Glossary Click on words in the text for their definition. 



militat
   milito  1 conjugation: be a soldier, perform military service, serve as a soldier; make war

 

omnis
   omnis, omne  adjective: all, every, any; every kind of; the whole of; masc plural: everyone; neuter plural everything

 

amans
   amans, amantis,  adjective: fond, loving; masculine noun: lover, friend, patron (from amo, 1 conjugation: love, like)
 
 

et
   conjunction: and, also, even
 
 

habet
   habeo, habere, habui, habitum: have, hold, keep contain, possess; treat, consider; carry out
 
 

sua
   suus, a, um personal possessive adjective: one's (his, her, its) own (refers to subject of main verb)
 

castra
   castrum, i neuter: in plural: military camp; military service; fort, fortress; political party; philosophical sect
 
 

Cupido
   Cupido, inis masculine: the God of Love, son of Venus; desire, longing

 

Attice
   Atticus, i masculine: Atticus (identity unknown)

 

crede
  credo, ere, credidi, creditum: believe, entrust; trust; suppose
   
 

mihi
   ego (mei, mihi, me, me) pronoun: I, (plural nos)
 
 

bello
  bellum, i neuter: war, battle, warfare
 
 

est
   sum, esse, fui, futurum: be, exist, be there; be so; with dative: be in one's possession; as future participle: futurus -a -um: about to be, in neuter: the future
 

habilis
   habilis, e adjective: suitable, manageable, handy, expert, apt (from habeo, ere, ui, itum: have, hold)
 
 

Veneri
   Venus, eris feminine: Venus, Goddess of Love, mother of Cupid and Rome's founder, Aeneas; sexual love

 

quoque
   adverb: also, too
 
 

convenit
   convenio, ire, veni, ventum: fit, coincide; agree, harmonize; meet, assemble; impersonal:be suitable, proper
 
 

aetas
   aetas, aetatis feminine: age, period, life, time, time of life, generation
 
 

turpe
   turpis, e adjective: disgraceful; ugly, deformed, base; disgrace
 
 

senex
   senex, is masculine/feminine: old man, old woman
 
 

miles
   miles, militis masculine: soldier, infantryman; in plural: army, troops
 

 
senilis
   senilis, e adjective: of an old person; senile; from senex
 
 

quos
   qui, quae quod: interrogative pronoun: who, which, what, what kind of?; relative pronoun: who, which, what, that; this, he; with si, nisi, ne, num: any (one)
 
 
 

petiere [alternate form of petiverunt]
   peto, ere, petivi, petitum: aim at, attack, seek, look for, demand, ask
 
 

duces
   dux, ducis masculine: general, leader, chief, guide; military commander
 
 

animos
   animus, i masculine: in plural: courage, spirit, passion; mind, soul; reason; consciousness; opinion; heart
 
 

in
   preposition with the accusative: in, into; to, toward, for; against; until; concerning;

   preposition with the ablative: in; on, upon; inside; in the case of; at, among
 
 

milite
   miles, militis masculine: soldier, infantryman; in plural: army, troops
 

 

forti
   fortis, forte adjective: brave, courageous, manly; strong, powerful, steadfast

 

hos
    hic, haec, hoc pronoun/adjective: this (one), of this kind; he she, it; the latter

 
 

petit
    peto, ere, petivi, petitum: seek, look for, demand, ask; aim at, attack

 
 

socio
    socius, a, um adjective: allied, sharing, associated, kindred, fellow; masculine: comrade, partner, ally
 
 

bella
   bellus, -a, um adjective: pretty. handsome; pleasant.
 
