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Dĭāna, -ae, f.: Roman goddess identified with Artemis, nature, and the moon

fĭdes, -ĕi, f.: tutelage, faith, trust; trustworthiness; promise

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

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

intĕger, -tē̆gra, -tē̆grum: untouched, unimpaired by age, unblemished; virgin, unmarried

căno, canere, cĕcĭni, cantum: sing

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

prōgĕnĭes, -ēi, f.: offspring, progeny

Iūppĭter, Iŏvis, m.: Juppiter or Zeus, chief of the Olympian gods; by metonymy, the weather, wind, sky

māter, -tris, f.: mother

prŏpe: adv. & prep. w/ acc., near

dēpōno, -ponere, -pŏsŭi, -pŏsĭtum: put down, lay down (in birth), put away

ŏlīva, -ae, f.: olive; olive tree

mons, -tis, m.: mountain

dŏmĭna, -ae, f.: mistress

silva, -ae, f.: forest, wood

vĭrĕo, -ēre, -ui: be verdant

saltus, -ūs, m.: rough woodland broken with glades; a large country estate

rĕcondĭtus, -a, -um: hidden away, secluded

amnis, -is, m.: river

sŏno (1): make a sound

Lūcīna, -ae, f.: goddess of childbirth, identified with Juno or Diana

dŏlĕo, dolere, -ŭi, -ĭtum: suffer pain, grieve, hurt; impers., cause pain, rankle

Iūno, -ōnis, f.: Juno, consort of Jupiter, identified with Gk. Hera

pŭerpĕrĭum, -ii, n.: birth of a child; delivery

pŏtens, -ntis: powerful

Trĭvĭa, -ae, f.: epithet of Diana, the triple goddess

nŏthus, -a, -um: illegitimate; spurious, counterfeit

lūmen, -ĭnis, n.: radiance, light; day; the light of life; by metonymy, eye; a light-giving body in the heavens

Lūna, -ae, f.: title of Diana, the moon goddess

cursus, -ūs, m.: the action of running; a ace; trave; course

dĕa, -ae, f.: goddess

menstrŭus, -a, -um: monthly

mētĭor, metiri, mensus sum: measure, mark off

ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris n.: journey, path, road, course

annŭus, -a, -um: yearly

rustĭcus, -a, -um: rustic; of the country, rural

agrĭcŏla, -ae, m.: farmer

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

tectum, -i, n.: roof; by metonymy, house

frux, frūgis, f.: fruit, crop

explĕo, -ere, -ēvi, -ētum: fill up, satisfy

quīcumque, quaecumque, quodcumque: indef. rel. pron. , whoever, whatever

plăcĕo, -cere, -cŭi, -cĭtum: be pleasing to

sanctus, -a, -um: holy, sacred, inviolate

nōmen, -ĭnis, n.: name; a reason, pretext, or purpose

Rōmŭlus, -i, m.: eponymous founder of Rome

antīquus, -a, -um: lying in front; ancient

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

sospĭto (1): preserve, defend

ops, ŏpis, f.: power; wealth; help

gens, gentis, f.: race, people, nation; clan; class, set, kind