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58 Cards in this Set
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atque (ac) |
and also (is not used at the start of a clause) |
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Cassandra |
daughter of Priam and Hecuba, given gift of prophecy by Apollo but, because she refused to bear the god's children, fated never to be believed |
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coma, -ae f |
hair (of the head) |
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aether, aetheris m |
upper air, heaven |
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Dardanis, Dardanidis f |
Trojan woman, Trojan (feminine adjective) |
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patrius, -a, -um |
ancestral, paternal |
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dum licet |
while it is/was permitted |
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amplector, amplectī, amplexus sum |
embrace |
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turris, turris f |
tower |
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Astyanax, Astyanactis m |
son of Hector |
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Hecuba, Hecubae f |
queen of Troy and wife of Priam |
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proavītus |
ancestral |
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soleō, solēre, solitus sum (semi-deponent) |
be accustomed to |
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Trōas, Trōadis/Trōados (n.b. Greek nominative plural with short `e': Trōades) |
Trojan (fem.adj.); Trojan woman |
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fūmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum |
smoke |
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cōnscendō, cōnscendere, cōnscendī, cōnscēnsum |
climb up, climb into |
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prēhensō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum |
grasp at |
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tumulus, -ī m |
grave, mound |
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os, ossis n (not to be confused with ōs, ōris n mouth, face!) |
bone |
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trāxēre |
= trāxērunt, they dragged |
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hauriō, haurīre, hausī, haustum |
drink up, take in (`exhaust' is derived from a compound of this verb) |
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crīnis, crīnis m |
hair |
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Hector, Hectoris m (note short `o' in genitive) |
son of Priam, killed by Achilles |
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tellūs, tellūris f |
land |
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religō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum |
tie up, moor |
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Thrēicius, -a, -um |
Thracian |
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Atrīdēs, Atrīdae m (note the long vowels!) |
male descendant of Atreus (especially Agamemnon or Menelaus) |
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dum |
until (used with subjunctive of something wished for or anticipated but not certain to happen) |
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humus, -ī f |
ground, earth |
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minor, minārī, minātus sum |
threaten |
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mactō, mactāre, mactāvī, mactātum |
slay, smite |
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mānēs, mānium m.pl. |
shades of the dead ghosts |
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pāreō, pārēre, pāruī |
obey (with dative of person obedience is given to)) |
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sinus, sinūs m |
fold, bend, breast, bosom, lap, bay |
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condō, condere, condidī, conditum |
hide, thrust (into), bury, found (founding a city involves burying foundations in the earth) |
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iugulum, -ī n |
throat, collar-bone, hollow above the collar bone |
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simul |
at the same time, as soon as |
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retegō, retegere, retēxī, retēctum |
uncover, reveal |
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scīlicet |
obviously |
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haud |
not at all |
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serviō, servīre, servīvī, servītum |
be a slave to (with dative) |
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volō, velle, voluī |
wish, want |
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ōs, ōris n (note the long vowels which are not shown in the book!) |
mouth |
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captīva, -ae f |
captive woman |
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genetrix, genetrīcis f |
mother (note that -trix is the feminine form of the agent suffix -tor) |
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redimō, redimere, redēmī, redemptum |
redeem |
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fleō, flēre, flēvī, flētum |
weep |
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excipiō, excipere, excēpī, exceptum |
take up, catch |
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recenseō, recensēre |
recount, retell |
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invītus, -a, -um |
unwilling |
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Prīamidēs, -ae m |
son of Priam |
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gemō, gemere, gemuī, gemitum |
groan, mourn |
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plangō, plangere, plānxī, plānctum |
beat, strike |
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dēplōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum |
lament |
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modo |
just a while ago |
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perdō, perdere, perdidī, perditum |
ruin, destroy, do away with |
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sepeliō, sepelīre, sepelīvī/iī, sepultum |
bury |
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Aeacidēs, -ae m |
son/descendant of Aeacus (applied both to his son Peleus and grandson Achilles) |
