Cat45Vocab
- indicates items in the DCC Core Latin Vocabulary
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
- 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
ēbrĭus, -a, -um: intoxicated; metaph., drunk with love
ŏcellus, -i, m.: dim. of oculus, eye
purpŭrĕus, -a, -um: purple
- ōs, ōris, n.: mouth
suāvĭor -āri, -ātus sum: to kiss
- 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
- ardĕo, -rdēre, -rsi, -rsum: burn, blaze
mĕdulla, -ae, f.: the marrow of the bones; the interior, inside, seat of the emotions
auspĭcĭum, -ii, n.: augury or omen taken from birds; any portent or omen
- prŏfĭciscor, -fĭciscī, -fectus sum: set out, proceed
mūtŭus, -a, -um: felt or shared by each of two in relation to each other, mutual, reciprocal
- ănĭmus, -i, m.: the mind
mĭsellus, -a, -um: dim. of miser, poor little; wretchedly in love
- mālo, malle, mālui: prefer, desire more
Sȳrĭa, -ae, f.: of or from Syria; Syrian woman
Brĭtannus, -a, -um: a native of Britain, a Briton
- fĭdēlis, -e: faithful, worthy of trust
lĭbīdo, -ĭnis, f.: desire; sexual craving
- bĕātus, -a, -um: happy, blessed
auspĭcātus, -a, -um: approved by augury; auspicious, fortunate, lucky
