| inde (adv.) | from there; then |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| prīmus, -a, -um | first, foremost |
| quiēs, quiētis, f. | rest, repose |
| medius, -a, -um | mid, middle |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| nox, noctis, f. | night |
| abigō, -ere, -ēgī, -āctus | drive away, drive off (cattle), steal |
| curriculum, -ī n. | running; race; course, lap |
| expellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsus | drive out, expel |
| somnus, -ī, m. | sleep, drowsiness |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| fēmina, -ae, f. | woman |
| prīmum, adv. | first, in the first place |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| tolerō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | bear, endure; keep off (hunger) |
| colus, -ūs/-ī f. | distaff (for spinning) |
| vīta, -ae, f. | life |
| tenuis, -e | thin |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| impōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus | place or lay upon, impose; embark |
| cinis, cineris m. | ashes |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| sōpiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | put to sleep; stun |
| suscitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | raise up, rouse; raise (the dead) |
| ignis, -is, m. | fire |
| addō, -ere, -didī, -ditus | add, put to |
| opus, operis, n. | work, task |
| famula, -ae f. | maidservant |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| lūmen, -minis, n. | light |
| longus, -a, -um | long; tedious |
| exerceō, -ercēre, -ercuī, -ercitus | exercise |
| pēnsum, -ī n. | weight of wool for spinning; task; nihil pēnsī habēre: care nothing for |
| castus, -a, -um | pure, chaste, spotless |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| servō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | save, preserve |
| cubīle, -is n. | bed, resting place |
| coniūnx, coniugis, m. and f. | spouse, husband, wife |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| parvus, -a, -um | little, small |
| ēdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus | lead out, draw |
| nātus, -ī m. | son; (pl.) children |
| haud, adv. | not at all, by no means, not |
| secus (prep. + acc.) | beside, along |
| ignipotēns, -entis | lord of fire (an epithet of Vulcan) |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| segnis, -e | slow, sluggish, idle |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| mollis, -e | soft, weak |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| strātum, -ī n. | bedspread, coverlet; bed |
| fabrīlis, -e | of a smith or craftsman |
| surgō, -ere, surrēxī, surrēctus | rise, get up, stand up |
| īnsula, -ae, f. | island |
| Sicānius, -a, -um | Sicilian |
| iūxtā (adv. and prep. + acc.) | nearby; next to |
| latus, lateris n. | side, flank |
| Aeolius, -a, -um | of Aeolus; Aeolian (here of Canace, daughter of Aeolus) |
| ērigō, -rigere, -rēxī, -rēctus | raise or set up, raise, lift; cheer, encourage |
| fūmō, -āre | smoke, give off smoke |
| arduus, -a, -um | steep, difficult |
| saxum, -ī, n. | rock, stone |
| subter (prep. + acc. or abl.) | beneath, under |
| specus, -ūs m. | cave, grotto |
| exedō, -ēsse, -ēdī, -ēsus | eat away, consume; exēsus: hollowed out, porous |
| camīnus, -ī m. | forge, furnace |
| antrum, -ī, n. | cave |
| Aetnaeus, -a, -um | of Etna, the volcano in Sicily |
| tonō, -āre, -uī | thunder; (trans.) call out in a thundering voice |
| validus, -a, -um | strong |
| incūs, -ūdis f. | anvil |
| īctus, -ūs, m. | blow |
| audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | hear; listen or attend to |
| referō, referre, rettulī, relātus | bring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia |
| gemitus, -ūs m. | groan, sigh |
| strīdō, -ere, strīdī | hiss, whistle, make a shrill noise |
| caverna, -ae f. | hollow, cavity, cave |
| strictūra, -ae f. | mass of glowing iron, bloom |
| fornāx, -ācis f. | furnace, kiln, oven |
| anhēlō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | pant, gasp; breathe out, be eager for |
| domus, -ūs, f. | house, home |
| Volcānius, -a, -um | of Vulcan, made by Vulcan |
| nōmen, -minis, n. | name (that by which one is known) |
| tellūs, -ūris f. | earth, land (poetic) |
| hūc, adv. | to this place, hither |
| tunc (adv.) | then, at that time |
| caelum, -ī, n. | heaven, sky |
| dēscendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsus | climb down, descend |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| altus, -a, -um | high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep |