inde adverb
then, from there.
abactus, -a, -um
finished,
passed; describes noctis.
curriculum, -i n.
course,
career; translate with medio.
expello, -ere, -puli, -pulsum
drive
away, expel, remove.
primum adverb
first, in the first
place.
tolero(1)
support, sustain,
bear.
colus- i m.
distaff (a staff from
which wool is pulled for spinning).
tenuis, -e
slight, poor,
thin.
Minerva, -ae f.
Minerva, patron
goddess of wisdom, war, and the arts; the goddess is used here as a metaphor
for weaving, working in wool.
impono , -ere, -posui, -positum +
dative
impose on, assign to, lay upon. The verb is used impersonally
here; supply est.
cinis, -eris m.
ashes ,
embers.
sopio, -ire, -ivi, -itum
put to
sleep; sopitos modifies ignis (i.e., ignes).
suscito (1)
stir, rouse,
awaken.
addo, -ere, addidi, additum
add to;
direct object: noctem, indirect object: operi.
famula, -ae f.
handmaid; house
servant.
lumen, -inis n.
lamp, torch,
light.
longus, -a, -um
tedious, long,
vast
exerceo, -ere, -ui, -itum
keep busy,
supervise, train.
pensum,- i n.
allotment of wool to be
spun; task.
castus, -a, -um
clean, pure (moral
and physical).
ut + subjunctive (possit) = purpose
construction.
cubile, -is n.
bed, couch.
coniunx, -iugis m/f
husband,
wife.
educo, -ere, -duxi, -ductum
raise up,
rear; train.
natus, nata m/f.
male offspring, female
offspring.
haud secus
not at all otherwise; just
so.
ignipotens, -potentis
fire working;
epithet for Vulcan used here as a substantive.
segnis, -e (segnior=comparative form of
the adjective )
slow, sluggish, lazy; translate nec with
segnior.
mollis, -e
soft, gentle,
tender.
stratum, -i n.
coverlets, bed,
couch.
fabrilis, -e
of the craftsman, of the
smith.
surgo, -ere, -rexi, -rectum
arise, get
up.
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