OvidAmores1.3Vocab

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iustus -a -um: just, fair

precor -ari precatus sum: beg, implore, entreat; wish, pray for or to

nuper: recently, not long ago

praedor (1): take as prey

cur: why; for what reason/purpose?

nimium: too much

volo velle volui: wish, want

tantum: only

patior pati passus sum: allow, permit

audio -ire audivi auditus: hear, listen

tot: so many

Cytherea -ae f.: the lady of Cythera, i.e. Venus

prex precis f.: prayer, request

accipio -ere accepi acceptus: accept

longus -a -um: long

deservio -ire deservivi deservitus: devote oneself to

purus -a -um: pure, clean, unsoiled

nosco -ere novi notus: get to know (novit=noverit)

fides -ei f.: loyalty; honesty

vetus veteris: ancient, old

commendo (1): recommend, commend

parens parentis m./f.: ancestor

nomen, nominis n.: name, family name

sanguis sanguinis m.: blood, lineage

auctor auctoris m.: originator

eques equitis m.: “knight,” a member of the equestrian class, the non-senatorial elite

innumerus -a -um: innumerable, countless

renovo (1): renew, restore

campus -i m.: field

ratrum -i n.: plow

tempero (1): restrain; control

sumptus -ūs m.: expense

arcus -a -um: frugal

uter- utra- utrumque: each (of two), both

Phoebus -i m.: Apollo

comes comitis m./f.: comrade, companion, associate, partner

novem: nine

vitis -is f.: vine; grape vine

repertor -oris m.: inventor

dono (1): present; give

nēmo: no one (gen. nullius, dat. nulli, abl. nullō or nullā > nullus -a -um)

cedo -ere cessi cessus: yield, surrender

crimen, criminis n.: accusation; blame, reproach, slander

mos moris m.: custom; (pl.) character, behavior, morals

nudus -a -um: bare

simplicitas -atis f.: candor, sincerity

purpureus -a -um: purple, dark red; blushing

pudor -oris m.: decency; sense of honor; modesty

mille: thousand

placeo -ēre placui placitus: please, satisfy, give pleasure to (+ dat.)

desultor -oris m.: vaulter/leaper, circus trick rider; fickle person/lover

aliquis -quae -quod: some, any; si quis, si quid: anyone who, anything that

cura -ae f.: concern, care

perennis -e: continual; everlasting, perpetual, perennial; eternal

do dare dedi datus: give; dedicate, grant

filum -i n.: thread

soror -oris f.: sister

vivo -ere vixi victus: live

contingo -ere contigi contactus: happen, befall, turn out, come to pass

doleo -ēre dolui dolitus: hurt; suffer; grieve

morior mori mortuus sum: die

materies -ei f.: material, subject

felix, felicis: fertile; successful, fruitful

carmen carminis n.: poem, poetry

praebeo -ēre praebui praebitus: offer, provide

provenio -ire proveni proventus: come forth; come into being; prosper

causa -ae f.: cause; source, inspiration

dignus -a -um: appropriate, suitable; worthy, deserving; worth

exterreo -ēre exterrui exterritus: strike with terror, scare

cornu -us n.: horn

flumineus -a -um: of a river

ludo -ere lusi lusus: deceive, trick

adulter -eri m.: adulterer

avis avis f.: bird

super: over, above (+ acc.)

pontus -i m.: sea

simulo (1): imitate; simulate; pretend

veho -ere vexi vectus: bear, carry; (pass.) ride, travel

iuvencus -i m.: bull

virgineus -a -um: virgin, maidenly

teneo, -ēre, tenui, tentus: hold

varus -a -um: curved

manus -ūs f.: hand

quoque: likewise, also, too

totus -a -um: whole, entire

pariter: equally; together

canto (1): sing; recite

orbis orbis m.: world, earth

iungo -ere iunxi iunctus: join, unite; bring together; connect