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59 Cards in this Set
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Polyphēmon |
Greek accusative (Latin: Polyphēmum) |
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adspiciō, adspicere, adspexī, adspectum |
look upon |
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adspiciam |
may I look upon (subjunctive, which is correct in the context; adspiciam is also the 1st person singular future -`I will look upon') |
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veneror, -ārī, -ātus sum |
revere, honour |
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spīrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum |
breathe |
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immemor. immemoris |
unmindful |
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cārus, -a, -um |
dear |
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alvus, -ī f |
stomach |
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condō, condere, condidī, conditum |
bury, hide, found |
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inclāmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum |
cry out |
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prōdō, prōdere, prōdidī, prōditum |
hand over, betray (a compound of prō and dō) |
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immānis, immāne |
huge |
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scopulus, -ī m |
rock |
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tormentum, -ī n |
catapult |
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iaculor, -ārī, -ātum |
throw, hurl |
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obambulō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum |
stumble over, prowl about, wander over |
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Aetna, -ae f |
Mt. Aetna (volcano in NE Sicily) |
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praetemptō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum |
feel, try out |
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orbus, -a, -um (with ablative) |
deprived of |
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rūpēs, rūpis m |
rock, cliff |
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incursō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum (+ dative) |
stumble against, bump into |
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foedō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum |
stain, polllute |
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prōtendō, prōtendere, prōtendī, prōtentum/prōtēnsum |
stretch out |
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exsecror, exsecrārī, exsecrātus sum |
curse |
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Achīvus, -a, -um |
Greek |
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cāsus, cāsūs m |
chance, accident, case (grammatical), fall |
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saeviō, saevīre, saeviī, saevītum |
rage, be violent |
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viscera, viscerum n pl |
entrails |
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edō, edere/ēsse, ēdī, ēsum |
eat, devour (do not confuse this verb with ēdō, ēdere, ēdidī, ēditum (compound of ē and dō), give out, publish) |
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laniō, laniāre, laniāvī, laniātum |
tear to pieces |
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inundō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum |
overflow, inundate |
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artus, -ūs m |
limb |
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guttur, gutturis n |
throat |
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trepidō, trepidāre, trepidāvī, trepidātum |
quiver |
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lūridus, -a, -um |
pale, ghastly |
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occupō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum |
seize |
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latitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum |
hide (intransitive) |
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strepitus, -ūs m |
noise |
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cupidus, -a, -um |
desiring |
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morīrī |
= morī (infinitive of morior, die) |
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morior, morī, mortuus sum |
die |
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gestus, -ūs m |
gesture |
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tremiscō, tremiscere (also tremēscō) |
tremble |
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rēgnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum |
be king, rule over (in transitive sense only used in the passive in Ovid's time) |
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famēs, famis f |
hunger |
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cohibeō, cohibēre, cohibuī, cohibitum |
hold together, confine |
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carcer, carceris m |
prison, starting gate (the second meaning probably developed from the first rather than the other way round as stated by the book; the basic meaning is `enclosed place') |
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bōs, bovis c |
ox, cow |
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inclūdō, inclūdere, inclūsī, inclūsum |
include, shut up, confine |
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tergum, -ī n |
skin, hide, back |
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mūnus, mūneris n |
gift, function, post |
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Dūlichius, -ī m |
Dulichian (used for Ulysses, from the name of a smaller island near Ithaca.) |
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flātus, -ūs m |
blowing wind, breeze |
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sūmō, sūmere, sūmpsī, sūmptum |
take |
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invidia, -ae f |
envy |
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reor, rērī, ratus sum |
think |
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retrō |
backwards |
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tyrannus, -ī m |
king |
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portus, -ūs m |
port, harbour |