Lucretius Book One-Poet's Program
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- avius,-a,-um
- out of the way, lonely, untrodden, astray, wandering
- tritus,-a,-um
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ppp. of tero
Well-worn, (judg.)expert - solum,-i nt.
- ground, floor, bottom, soil, land, country, (foot)sole
- integer, integra, integrum
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untouched, unhurt, unchanged,
Lit. undiminished, whole, entire, complete, perfect, fresh, vigorous - haurio,-īre,-sī,-stum
- to draw, draw off, derive, to drain, empty, exhaust, to take in, drink, swallow
- decerpo,-ere,-sī,-tum
- to pluck off, gather, (fig.) to derive, enjoy
- unde
- from where, whence
- velo,-āre,-āvī,-ātum
- to cover up, clothe, veil, (fig.) to conceal
- contingo,-ere,īgī,-āctum
- to touch, take hold of, partake of, to be near, border on, to reach, come to, to contaminate
- velut, veluti adv.
- as,just as, for instance, just as if
- absinthium,-i nt.
- wormwood
- mellitus,-a,-um
- sweet, honeyed
- liquor,-oris
- fluidity, liquid, the sea
- flavus,-a,-um
- yellow, golden
- ora,-ae
- edge, boundary, coast, country, region
- improvidus,-a,-um
- unforseeing, thoughtless
- ludifico,-āre,-or,-āri,-ātus
- to make a fool of, ridicule, to delude, thwart
- tenus (+gen./abl.)
- as far as, up to, down to
- perpōtō,-āre
- to drink off, to drink continuously
- amarus,-a,-um
- bitter, (fig.) sad, ill-natured
- latex,-icis, m.
- water, any other liquid
- plerumque adv.
- generally, mostly
- potius adv.
- rather, more
- recreo,-āre,-āvī,-ātum
- to make, reproduce, to revive, refresh
- valescÅ,-Ä“re
- to grow strong, thrive
- tractō,-āre,-āvī,-ātum
- to maul, to handle, deal with, manage
- vulgus,-ī
- mass of people, the public, crowd, herd, rabble,populace
- perspicuus;
- transparent, clear, evident
- quapropter
- why, therefore
- summa,-ae
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main part of, chief, point, main issue, gist, summary, whole, supreme power
summārum; universe