Although Bombax Press typically includes both indices and dictionaries for Latin novellas, Astronomia: Fabula Planetarum differs from this precedent. Astronomia contains an Index Verborum, which contains all the words used in the novella. It lists all verb forms separately, but it groups together the nouns and adjectival forms of the word. The Index Verborum provides readers with the opportunity to look up any word form that is unfamiliar.
Despite the intentional use of over 90 cognates, some words may be unfamiliar to your students. Other words are also glossed on the page. However, many color pictures, some with textual glosses to establish meaning, will assist students in reading and understanding Astronomia: Fabula Planetarum.
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The complete Index Verborum is reproduced here.
Index Verborum for Astronomia
| Latin | English |
| Ad | To, toward |
| Adhūc | Still |
| Admīrārī | To admire |
| Adōnidem (Adōnidis, Adōnis) | Adonis, a youth |
| Adulta | Adult |
| Aequātōre | Equator |
| Aesculāpius | Aesculapius, a hero who invented medicine |
| Age | Do, Drive |
| Agēbat | S/he, it was doing, driving |
| Agere | To do, to drive |
| Agit | S/he, it does, drives |
| Agō | I do, drive |
| Agricultūrae | Agriculture |
| Agunt | They do, drive |
| Aieee | Ahh! |
| Amābat | S/he, it was loving |
| Amāvit | S/he, it loved |
| Americā | America |
| Americāna | American |
| Amīcī | Friends |
| Amō | I love |
| Animal (animālia, animālium) | Animal |
| Annī (annō, annōs, annum, annus) | Year |
| Antequam | Before |
| Antiquī | Ancient |
| Ānulī (ānulōrum, ānulōs) | Rings |
| Aper (aprī, aprō, aprōs, aprum) | Boar |
| Apollō (Apollinis) | Apollo, the god of music |
| Aqua (aquae, aquam, aquā) | Water |
| Aquōsa | Watery |
| Arborem | Tree |
| Artificiōsa (artificiōsīs, artificiōsam) | Artificial |
| Ascende | Ascend |
| Ascendit | S/he, it ascends |
| Asteroidēs | Asteroids |
| Astra (astrum) | Star |
| Astronāvēs (astronāvis, astronāve) | Spacecraft |
| Astronoma (astronomī, astronomīs, astronomus) | Astronomer |
| Astronomiae (astronomiā) | Astronomy |
| Athenīs | Athens, a city in Greece sacred to Athena |
| Atmosphaera (atmosphaeram, atmosphaerā) | Atmosphere |
| Ātrīs | Black |
| Aut | Or |
| Bacchus | Bacchus, the god of wine |
| Bellī (bellō) | War |
| Bona (bonam, bonī, bonus) | Good |
| Bovēs | Cows |
| Britanniā | Britain |
| Burney, Venetia | Venetia Burney, the girl who named Pluto |
| Caelī (caelō, caelum) | Sky |
| Caeruleus | Blue |
| Cape | Seize, take |
| Capere | To seize, take |
| Capite (caput) | Head |
| Cassīnus, Iōannēs Dominicus | Giovanni Domenico Cassini, an Italian astronomer |
| Cecidit | S/he, it fell |
| Celerēs (celeris) | Quick |
| Celeriōrēs | Quicker |
| Celerrima (celerrimam) | Very quick |
| Cēpit | S/he, it seized, took |
| Certē | Certainly |
| Charōn | Charon, one of Pluto’s moons |
| Circulāris | Circular |
| Circum | Around |
| Cithara (citharam) | Cithara, an instrument |
| Collēgiō (collēgium) | College |
| Comētae (comētam, comētās) | Comets |
| Cōnfūsa (cōnfūsus) | Confused |
| Cōnservandam | To conserve, save |
| Cōnservāre | To conserve, save |
| Contrā | Against |
| Copernicus, Nīcolaus | Nicolaus Copernicus, a famous astronomer |
| Cotīdiē | Every day |
| Crātēra | Craters |
| Cum | With |
| Cūr | Why |
| Currum (currū) | Cart |
| Cūstōdibus | Custodians |
| Cyclōpēs (cyclōpum) | Cyclops |
| Dē | About |
| Dea (deam, deārum) | Goddess |
| Dēbēmus | We should |
| Dēbent | They should |
| Dēbeō | I should |
| Dēbēre | Should |
| Dēbēs | You should |
| Dēbet | S/he, it should |
| Dēbuī | I should have |
| Dēbuistī | You should have |
| Dēbuit | S/he, it should have |
| Decem | Ten |
| Deī (deīs, deō, deōrum, deōs, deus) | God |
| Deimos | Deimos, a horse of Mars |
| Dēmōnstrant | They show, point out |
| Dēmōnstrāvit | S/he, it showed, pointed out |
| Dēnsa | Dense |
| Dēnsior | Denser |
| Dēscrīpserat | S/he, it had described |
| Dēscrīpsit | S/he, it described |
| Diāna | Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt |
| Diem (diēbus, diēs) | Day |
| Difficile | Difficult |
| Dissimilēs (dissimilis) | Dissimilar |
| Docē | Teach |
| Docēbam | I was teaching |
| Docēbant | They were teaching |
| Docent | They teach |
| Docēre | To teach |
| Docuī | I taught |
| Docuit | S/he, it taught |
| Dolēbat | S/he, it was hurting |
| Dolent | They hurt |
| Doleō | I hurt |
| Dolet | S/he, it hurts |
| Domī (domōs, domus) | Home |
| Duās (duōs) | Two |
| Ē, ex | Out of, from |
| Ecce | Look, behold |
| Ēducātiō (ēducātiōnem) | Education |
| Ego | I |
| Em | Um |
| Equī (equīs, equōrum, equōs, equum, equus) | Horses |
| Eram | I was |
| Erant | They were |
| Erat | S/he, it was |
| Erichthonium (Erichthonius) | Erichthonius, a famous king of Athens |
| Eris | You will be |
| Erit | S/he, it will be |
| Erō | I will be |
| Error | Error, mistake |
| Es | You are |
| Esse | To be |
| Et | And |
| Exclāmāvērunt | They shouted |
| Exclāmāvit | S/he, it shouted |
| Expectātiōnem | Expectation |
| Experīmenta | Experiments |
| Explōrant | They explore |
| Exteriōre | Exterior |
| Extraōrdināria | Extraordinary |
| Facere | To make |
| Facit | S/he, it makes |
| Faciunt | They make |
| Falce (falcem) | Scythe |
| Fēcērunt | They made |
| Fēcit | S/he, it made |
| Fēmina | Woman |
| Fēminea | Female |
| Fervida | Hot |
| Fervidior | Hotter |
| Fervidissima | Most hot |
| Fūsiō nucleāris | Nuclear fusion |
| Flōrem | Flower |
| Fōrmā | Form, shape |
| Frīgida | Frigid, cold |
| Fulmen | Lightning bolt |
| Gāia | Gaia, the Greek name for Tellus |
| Galaxiae (galaxiā, galaxiās) | Galaxy |
| Galilaeī, Galilaeus | Galileo Galilei, a famous astronomer |
| Galle, Iōannēs Godefridus | Johann Gottfried Galle, an astronomer who found Neptune |
| Gasōsa (gasōsus) | Gassy |
| Georgium Sīdus | Georgium Sidus, a name that did not stick for Uranus |
| Georgius | George, the name of the King of England |
| Gigantum | Giants |
| Glaciem | Ice |
| Glōriam | Glory |
| Graecī (Graecīs, Graecōs, Graecum) | Greeks |
| Gratiās | Thanks |
| Gravitās (gravitātem) | Gravity |
| Habēbat | S/he, it was having |
| Habent | They have |
| Habentēs | Having |
| Habēre | To have |
| Habet | S/he, it has |
| Habitābam | I was living |
| Habitant | They live |
| Habitāre | To live |
| Habitat | S/he it lives |
| Habitāvit | S/he, it lived |
| Habuit | S/he, it had |
| Hadēs | Hades, the Greek name for Pluto |
| Helios | Helios, the Greek name for Sol |
| Helium | Helium |
| Herschel, Carolīna | Caroline Herschel, the first female astronomer to earn a salary |
| Herschel, Gulielmus | William Herschel, the astronomer who found Uranus |
| Hominibus (hominēs, hominum) | People |
| Hōrae | Hour |
| Horribile (horribilem, horribilēs, horribilis) | Horrible |
| Hydrogenium | Hydrogen |
| Iam | Now |
| Iēcit | S/he, it threw |
| Immortālis | Immortal |
| Incrēdibilēs | Incredible |
| Infante (infantem, infantis, infantī, infāns) | Infant |
| Inter | Between |
| Interfēcit | S/he, it killed |
| Interficere | To kill |
| Interficiam | I will kill |
| Invēnerat | S/he, it had found, invented |
| Invēnērunt | They found, invented |
| Invēnī | I found, invented |
| Invenīre | To find, invent |
| Invēnit | S/he, it found, invented |
| Inventa (inventus) est | It was found |
| Inventa sunt | They were found |
| Invīsibilēs | Invisible |
| Iove (Iovem, Iovis, Iuppiter, Iovī) | Jupiter, a planet and a Roman god |
| Īre | To go |
| Ītaliam (Ītaliā) | Italy |
| Iūnō | Juno, the goddess of marriage |
| Īvērunt | They went |
| Īvī | I went |
| Īvit | S/he, it went |
| Lacrimae | Tears |
| Latīnam (Latīnā) | Latin |
| Latiō (Latium) | Latium, a region in Italy |
| Licet | It is allowed |
| Licuit | S/he, it was allowed |
| Linguam (linguā) | Tongue, language |
| Liquidae (liquidam) | Liquid |
| Longior (longiōrēs) | Longer |
| Longus | Long |
| Lūcem (lūcēs, lūcibus, lūx) | Light |
| Lūna (lūnae, lūnam, lūnā, lūnīs) | Moon |
| Magistra (Magistrī) | Teacher |
| Magna (magnae, magnam, magnum, magnus) | Big, Great |
| Magna Macula Rubra (Magnam Maculam Rubram) | Great Red Spot |
| Magnificī | Magnificent |
| Magnitūdine | Magnitude |
| Maior (maiōrēs, maiōrem) | Bigger, greater |
| Malus | Bad |
| Mārs (Mārte, