Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
33 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
obscenus, a, um
|
ill-omened; lewd
|
|
|
Propoetides, Propoetidum, f pl
|
the Propoetides (dauthers of Propoetus of Cyprus, who were, according to this legend, the first prostitutes)
|
|
|
numen, numinis, n
|
divine will; divintiy
|
|
|
vulgo(1)
|
to make available to the masses; to prostitute
|
|
|
induresco, indurescere, indurui
|
to grow hard, harden, set
|
|
|
os, oris, n
|
mouth, speech, expression
|
|
|
rigidus, a, um
|
stiff, rough
|
|
|
silex, silicis, m
|
hard stone, flint (often used of the absence of emotions, or "hard-heartedness," in persons)
|
|
|
discrimen, discriminis, n
|
crisis, division; difference
|
|
|
quia
|
because
|
|
|
Pygmalion, Pygmalionis, m
|
Pygmalion (legendary king of Cyprus, though here seen only as a sculptor)
|
|
|
aevum, i, n
|
time, age
|
|
|
aevum agere
|
to spread one's life, live
|
|
|
per crimen
|
(in text: in wickedness, viciously
|
|
|
offensus, a, um
|
offended, shocked
|
|
|
vitium, i, n
|
vice
|
|
|
mens, mentis, f
|
mind
|
|
|
femineus, a, um
|
feminine
|
|
|
caelebs, caelibis
|
unmarried, celibate
|
|
|
thalamus, i, m
|
inner chamber; bedroom
|
|
|
consors, consortis, m/f
|
one who shares with another; a partner, consort, companion
|
|
|
careo, carere, carui, cariturus + abl
|
to lack, be without
|
|
|
niveus, a, um
|
snowy; white
|
|
|
mirus, a, um
|
strange, wonderful
|
|
|
sculpo, sculpere, sculpsi, sculptusq
|
to carve, sculpt
|
|
|
ebur, eboris, n
|
ivory
|
|
|
concipio, concipere, concepi, conceptus
|
to receive, conceive, develop;to express or compose (in words)
|
|
|
opera, ae, f
|
services
|
|
|
facies, ei, f
|
shape, face; presence
|
|
|
reverentia, ae, f
|
reverence; modesty, shyness (the statue's imagined modesty is quite appropriate, since she is, of course, still nude)
|
|
|
adeo
|
to such a degree; truly, even
|
|
|
lateo, latere, latui
|
to lie hidden, lurk
|
|
|
haurio, haurire, hausi, haustus
|
to draw up/out; drink
|
