Ovid Projects

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50. Exiguās from ex-ago: drive out. Ths shadows are small as they have been driven away.
50. Exiguās is with umbras
51. Sociīs: dat. or abl. Pl
54. Synchysis (last 4)
56. Suprā with corpora
57. Note the Golden Line

61. I chose to use impulsū from R. J. Tarrent’s Latin over inpulsū (as it was in Latin Library) as im- is the more common form.
61-62. Synchysis
62. Why is forent in the subjunctive?
69. Hastīle is accusative: -e, -is, -i, -e, -i
76. Stygiō: This is a reference to the River Styx, a river in the underworld, from Greek and Roman mythology. 
79. Impete is a rare ablative singular form of impetus -ūs m. found in Lucretius and Ovid (Chambers Murray Latin-English Dictionary). I chose impete from R. J. Tarrent's Latin over inpete from Latin Library because it fits the meaning of the line better.
79. Ceu (“like”) introduces a simile
81. Agēnoridēs is a patronymic: “son of Agenor”
81/82. Chiasmus
83. Cuspide: In this case, “tip” is in reference to the tip of Cadmus’s sword
91. Ūsque: Note that the -que is not an “and”. This is a full word.

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     Vocabulary:

51. quae mora: “what delay”
51. mīrātur: wonder
55. nemus, numoris, n. woods
55. lēto, lētāre, lētāvi, lētātum to kill
56. spatiōsus -a -um spacious
56. tergus, tergoris, n. back, hide, skin, body
57. lambēns, lambentis n. licking
58. ultor, ultōris m. avenger, punisher
58. pectus, pectoris, n. figuratively heart
59. molāris, molāris, m. millstone, tooth
60. cōnāmen, cōnāminis, n. effort, struggle
61. arduus, -a, -um lofty, steep, high
61. celsus -a -um tall, prominent, erect
62. mōtus -a -um moved, destroyed
63. lōrīca, lōrīcae, f. breastplate
63. squāma, squāmae, f. scale
63. āter, ātra, ātrum dull black
64. dūritia, -ae f. hardness, rigidity
64. ictus, ictūs, m. blow, stroke
66. lentus, -a, -um flexible, slow, sluggish
66. fīxus, -a, -um immovable, unwavering, fixed
67. īle, īlis, n. intestines, guts
68. retorqueō, retorquēre, retorsī, retortus to twist, bend, avert, deflect
68. tergum, tergī, n. back, rear
68. dolor, dolōris, m. pain, ache, hurt
69. mordeō, mordēre, momordī, morsus to bite, gnaw
69. hastīle, hastīlis, n. shaft of a spear or javelin
71. os, ossis, n. bone, heartwood
73. tumēscō, tumēscere, tumuī to begin to swell, become inflated
73. guttur, gutturis, n. throat, neck, gullet
73. vēna, vēnae, f. vein, blood vessel, artery
74. spūma, spūmae, f. foam, froth, slime
74. pestifer -a, -um destructive, noxious, pestilential
75. rāsus -a, -um scraped, shaved
76. īnficiō, īnficere, īnfēcī, īnfectus to stain, poison, corrupt
76. vitiātus -a, -um damaged
77. modo, adv. just now
77. spīra, spīrae, f. wound, twisted, coiled
78. cingō, -ere, cinxī, cinctus to surround, circle, ring
79. imber, imbris, m. rain, storm, stormcloud
79. amnis, amnis, m. rapidly flowing river, torrent
79. vastus -a -um vast
81. spoliō, spoliāre, spoliāvī, spoliātus to strip, deprive, rob, uncover
82. incursus, incursūs m. onslaught, attack
82. īnstantia, īnstantiae, f. perseverance, earnestness
83. cuspis, cuspidis, f. point, tip
83. praetendō, -ere, -ī -praetentum to hold out
85. venēniferō -a -um containing poison
87. levis, -is, -e light, trivial, fickle
91. quercus, quercūs f. Oak tree
92. rōbur, rōboris n. hard oak
92. cervīx, cervīcis throat, neck

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