Thēseus et Mīnōtaurus

• aedificium -ī n

  quod aedificātum est, domus

  building, edifice, structure

• A
  aedificō, aedificāre, aedificāvī, aedificātum

  domum struō, exstruō

  to build, erect, establish

• agnus -ī m

  fīlius ovis; parvus et mollis est.

  a lamb

• A
  auxilium -ī n

  support, assistance; (pl.) auxiliary forces

• B
  brevī

  soon

• cīvis -is m/f

  quī in eādem cīvitāte vīvit

  citizen

• C
  complūrēs, complūra

  multī

  several

• C
  cōnspectus -ūs

  omnibus spectantibus

  a sight

• C
  cōnstituō, cōnstituere, cōnstituī, cōnstitūtus

  firmē dēcernō

  establish, put together

• C
  cupiditās -ātis f

  animus cupidus, nimium dēsīderium.

  desire

• cupidus -a -um (+gen)

  quī nimis cupit; cupidus cibī trāns mēnsam manum tendit.

  eager, desirous, passionate, fond

• currus -ūs m

  vehiculum ab equīs tractum

  chariot

• D
  dēscendō, dēscendere, dēscendī, dēscensus

  dēorsum eō

  climb down, descend

• dēserō, dēserere, dēseruī, dēsertum

  relictus, vacuus

  leave, desert, abandon

• E
  exitus, exitūs

  fīnis reī

  a departure, a going out

• E
  expugnātiō -ōnis f

  storming

• F
  fābula -ae f

  quod nārrātur: dē deīs hominibusque; vēra nōn est, sed docet.

  account, tale, story

• fīlum -ī n

  līnea, tenor

  thread, string, filament, fiber

• F
  forte

  cāsū, nōn cōnsiliō

  by chance

• G
  glōria -ae f

  splendor, māiestās

  glory, fame

• H
  hūc

  to this place

• humilis -e

  nōn altus

  low, lowly, small, slight

• I
  ibi

  there

• I
  illūc

  in illum locum

  to that place

• I
  interficiō, interficere, interfēcī, interfectus

  occīdō

  kill

• L
  labyrinthus -ī m

  domus mīra multārum viārum, ex quā exīre difficile est.

  a building with many winding passages, a labyrinth

• lītus -oris n

  ōra maris

  shore

• maereō, maerēre, --, --

  trīstitiā premor

  to be sad or mournful

• M
  mīrābilis -e

  dignus quem mīrēmur.

  wonderful, marvellous, astonishing, extraordinary, remarkable, amazing

• moenia -ium n pl

  mūrī urbis altī et fortēs.

  walls, fortifications

• M
  mōnstrum -ī n

  quod contrā nātūram est et terret; signum deōrum īrātōrum.

  a divine omen indicating misfortune, an evil omen, portent

• M
  mora, morae

  tempus exspectandī; sine morā = statim.

  delay, hindrance

• M
  mors mortis f

  fīnis vītae

  death

• N
  nārrātiō -ōnis f

  narration, narrative, story

• nāvem solvere

  quā per aquam vehimur

  ship

• N
  necō, necāre, necāvī, necātus

  occīdō

  to kill, murder

• N
  nex necis f

  mors violenta

  murder, slaughter, killing, violent death

• oblīvīscor, oblīvīscī, oblītus sum

  quī nōn meminit

  to forget

• O
  occīdō, occīdere, occīdī, occīsum

  mortem dō

  kill, cut down

• Ō
  ōlim

  iam diū

  formerly, at that time

• P
  parātus -a -um

  iam factus ad rem; nāvis parāta est: in aquam īre potest.

  preparation

• pateō, patēre, patuī, ----

  apertus sum

  lie open, extend; be evident or obvious

• P
  polliceor, pollicērī, pollicitus sum

  prōmittō

  to promise, guarantee

• P
  prōspiciō, prōspicere, prōspexī, prōspectus

  procul spectō

  to look far off

• Q
  quotannīs

  omnibus annīs

  yearly, annually, every year

• R
  regō, regere, rēxī, rēctum

  dūcō, gubernō

  guide, rule

• rēx rēgis m

  quī populō imperat

  king

• S
  saevus -a -um

  ferus, crūdēlis

  fierce, raging, wrathful

• saxum -ī n

  lapis magnus

  rock, cliff, crag

• taurus -ī m

  bōs mās

  a bull, steer

• T
  terribilis, terribile

  quī terret.

  frightful, dreadful, terrible, horrible

• T
  timidus -a -um

  plēnus timōris

  fearful, afraid, apprehensive, timid

• T
  trahō, trahere, trāxī, trāctum

  dūcō, moveō

  drag, draw

• V
  vorō, vorāre, vorāvī, vorātum

  avidē dēvorō

  to devour

Independent companion to Hans H. Ørberg's Lingua Latina per se Illustrata (Domus Latina; Hackett), not affiliated with its publishers. Definitions come from this dictionary and the Imperial Restitution readers.