# Oxford Latin Course, Part 1 - Chapter 12 # by Maurice Balme and James Morwood, ISBN 978-0-19-521550-2 # Version 1.0 # by Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) amō, -āre : I love dēspērō, -āre : I despair placeō, -ēre : I please mihi placet : it pleases me, I decide petō, -ere : I seek, pursue, make for perficiō, -ere : I carry out animus, -ī, m. : mind deus, deī, m. : god dea, deae, f. : goddess nūnius, -ī, m. : messenger, message oculus, -ī, m. : eye imperium, -ī, n. : order amor, amōris, m. : love hiems, hiemis, f. : winter conmōtus, -a, -um : moved tantus, -a, -um : so great tristis, triste : sad fēlix, fēlicis : lucky, happy infēlis, infēlicis : unlucky, ill-starred etiam : even, also ibi : there intereā : meanwhile nunc : now aut ... aut : either ... or ante : before post : after fīnem dīcendī : end of speaking hospitēs : guests incipit : beings absentem : absent, away spernit : despises cessantem : lingering fātī immemor : forgetful of his destiny volā : fly! tālāria induit : he puts on his winged sandals arcem : the citadel aedificantem : building haec : this diūtius : any longer monitum Iovis : the warning of Jupiter neglegere : neglect cognōvit : has learnt arcessit : sends for perfide : traitor! spernis : do you despise? moritūram : doomed to die penitus : deeply sponte : of my own will tum vērō : then indeed exardēscit : flares up retineō : hold back poena dīra : a terrible punishment manet : awaits sērius ōcius : sooner or later posterī : my descendents ultiōnem : vengence tibi exigent : will exact from you exanimāta : in a faint primā lūce : at first light solvunt : cast off nāvigantēs : sailing pyram : a pyre exstruere : to build up gladium : sword pectus : heart (acc.) trānsfīgit : pierces lūgent : mourn succendunt : light fūmus : smoke respicit : looks back surgentem : rising faber : workman alter : second tertius : third cessat : is lingering arcem : citadel mediam urbem : the middle of the city cōnficere : to finish meridiēs : midday arbore : tree quō? : where to? paulīsper : for a little while appāret : appears Iovis : of Jupiter fātī immemor : forgetful of your destiny an : or ēvānēscit : vanishes ipse : himself quōmodo? : how? dēserere : desert cognōvit : has learned furor : madness eius : her superant : overcome perfide : traitor! temptās : you try fīdēs : faithfulness moribundam : to die culpāre : blame invītus : unwilling(ly) lacrimās : tears spernis : do you despise beneficia : kindness rependis : do you repay? prōdis : you betray ultiōnem dīram : a terrible vengence poenās ... exigent : will exact punishment exanimāta : in a faint # end