 

puella
   puella, ae feminine: girl, maiden; young woman, young wife; sweetheart

 

viro
   vir, viri masculine: man; brave man; hero; husband; foot-soldier
 
 

pervigilant
   pervigilo 1 conjugation: stay awake all night, keep vigil; intensive of vigilo 1 conjugation
 
 

ambo
  ambo, ambae, ambo numeral: both, two
 
 

terra
  terra, ae feminine: land, ground, soil; solid ground; Earth; country, territory; orbis terrarum: the world (i.e., Rome's empire)
 
 

requiesco, ere, requievi, requietum: find repose; rest oneself, stop; stay
 
 

uterque
   uterque, utraque, utrumque pronoun: each of two; either; both
 

 
ille
   ille, illa, illud pronoun/adjective: that (one); he, she, it, they; the former
 
 
fores
   foris, is feminine (usually plural): door; entrance, opening
 
 

dominae
   domina, a feminine: she who commands, mistress of the house, wife, lady (imperial title); sweetheart
 
 

servat
   servo 1 conjugation: guard, save, preserve; keep, retain; watch,
 
 

at
  conjunction: but, on the other hand; at least; then; now
 

ducis
   dux, ducis masculine: general, leader, chief, guide; military commander
 

 

officium
   officium, i neuter: service, attention; duty; function; office
 
 

longa
   longus, a, um adjective: long; vast; tedious

 

via
   via, ae feminine: journey, march; street, road, way; way, method
 
 

mitte 
   mitto, ere, misi, missum: send, dispatch; hurl; let go; dismiss
 
 

puellam
   puella, ae feminine: girl, maiden; young woman, young wife; sweetheart

 

strenuus
   strenuus, a, um adjective: energetic; busy; restless
 
 

exempto
   eximo, ere, exemi, exemptum: remove, take away; free; deliver; waste time
 
 

fine
    finis, finis masculine: limit; border, boundary, end, death; aim; summit
 
 

sequetur
   sequor, sequi, secutum: follow, go with, come after, pursue
 
 

ibit
   eo, ire, ivi, itum: go, march; pass; proceed
 

 

adversos
   adversus, a, um adjective: opposite, in front of, opposing; hostile; (from adverto, ere, adverti, adversum: turn, direct towards)
 
 

montes
   mons montis masculine: mountain
 
 

duplicata
   duplico 1st conjugation: double; increase; bend
  -que conjunction: and

 
nimbo
   nimbus, i masculine: storm, rain, cloud
 
 

flumina
   flumen, inis neuter: river, stream; flood, flow
 
 

 congestas
   congero, ere, congessi, congestum: heap, accumulate, collect; build
 
 

exteret
   extero, exterere, extrivi, extritum: wear away, rub out; wear out by use
 
 

nives
   nix, nivis feminine: snow; whiteness
 
 

nec
   nec/neque conjunction: and... not, nor
 

freta
   fretum, i neuter: sea, strait; violence
 
 

pressurus
   premo, ere, pressi, pressum: press, compress; here, inflated reference to sailing, with freta, derived from a wide range of metaphoric uses
 
 

tumidos
   tumidus, a, um adjective: swollen, swelling; enraged; puffed up; bombastic
 
 

causabitur
   causor, ari, atus: make an excuse of, plead, give as an excuse for; debate the question; pretend
 
 

Euros
  Eurus, i masculine: East wind; Southeast wind
 
 

apta
   aptus, a, um adjective: suitable; attached, joined together, fitted with
 
  -que conjunction: and

verrendis
   verro, verrere, verri, versum: sweep, scour, scrape; drag; here, bombastic reference to rowing, with aquis
 
 

sidera
   sidus, eris neuter: stars in constellation, heavens, sky; weather
 
 

quaeret
   quaero, ere, quaesivi, quaesitum: seek, look for, search; try to get, acquire, earn; ask; investigate
 
 

aquis
   aqua, ae feminine: water
 
 

quis
  quis, quid pronoun: who, which, what?; indefinite: someone, something; nescio quis, quid: someone or other
 

nisi  conjunction: if not, except, unless, but
 
 

vel  conjunction: or, perhaps; or rather; vel...vel: either...or
 
 

frigora
   frigus, oris neuter: cold; cold weather; winter; death; inactivity; coldness
 
 

noctis
   nox, noctis feminine: night; darkness
 

 
denso
   densus, a, um adjective: thick, dense, close; frequent; concise
 
 

mixtas
   misceo, ere, miscui, mixtum: mingle, blend,combine; confuse
 
 

perferet
   perfero, perferre, pertuli, perlatum: endure, bear, put up with; carry through; convey; finish; bring news
 
