Non-Core Vocabulary in Ovid’s Amores, Poem 14
abrumpō -rumpere -rūpī -ruptum: break off, sever
acus -ūs m.: hairpin
admoveō -movēre -mōvī -mōtum: move to, apply to; (mil.) move up (into position)
anus -ūs f.: old woman, hag; sorceress
Apollō -inis m.: Apollo
arānea -ae f.: spider’s web; spider
arduus -a -um: towering, lofty
āter -tra -trum: dark, black
Bacchē -ēs f.: a Bacchante
Bacchus -ī m.: Bacchus
brācchium -ī n.: the forearm (elbow to hand), arm
cantō -āre: bewitch
capillus -ī m.: hair
captīvus -a -um: captured, captive
cedrus -ī f.: cedar
clāmō -āre: shout, call
clīvōsus -a -um: steep, hilly
colōrātus -a -um: colored
conspiciō -spicere -spexī -spectum: notice, attract attention, catch the eye of
consuētus -a -um: accustomed, usual
cortex -icis m.: bark, shell
crīnis -is m.: lock of hair; (pl. or collective sg.) hair
decens decentis: becoming, seemly, attractive
dēnsus -a -um: thick, dense; frequent
dēripiō -ripere -ripuī -reptum: snatch away, tear down
dēsistō -sistere -stitī: stand away, withdraw; desist
dīgerō -gerere -gessī -gestum: separate, spread
Diōnē -ēs f.: Dione, the mother of Aphrodite; often used for Aphrodite/Venus herself
dispendium -ī n.: expenditure, expense, loss
dispōnō -pōnere -posuī -positum: arrange, put in place; (mil.) to post, station
docilis -e: teachable, responsive (to styling)
emō emere ēmī emptum: buy, purchase
ērudiō -rudīre -rudiī -rudītum: to instruct, train; free from roughness
ferreus -a -um: made of iron; hard-hearted, cruel
fīlum -ī n.: thread, string
flexus -ūs m.: curl, wave; the act of bending or curling
formōsus -a -um: shapely, beautiful
gena -ae f.: cheek
Germānia -ae f.: Germany
gracilis -e: slender, thin
grāmen -inis n.: grass, plant, herb
gremium -ī n.: lap
Haemonius, -a, -um: Haemonian, Thessalian
herba -ae f.: herb
Īda -ae f.: Mount Ida
immemor -oris: unmindful, forgetful
ineptus -a -um: foolish
ingenuus -a -um: tender, delicate
instar n.: the equivalent, just like (+ gen.)
insum -esse -fui: be in or on, be present
invidus -a -um: envious, jealous
lānūgō -inis f.: soft hair, down
lassus -a -um: tired, weary
lavō lavāre lāvī lautum: wash, bathe
madidus -a -um: moist, wet; drunk
māne: (early in the) morning
medicō -āre: treat, medicate (with); dye (with)
merx mercis f.: commodity
minuō minuere minuī minūtum: make smaller, lessen, diminish
nātīvus -a -um: native, natural
nectō nectere nexī nexum: tie, bind, connect, weave
neglegō -legere -lexī -lectum: neglect, disregard
neuter -tra -trum: neither
nexilis -e: plaited, intertwined
ō: oh!
ocellus -ī m.: a (little) eye
ōmen -inis n.: omen, augury
ornātrix -icis f.: hairdresser, lady’s maid
ornō -āre: decorate, beautify; arrange (hair); equip
paelex -icis f.: a mistress who was a rival to a wife or lover
patienter:(adv.) patiently
pecten -inis m.: comb
perfidus -a -um: faithless, treacherous, false
pingō pingere pinxī pictum: paint, dye
postmodo: (adv.) later, presently
prōtegō -tegere -texī -tectum: cover, conceal; protect
purpureus -a -um: purple
removeō -movēre -mōvī -mōtum: move back, withdraw, remove
reparābilis -e: reparable, recoverable
rubeō -ēre: redden, blush
rubor -ōris m.: redness of face, a feeling of shame
saucius -a -um: wounded
sēmisupīnus -a -um: half-supine, half-reclining on one’s back
Sēres -um m.: Chinese
spatiōsus -a -um: wide, spacious, large
speculum -ī n.: mirror
sponte: (abl. sg. as adv.) naturally, by nature; voluntarily
Sygamber -bra -brum: of the Sygambri
temere: (adv.) at random, casually
tenuis -e: slender, thin
Thrācius -a -um: Thracian
tingō tingere tinxī tinctum: wet, moisten; dye, color
torum -ī n.: bed, couch, cushion
trabs -is f.: beam, tree
triumphō -āre: triumph, have a triumph
ūmeō -ēre: be wet, moist
ūrō ūrere ussī ustum: burn
vallēs -is f.: vale, valley
vēlum -ī n.: sail; fabric
venēnum -ī n.: magic potion, poison; dye
vexō -āre: attack constantly, harass, vex
viridis -e: green