Monday, June 10, 2013

Storm Vocabulary: The Aeneid

spuma, ae, f. - foam, froth, spray
nubes, is, f. - cloud, mist, fog
rapidus, a, um - swift, whirling, consuming
scopulus, i, m. - rock, crag, cliff
turbo, inis, m. - whirlpool, storm
Aeolus, i, m. - God of the Winds
Auster, tri, m. - South wind
murmur, uris, n. - roar, rumble
nimbus, i, m.- storm cloud, rainstorm
sonorus, a, um - roaring howling
tempestas, atis, f. - tempest, storm
fluctus
profundus, a, um - deep, high, vast
Africus, i, m.- Southwest wind
Eurus, i, m. - East wind
Notus, i, m. - South wind
perflo (1st decl.) - blow over, through
procella, ae, f. - blast, gust
intono, are, ui - thunder, roar
Aquilo, onis, m. - North wind
iacto (1st decl.) - toss
aestus, us, m. - boiling surge, tide
inlido, ere, si, sus - dash against
vadum, i, n. - shallow, shoal
vertex, icis, m. - peak, summit, whirlpool
gurges, itis, m. - abyss, gulf, whirlpool
hiems, emis, f. - winter, storm
imber, bris, m. - rain, flood, water
voro (1st decl.) - swallow up

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