 

imbre
   imber, imbris masculine: heavy shower, rain; stream; water
 
 

mittitur
   mitto, ere, misi, missum: send, dispatch; hurl; let go; dismiss

 

infestos
   infestus, a, um adjective: dangerous, aggressive, unsafe
 
 

alter
   alter, altera, alterum: the one (of two); the other; second; next
 
 

speculator
   speculator, oris masculine: spy, scout, investigator
 

 
hostes
   hostis, hostis masculine: stranger, foreigner, enemy, opponent, adversary
 
 

rivale
   rivalis, rivalis masculine: rival in love
 
 

oculos
   oculus, i masculine: eye, sight; darling, favorite
 
 

ut
  ut/uti adverb: as, considering how; conjunction: while, in order that, so that, that; although
 
 

hoste

hostis, hostis masculine: stranger, foreigner, enemy, opponent, adversary
 
 

tenet
   teneo, ere, tenui, tentum: keep, hold, possess; acquire; insist; grasp, understand; restrain; persist
 
 

graves
   gravis, grave adjective: strong; important; heavy, oppressive; severe; influential; dignified
 
 

urbes
   urbs, urbis feminine: city; Rome
 
 

hic
  hic, haec, hoc pronoun/ adjective: this (one), of this kind; he she, it; the latter
 

durae
 durus, a, um adjective: unfeeling, tough; hard, rough; miserly, rude; uncultured
 
 

limen
 limen, inis neuter: entrance, doorway; threshold; house; beginning
 
 

amicae
   amica, ae feminine: friend, mistress
 
 

obsidet
  obsideo, ere, obsedi, obsessum: beseige, blockade; sit at; frequent; block; guard
 
 

 portas
  porta, ae feminine: entrance, gate, outlet
 
 

frangit
   frango, ere, fregi, fractum: shatter, wreck; crush; break down; weaken, humble; move emotionally
 
 

saepe
   adverb: often, frequently
 
 

soporatos
   soporo, 1st conjugation: lull to sleep; make drowsy
 
 

invadere
   invado, ere, invasi, invasum: fall upon, attack; invade; seize, take possession of
 
 

profuit
   prosum, prodesse, profui: be beneficial, benefit; be useful to
 
 

caedere
  caedo, ere, cecidi (long middle i), caesum: strike, kill, cut; sacrifice

 
 
armata
   armo, 1st conjugation: arm, equip; call to arms
 
 

vulgus
   vulgus, i neuter: crowd, rabble; public, populace
 
 

inerme
   inermis, e adjective: unarmed, defenseless
 
 

manu
   manus, us feminine: hand; band; handiwork; power
 
 

sic
   adverb: thus, in this way, so
 
 

fera
   ferus, a, um adjective: wild; fierce, cruel; uncivilized
 
 

Threicii
   Threicius, a, um adjective: Thracian; of Thrace, the land north of Macedonia
 
 

ceciderunt
   cado, ere, cecidi (short middle i), casum: fall; die, be killed
 
 

agmina
   agmen, inis neuter: army; train; procession
 
 

Rhesi
   Rhesus, i masculine: Rhesus, leader of the Thracians, noted for his fine horses; ally of the Trojans, killed in a Mycenaean ambush upon his arrival in Troy
 

 
dominum
 dominus, i masculine: master, lord
 
 

capti
  capio, ere, cepi, captum: capture, seize; occupy; reach; captivate; choose; assume; cultivate; conceive; experience; receive; inherit; contain
 
 
 

deseruistis
  desero, deserere, deserui, desertum: abandon, forsake, desert
 
 

equi
   equus, i masculine: horse
 
 

nempe
   adverb: surely, of course, certainly; in questions: do you mean?
 
