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pŏēta, -ae, m.: poet

tĕner, -ĕra, -ĕrum: soft, tender, delicate; romantically tender (with ref. to love poetry)

sŏdālis, -is, m.: crony, buddy, comrade

vŏlo, velle, volui: wish, be willing

Caecĭlĭus, -a, -um: Roman nomen gentile

păpȳrus, -i, f.: an Egyptian reed used in making paper; paper made from the papyris reed

vĕnĭo, vĕnīre, vēni, ventum: come

nŏvus, -a, -um: latest, last

rĕlinquo, -linquĕre, -līqui, -lictum: quit, leave, forsake

Cōmum, -i, n.: mod. Como, town in Cisalpine Gaul

moenĭa, -ĭum, n.: town walls

Lār, Lăris, m.: household god

lītus, -ŏris, n.: shore

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

cōgĭtātĭo, -ōnis, f.: a thought

ămīcus, -a, -um: friend

accĭpĭo, -cĭpĕre, -cēpi, -ceptum: receive, accept; hear

quārē: interr. & rel. adv., how? for what reason? on account of which thing; wherefore, therefore

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

vĭa, -ae, f.: way, path, route

vŏro (1): devour, eat up

quīvīs, quaevis, quodvis: whoever or whatever you wish; anyone, anything

candĭdus, -a, -um: bright; white; fair-skinned (implying beauty); gorgeous (of a woman)

mille, pl. mīlia: a thousand

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

rĕvŏco (1): call back

mănus, -ūs, f.: hand

collum, -i, n.: neck

ambō̆, -bae, -bo: pl. adj. & pron., both

īnĭcĭo, -icĕre, -iēci, -iectum throw in or on

rŏgo (1): ask, ask for

mŏror, -āri, -ātus sum: delay, stay, wait

nunc: adv., now

vērus, -a, -um: true

nuntĭo (1): announce, communicate, tell

dēpĕrĕo, -īre, -ii: perish; (hyperbolic) love to death, love to distraction

impŏtens, -entis: powerless; lacking in self-control, hence headstrong, wild, violent, intemperate

ămor, -ōris, m.: love; personified, the god of love

lĕgo, lĕgĕre, lēgi, lectum: gather; remove; pick out; read, read about

incoho (1): start work on, begin

dŏmĭna, -ae, f.: mistress

mĭsellus, -a, -um: dim. of miser, poor little; wretchedly in love

ignis, is, m.: fire; funeral pyre; any luminous object in the sky, such as a star; love's fire

intĕrĭor, -ĭus: inner

ĕdo, ĕdĕre, ēdi, ēsum: emit, bring forth, yield; publish

mĕdulla, -ae, f.: the marrow of the bones; the interior, inside, seat of the emotions

ignosco, -noscĕre, -nōvi, -nōtum: forgive (w/ dat.)

Mūsa, -ae, f.: a muse, divine patroness of poetry

doctus, -a -um: learned

vĕnustus, -a, -um: lovely, attractive, charming; graceful, pretty, neat

māter, -tris, f.: mother

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