Aeneid Vocabulary Book II, 411 – 450

culmen, culminis n. – hic primum ex alto delubri culmine telis     

• final point, end

• roof, summit

• conclusion, summation

• stream, river

obruo, obrere, obrui, obrutum – telis nostrorum obruimur

• to pester, annoy

• to shun, avoid

• to block, obstruct

• to overwhelm, crush

facies, facei f. – armorum facie et Graiarum errore iubarum.

• appearance, form

• continence

• shape, form

• sky, heavens

gemitus, gemitus m. - tum Danai gemitu atque ereptae virginis (Cassandra) ira

• groan

• help

• power

• expectation

undique - undique collecti invadunt, acerrimus Ajax

• far off

• nearby

• on (from) all sides

• nowhere

confligo, confligere, conflixi, conflictum – - adversi rupto ceu quondam turbine venti confligunt,

• To fall, to sink down

• to clash, to struggle

• to sit, to sit down

• to abandon, to retreat

imus, ima, imum  ADJ  - imo Nereus ciet aequora (ex) fundo.

• dull, uninteresting

• nearby, close

• deepest, bottommost

• level, flat

cieo, ciere, civi,  citus – imo Nereus ciet aequora (ex) fundo.

• to narrate, to tell

• to change, to move up

• to arrange, to rearrange

• to stir (up), to arouse

fundo, fundere, fudi, fusus  (3rd)  - si quos obscura nocte per umbram  fudimus insidiis totaque agitavimus urbe,

• to route; scatter

• to follow, come after

• to run around, encircle

• to besiege, assault

mentior, mentiri, mentitus – primi clipeos mentitaque tela agnoscunt atque ora sono discordia signant.                           

• to lie, deceive

• to convince, prove

• to annoy, to irritate

• to study, work hard