two lower corners of a square sail is made fast to the ship

vērus, -a, -um: true

tōtus, -a, -um: the whole, all

lăcus, -ūs, m.: lake

pūtĭdus, -a, -um: rotten; foul, stinking

prō̆fundo, -fundĕre, -fūdi, -fūsum: pour forth

vŏrāgo, -ĭnis, f.: a deep hole or watery chasm

săpĭo, -ĕre, -īvi or -ĭi: have a taste; have taste, sense, discernment

pŭer, -ĕri, m.: boy; colloq., of a friend; slave

instar, n.: (indecl.): the equivalent or equal; adverbial w/ gen., to the extent (of)

bīmŭlus, -a, -um: dim. of bimus, two years old

trĕmŭlus, -a, -um: shaky, trembling; shaking (voluntarily, as one dandling an infant)

dormĭo, -īre, -īvi or -ii, -ītum: sleep

ulna, -ae, f.: forearm, esp. the crook of the arm

nūbo, -bĕre, -psi, -ptum: get married

flōs, -ōris, m.: flower; youthful beauty; the finest specimen of a type or class

pŭella, -ae, f.: girl; young woman; girlfriend

tĕnellŭlus, -a, -um: dim. of tener, soft, tender, delicate; romantically tender (with ref. to love poetry)

dēlĭcātus, -a, -um: given to luxury or pleasure; pampered; frisky, wanton, frivolous; elegant

haedus, -i, m.: a young goat, kid

adservo (1): keep safe, guard

nĭger, -gra, -grum: dark, black

diligentius: comp. adv., more carefully

ūva, -ae, f.: a bunch of grapes

sĭno, sĭnĕre, sīvi, sĭtum: leave alone; allow

libeo or lubeo, -ēre: intr. w/ dat. of person pleased: to be pleasing

pĭlus, -i, m.: a hair; something of no value or significance

ūnus, -a, -um: adj., one, alone, only; any, an ordinary

sublĕvo (1): raise, lift

vĕlut, vĕlŭti: adv., just as

alnus, -i, f.: an alder tree

fossa, -ae, f.: ditch

Lĭgus, -ŭris: Ligurian; from Liguria, in NW Italy

iăcĕo, -cēre, -cŭi, -cĭtum: lie, recline

suppernātus, -a, -um: having the leg cut from below; hamstrung; (transf,) felled

sĕcūris, -is, f.: axe

tantundem: adv., just as much

sentĭo, -tīre, -si, -sum: perceive, sense, feel

nullus, -a, -um: adj. & subst., not one, no, none; with adverbial force, not at all

usquam: adv., anywhere

tālis, -e: such a, such

iste, -a, -ud: pron. & pron. adj., this (which you have or see); this

stŭpor, -ōris, m.: numbness, lethargy, paralysis, torpor; by metonymy, an insensate person, clod

nĭhil, nīl: indecl. n., nothing; w/ adv. force, an emphatic form of non; not at all

audĭo, -īre, -īvi or -ii, -itum: hear, pay attention to

ū̆trum ... an: whether … or

quŏque: also

nescĭo, -īre -īvi or -ĭi, -ītum: not to know

nunc: adv., now

mitto, mittĕre, mīsi, missum: send, send forth; (of weapons) throw, cast, hurl; emit, utter; cease, desist, omit; let go, release, abandon, discard; give

prōnus, -a, -um: leaning forward, angling or sloping toward the ground; sloping; face down, prone; flat

pŏte: indecl. adj., having the power, able; possible

stŏlĭdus, -a, -um: dull, stupid, inert

rĕpentē: suddenly, immediately

excĭto (1): rouse, wake; stir up, arouse, excite

vĕternus, -i, m.: torpor, senility

ănĭmus, -i, m.: the mind

grăvis, -e: heavy, grevious, severe; low-pitched

dērĕlinquo, -linquĕre, -līqui, -lictum: leave behind

caenum, -i, n.: mud, filth, slime

ferrĕus, -a, -um: made of iron; hard, harsh; shameless, brazen

sŏlĕo, -ēre, -ĭtus: to be accustomed (to); (euphemistic, w/ acc.) to "know," i.e., be sexually intimate with

tĕnax, -ācis: clinging, tenacious

mūla, -ae, f.: a she mule

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