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Acme, -es f.:female name, Greek in origin, meaning literally 'highest or culminating point of anything, flower, prime, zenith, esp. of a person's age' [1]

ămorēs, -um m. pl.: love object, beloved

tĕnĕo, tĕnēre, tĕnŭi, tentum: hold

grĕmĭum, -ii, n.: lap

nī, nisi: unless

perdĭtē:adv., desperately, excessively

porro: adv., straight on; hereafter

assĭdŭus, -a, -um: settled; constantly present, persistent, unremitting

părātus, a, um: prepared, ready

quantum: adv., as much

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

plūrĭmum: as much as possible

pĕrĕo, -īre, -ĭi (-īvi), -ĭtum: perish, die; to pine away with love, to be desperately in love; to love to desperation (poet.)

Lĭbya, -ae, f.: a country in North Africa [2]

Indĭa, -ae, f.: "An ill-defined region of Asia, extending from the present subcontinent of India to the borders of China; popularly confused with Ethiopia, Arabia, etc." (OLD)

torreo, torrēre, torrui, tostum: scorch, parch

caesĭus, -a, -um: having gray or gray-blue eyes; gray-eyed

vĕnĭo, vĕnīre, vēni, ventum: come

obvĭus, -a, -um: in the way or path of something

lĕo, -ōnis, m.: lion

sĭnister, -tra, -trum: left; harmful, perverse, misguided

antĕ: adv., before, previously

dextrā: adv., on the right

sternŭo, -ŭĕre, -ŭi: sneeze

apprŏbātĭo, -ōnis, f.: approval, assent

lĕvĭter: adv., lightly

căpŭt, -ĭtis, n.: head

rĕflecto, -ctĕre, -xi, -xum: bend back

dulcis, -e: sweet

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

ēbrĭus, -a, -um: intoxicated; metaph., drunk with love

ŏcellus, -i, m.: dim. of oculus, eye; as term of endearment, darling

purpŭrĕus, -a, -um: purple

ōs, ōris, n.: mouth; face, countenance

vīta, -ae, f.: life; hyperb., as a term of endearment

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

usquĕ: adv., all the way (to), continuously, constantly

servĭo, -īre, -īvi and -ii, -ītum: w/ dat., serve, be subject to

ācer, -cris, -cre: sharp, bitter, vehement, intense

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

mollis, -e: soft, mild, languid, voluptuous

ardĕo, -rdēre, -rsi, -rsum: burn, blaze

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

nunc: adv., now

auspĭcĭum, -ii, n.: augury or omen taken from birds; any portent or omen

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

prŏfĭciscor, -fĭciscī, -fectus sum: set out, proceed

mūtŭus, -a, -um: felt or shared by each of two in relation to each other, mutual, reciprocal; neut. pl. with adv. force, reciprocally, in equal measure

ănĭmus, -i, m.: the mind

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

mālo, malle, mālui: preder, desire more

Sȳrĭa, -ae, f.: of or from Syria; Syrian

Brĭtannus, -a, -um: a native of Britain, a Briton

fĭdēlis, -e: faithful, worthy of trust

dēlĭcĭa, -ae, f.: pleasure; pl. pet, darling

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

ullus, -a, -um: any

bĕātus, -a, -um: happy, blessed; rich, well-to-do

Vĕnus, -ĕris, f.: Venus or Aphrodite, goddess of love and charm

auspĭcātus, -a, -um: approved by augury; auspicious, fortunate, lucky