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Learning Vocabulary: Ariadne; Hippolytus

tempestas, tempestatis  f 

 storm

retineo, -ere, -tenui, -tentum 

 to hold back

cogito, -are, -avi, -atum 

 to think

porto, -are, -avi, -atum 

 to carry

itaque 

 and so

inde 

 from there

dormio, -ire, -ivi, -itum 

 to sleep

navigo, -are, -avi, atum 

 to sail

obliviscor, -i, oblitus sum  (deponent) 

 to forget

muto, -are, -avi, atum 

 to change

credo, -ere, credidi, creditum 

  to believe

mare, maris  n 

 sea

appareo, -ere, apparui

 to appear

cedo, cedere, cessi, cessum 

  to go, to yield

procedo

 to go forward

excedo

 to go out (etc.)

exitium, -i  n 

  doom, destrution

iubeo, -ere, iussi, iussum 

 to command

moenia, -ium  n. pl. 

 city walls

neco, -are, -avi, -atum 

 to kill

repente 

 suddenly

veho, -ere, vexi, vectum 

 to carry

voluntas, voluntatis,  f 

 will (i.e. what someone wants or intends)

Aethra Vocabulary:

aetas, aetatis  m 

age

concedo, -ere, -cessi, -cessum + dative 

  to concede, give over

domus, -us or –i,  f 

 home

ensis, ensis, m 

 sword

fore 

actually a form of sum, used as perfect subjunctive and future infinitive

occido, -ere, occidi, occisum 

  to kill

ostendo, -ere, ostendi, ostentum 

  to show

pervenio, -ire, -veni, -ventum 

  to arrive

pono, -ere, posui, positum 

 to place, put

praecipio, -ere, -ceptus, -ceptum + dative

 to command

proficiscor, -i, profectus sum 

 to set forth

redeo, redire, redii, reditum 

 to go back

rus, ruris, n 

 the country

Vocabulary

PART I

arena, -ae  f 

 sand

exeo, -ire, -ii, -itum 

 to leave

litus, litoris  n 

 shore

oratio, -onis  f 

 speeches, prayers

porro 

 but, indeed

portus, -us  m 

 harbor

praecipio, -ere, -capi, -captum 

 to command

rarus, -a, -um 

 scarce

silva, -ae  f 

 forest

sto, stare, steti, statum

 to stop, to stand

ullus, -a, -um 

 any

 

PART II

deprecor, -ari, deprecatus sum 

  to pray or beseech

fero, ferre, tuli, latum

 to carry

mane 

  morning

nolo, nolle, nolui 

  to refuse, to not want to

sacerdos, sacredotis, m or f 

  priest (also, monk)

scio, scire, scivi, scitum 

  to know

vero (adv.) 

 but, indeed

 

PART III

ignis, ignis  m 

  fire

admiror, -are, -atus sum = to be amazed

caput, capitis  n 

  head

iungo, -ere, iunxi, iunctum 

  to join

piscis, -is  m 

  fish

valde (adv)

 greatly, a lot

expavesco, -ere 

  to become terrified

nato, -are, -avi, -atum

 to swim

pavor, pavoris  m 

  fear

quaero, -ere, quaesivi, quaesitum 

 to seek

 

Vocabulary for 8/28

alter, altera, alterum 

one/ the other (of two)

commodus, -a, -um  

proper, agreeable

cor, cordis  n  

heart, soul, spirit

creo, -are, creavi, creatum 

to create, bring forth

dico, -ere, dixi, dictum  

I say

diligo, -ere, dilexi, dilectum  

I love, esteem, prize

domus, -us  or –i  f  

home

hospes, hospitis m/f  

traveler, guest

lepidus, -a, -um 

pleasant

linquo, -ere, liqui 

I leave behind

nomen, nominis  n  

name

perlego, -ere, -legi, -lectum  

I read through

lego, -ere, legi, lectum  

I read

paulum, -i  n  

a little thing, a trifle

sepulcrum, -i  n  

tomb

sermo, semonis  m 

speech, manner of talking

servo, -are, -avi, -atum  

preserve, protect, save

tum autem 

but also, in addition

Vocabulary for 8/26

castus, -a, -um

 chaste, innocent, pure

cinis, cineris,  m

 ashes

cognitus, -a, -um

 known

cognosco, -ere, cognovi, cognitum

 I know, I understand

custos, custodis  m or f

 guard, guardian

hic, haec, hoc

 this, these (in plural)

lacrima, -ae  f

 tear (as in crying)

lapis, lapidis, m

 stone

lego, legere, legi, lectum

 I read, I choose

me, te

 me, you (direct object or object of preposition)

mihi, tibi

 to me, to you

pius, -a, -um

 pious, attentive to religious propriety

relego, -ere, -legi, -lectum

 I read through

sum, esse, fui, futurum

 I am

virtus, virtutis  f

 virtue, good qualities