Here is the a complete list of the vocabulary, as well as mythological references, that will help deepen your understanding of Virgil's Aeneid, while you continue to read.
Vocabulary - Latin
- anima - breath, life, the soul (what makes you human)
- audax - daring, bold, confident (bravery)
- contagio - pollution passed through touch, contagion (something within boundaries)
- facies - the visage, countenance, face (composure, self-discipline, and "appearance" of control appearance, look)
- numen - power, will (spiritual energy attained through conflicts, regardless of outcome
- pietas - piety, affection (devotion, dutiful conduct; respect for duty or fulfillment of responsibilities)
- religio - scruple, fear in a religious sense, caused by the obligation of duty, exactness, delicacy, sincerity, faith; to hind or keep back (draw a line around, differentiate)
- sacer- sacredness (charged with strong numen)
- sanctum - made sacred by decree or law (to set apart)
- veritas - truth (that which is real, not necessarily apparent; undeniable; requires empathy)
Gods & Goddesses
- Ceres (Demeter) - goddess of agriculture, grain, and the love a mother bears for her child
- Juno (Hera) - queen of the gods, protector and special counselor of the Roman state, stability
- Jupiter (Zeus) - supreme god of the Roman pantheon, all powerful and best, the special protector of Roman state and laws
- Pallas Minerva ( Pallas Athena) - goddess of wisdom, medicine, the arts, science and trade, and war
- Terminus - god of of protective boundaries
- Venus (Aphrodite) - goddess of love, fertility (sex), and beauty
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