 

maritorum
   maritus, i masculine: husband
 
 

somnis
  somnus, i masculine: sleep; sloth
 
 

amantes
   amans, amantis, adjective: fond, loving; masculine noun: lover, friend, patron (from amo 1 conjugation: love, like)

 

utuntur
   utor, uti, usum: enjoy; possess; use; experience; be on intimate terms with
 
 

sopitis
   sopio, sopire, sopivi, sopitum: put to sleep; lull
 
 

hostibus
   hostis, hostis masculine: enemy, opponent, adversary; stranger, foreigner

 

arma
   arma, orum neuter plural: arms; weapons; warfare; protection; implements
 
 

movent
  moveo, movere, movi, motum: move, set in motion; disturb; expel; influence; provoke
 
 

custodum
   custos, custodis masculine: guard, protector, jailer, sentry
 
 

transire
   transeo, transire, transii, transitum: cross through; pass by; outstrip; overstep; pass
 
 
 
manus
   manus, us feminine: band; hand; handiwork; power

 

vigilum
   vigil, vigilis, masculine: sentinel; police, watchman
 
  --que conjunction: and
 
 

catervas
  caterva, ae feminine: troop; company; crowd; flock
 
 

miseri
   miser, misera, miserum adjective: wretched; sad; vile
 
 

semper
   adverb: always, ever
 
 

amantis
   amans, amantis, adjective: fond, loving; masculine noun: lover; friend, patron (from amo 1 conjugation: love, like)
 

opus
  opus, eris neuter: work, job; function, purpose; seige-work

 
 

Mars
   Mars, Martis masculine: God of War, father of Romulus and Remus; God of husbandry and seers; planet; month (first of the Roman year)
 
 

dubius
   dubius, a, um adjective: uncertain; doubtful; precarious; indecisive; irresolute
 
 

certa
   certus, a, um adjective: reliable; unerring; fixed, definite
 
 

Venus
   Venus, eris feminine: Goddes of Love, mother of Cupid and Rome's founder, Aeneas; sexual love

 

victi
   vinco, vincere, vici, victum: defeat, subdue; win; be successful; excel
 
  --que conjunction: and

resurgunt
   resurgo, ere, resurrexi, resurrectum: rise again, revive
 
 

qui
    qui, quae, quod interrogative pronoun: who, which, what, what kind of?; relative pronoun: who, which, what, that; this, he; with si, nisi, ne, num: any (one)
 
  --que conjunction: and

neges
   nego 1 conjugation: deny, say not, refuse
 
 

umquam
   adverb: ever, at any time
 
 

posse
   possum, posse, potui: have power; be able; can
 
 

iacere
   iaceo, ere, iacui: lie dead; be in ruins; be down; neglected; despised
 
 

cadunt
   cado, ere, cecidi (short middle i), casum: fall; die, be killed
 

ergo
   adverb: therefore; then
 
 

desidiam
   desidia, ae feminine: idleness, apathy
 
 

quicumque
   quicumque, quaecumque, quodcumque pronoun: whoever, whatever; every possible
 
 

vocabat
   voco 1 conjugation: call; name; summon; challenge; call upon
 
 

amorem
  Amor, oris masculine: Cupid, Love; desire, longing
 

desinat
   desino, desinere, desii: stop; leave off; end
 
 

ingenii
   ingenium, i neuter: nature; character; ability; genius
 
 

experientis
  experiens, entis adjective: enterprising, industrious; experienced (from experior, experiri, expertum: try, prove, put to the test)
 
 

amor
  Amor, oris masculine: Cupid, Love; desire, longing
 

ardet
   ardeo, ardere, arsi, arsum: be on fire, burn; shine

in
   preposition with the accusative: in, into; to, toward, for; against; until; concerning;

  preposition with the ablative: in; on, upon; inside; in the case of; at, among
 

 
abducta
   abduco, ere, abduxi, abductum: take away; seduce
 
 

Briseide
   Briseis, is (Greek word) feminine: Briseis, Achilles' war captive, was taken from him by Agamemnon at the opening of Homer's Iliad
 
 

magnus
    magnus, a, um adjective: large; great; extensive; abundant; grand; noble; aged
 

Achilles
   Achilles, is (Greek word) masculine: Achilles, son of Peleus and Thetis, hero of Homer's Iliad on the side of the Greeks
 
