Book IV: Ovid's Lament for Tibullus' Death

memnon n.

A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have the property of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise.

pyre n.

A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt. [L. pure, Gr. Fire.]

eros n.

Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid.

forlorn a.

Deserted abandoned; lost. [OE., p.p. of forlesen to lose utterly, AS. forleósan (p.p. forloren); pref. for- + leósan (in comp.) to lose; cf. D. verliezen to lose, G. verlieren, Sw. förlor]

desperate a.

Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [L. desperatus, p. p. of desperare. See Despair, and cf. Desperado.]

yore adv.

In time long past; in old time; long since. [OE. , yare, , AS. geára;akin to geár a year, E. year. Year.]

deplore v. t.

To feel or to express deep and poignant grief for; to bewail; to lament; to mourn; to sorrow over. [L. deplorare; de- + plorare to cry out, wail, lament; prob. akin to pluere to rain, and to E. flow: cf. F. déplorer. Cf. Flow.]

sullen a.

Lonely; solitary; desolate. Wyclif (Job iii. 14). [OE. solein, solain, lonely, sullen; through Old French fr. (assumed) LL. solanus solitary, fr. L. solus alone. See Sole, a.]

orpheus n.

The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.

sire n.

A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir. [F. sire, originally, an older person. See Sir.]

wildwood n.

A wild or unfrequented wood. Also used adjectively; as, wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes. Burns.

exhaustless a.

Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store.

derive v. t.

To turn the course of, as water; to divert and distribute into subordinate channels; to diffuse; to communicate; to transmit; -- followed by to, into, on, upon. [F. dériver, L. derivare; de- + rivus stream, brook. See Rival.]

nemesis n.

The goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified; divine vengeance. [L., fr. gr. Nomad.]

piously adv.

In a pious manner.

revere v. t.

To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation. [L. revereri; pref. re- re- + vereri to fear, perh. akin to E. wary: cf. F. révérer.]

explore v. t.

To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for. [L. explorare to explore; ex out+plorare to cry out aloud,prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to E. flow: cf. F. explorer.]

fane n.

A temple; a place consecrated to religion; a church. [L. fanum a place dedicated to some deity, a sanctuary, fr. fari to speak. See Fame.]

fading n.

An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song.

votive a.

Given by vow, or in fulfillment of a vow; consecrated by a vow; devoted; as, votive offerings; a votive tablet. [L. votivus, fr. votum a vow: cf. F. votif. See Vow.]

disarray v. t.

To throw into disorder; to break the array of. [Pref. dis- + array, v.: cf. OF. desarroyer, desarreier.]

supremely adv.

In a supreme manner.

haply adv.

By hap, chance, luck, or accident; perhaps; it may be.

elysian a.

Pertaining, or the abode of the blessed after death; hence, yielding the highest pleasures; exceedingly delightful; beatific. [L. Elysius, fr. Elysium.]

fadeless a.

Not liable to fade; unfading.

inviolate a.

Not violated; uninjured; unhurt; unbroken. [L. inviolatus. See In- not, and Violate.]

shall v. i.

To owe; to be under obligation for. [OE. shal, schal, imp. sholde, scholde, AS. scal, sceal, I am obliged, imp. scolde, sceolde, inf. sculan; akin to OS. skulan, pres. skal, imp. skolda, D. zullen,]

changeless a.

That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose.

Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.