 

dum
   conjunction: while, as long as; provided that; if only; until
 
 

licet
   licet, ere, licuit, licitum est (impersonal): it is lawful, it is permitted; all right; conjunction: although
 
 

Argeas
   Argeus, a, um adjective: Argive, of Argos; Homer often uses this broadly, for all the forces under Agamemnon's command during the Trojan War
 
 

frangite
   frango, ere, fregi, fractum: shatter, wreck; crush; break down; weaken, humble; move emotionally

 

Troes
   Tros, Trois (Greek word) masculine: Trojan; inhabitant of Troy, Priam's city destroyed by Agamemnon's forces
 
 

opes
   ops, opis feminine: power, strength; in plural: resources
 

Hector
  Hector, oris masculine: son of Priam, chief hero and defender of Troy, whose heroism and death are recounted in Homer's Iliad
 
 

ab
   a, ab, abs preposition with the ablative: away from (motion opposite of ad); from, out of; down from; since, after; by

 

ad
   preposition with the accusative: to, towards (motion opposite of ab); against; near; at; until; with regard to, according to; for the purpose of; compared with

 

Andromaches
   Andromache, es (Greek word) feminine: wife of Hector, she survived his death, the fall of Troy, and their son's slaughter to become a war captive of the son of the man who killed her husband
 
 

conplexibus
   complexus, us masculine: embrace; affection; close combat; connection
 

ibat
   eo, ire, ivi, itum: go, march; pass; proceed
 
 

arma
   arma, orum neuter plural: arms; weapons; warfare; protection; implements
 

et
   conjunction: and, also, even
 
 

 galeam
   galea, ae feminine: helmet
 
 

capiti
   caput, itis neuter: head; course; person; chief; capital; principle
 
 

quae
   qui, quae, quod interrogative pronoun: who, which, what, what kind of?; relative pronoun: who, which, what, that; this, he; with si, nisi, ne, num: any (one)
 
 

uxor
   uxor, oris feminine: wife
 
 

daret
   do, dare, dedi, datum: put; give; permit; cause; devote; tell

 

erat
   sum, esse , fui, futurus: be, exist, be there; be so; with dative: be in one's possession; as future participle, futurus -a -um: about to be in neuter: the future
 

summa
    summa, ae feminine: summit; perfection; preeminence; supreme power
 
 

Atrides
   Atrides, is (Greek word) masculine: Atreus' son, Agamemnon, brother of Menelaus and commander-in-chief of the Mycenaeans in the Trojan War
 
 

visa
   video, ere, vidi, visum: look at; see; observe; consider; passive: seem; appear
 
 

Priameide
   Priameis, Priameidis (Greek word) feminine: daughter of Priam; here, Cassandra, the prophetess who foretold the fall of Troy, but was doomed by Apollo never to be believed; Agamemnon's war prize after the fall of Troy
 
 

fertur
   fero, ferre, tuli, latum: bring, carry, bear, produce; move; plunder; in passive: be said, be borne
 
 

Maenadis
   Maenas, Maenadis (Greek word) feminine: Maenad or Bacchante; an ecstatic female worshipper of the god Dionysus
 
 

effusis
   effundo, ere, effudi, effusum: pour forth; produce abundantly; throw; squander; let go
 
 

obstipuisse
   obstipesco, ere, obstipui: be astounded; gape at; be paralysed
 
 

comis
   coma, ae feminine: hair; helmet crest; foliage
 
 

deprensus
   deprendo, ere, deprendi, deprensum: catch, surprise; overtake; perceive, discover
 
 

fabrilia
   fabrilis, is adjective: of the blacksmith (from faber, ri masculine: worker in wood, stone, or metal
 
 

vincula
   vinculum, i neuter: chain, fetter, bond
 
 

sensit
   sentio, ire, sensi, sensum: experience; feel, see; observe; think, judge
 
 

notior
   notior, ius comparative of notus, a, um adjective: notorious; well-known; familiar in
 
 

in
   preposition with the accusative: in, into; to, toward, for; against; until; concerning;

  preposition with the ablative: in; on, upon; inside; in the case of; at, among
 

caelo
   caelum, i neuter: heaven, sky; climate; glory
 
 

fabula
   fabula, ae feminine: story, talk; drama; this tale of Mars and Venus being surprised by Vulcan in adultery is sung by a rhapsode in Homer's Odyssey 8.266-369
 
 

nulla
   nullus, a, um adjective: no, none; not at all; no one
 
 

fuit
  sum, esse, fui, futurum: be, exist, be there; be so; with dative: be in one's possession; as future participle, futurus -a -um: about to be, in neuter: the future
 

ipse
   ipse, ipsa, ipsud pronoun: self ; ego ipse: I myself; the very, actual; just, exactly; by oneself, of one's own accord; the master
 
 

ego
   ego (mei, mihi, me, me) pronoun: I, (plural nos)
 

segnis
   segnis, e adjective: lazy, sluggish, slow
 
 

eram
  sum, esse, fui, futurum: be, exist, be there; be so; with dative: be in one's possession; as future participle, futurus -a -um: about to be, in neuter: the future
 

discincta
   discingo, ere, discinxi, discinctum: disrobe, unbind, unbelt
 
  --que conjunction: and

in
   preposition with the accusative: in, into; to, toward, for; against; until; concerning;

  preposition with the ablative: in; on, upon; inside; in the case of; at, among
 

otia
   otium, i neuter: idleness; leisure; retirement; quiet; peace
 
 

natus
   nascor, nasci, natum: be born; arise, spring from; perfect participle: destined, made, produced by nature for
 
 

mollierant
   mollio, ire, ivi, itum: soften; demoralise; make supple; mitigate; make easier
 
 

lectus
   lectus, i masculine: couch, bed; bier
 
 

et
   conjunction: and, also, even
 
 

umbra
   umbra, ae feminine: shade; shelter; school, study; ghost
 
 

meos
   meus, a, um personal possessive adjective: my
 

inpulit
   impello, ere, impuli, impulsum: drive; incite; set in motion, overthrow, ruin
 
 

ignavum
  ignavus, a, um: idle, lazy; cowardly; relaxing
 
 

formosae
   formosus, a, um: beautiful; handsome
 
 

cura
   cura, ae, feminine: love; care, concern; attention to; trouble; pain; anxiety; sorrow
 
 

puellae
  puella, ae feminine: girl, sweetheart
 

iussit
 iubeo, ere, iussi, iussum: command, order, tell; decree; bid
 
 

et
   conjunction: and, also, even
 
 

in
   preposition with the accusative: in, into; to, toward, for; against; until; concerning;

  preposition with the ablative: in; on, upon; inside; in the case of; at, among
 

castris
   castrum, i neuter: in plural: military camp; military service; fort, fortress; political party; philosophical sect
 

 

aera
   aes, aeris neuter: soldier's pay; copper, bronze, money, statues, vessels
 
 

merere
   mereo, ere, merui: earn, serve (military); deserve; win
 
 

suis
   suus,a,um personal possessive adjective: one's (his, her, its) own (refers to subject of main verb)

 

inde

  adverb: then, next; ever since, from then; after that
 
 

agilem
   agilis, e adjective: active, busy, nimble
 
 

nocturna
   nocturnus, a, um adjective: nightly, of the night
 
  --que conjunction: and

bella
  bellum, i neuter: war, battle, warfare
 
 

gerentem
   gero, ere, gessi, gestum: wage, conduct; carry, wear; produce; bring; spend
 
 

qui
    qui, quae, quod interrogative pronoun: who, which, what, what kind of?; relative pronoun: who, which, what, that; this, he; with si, nisi, ne, num: any (one)
 

nolet
   nolo, nolle, nolui: be unwilling, not wish; refuse
 
 

fieri
   fio, fieri, factum: become; be made; arise; happen
 
 

desidiosus
   desidiosus, a, um adjective: lazy; idle; relaxed

 

amet
   amo, 1 conjugation: love, like.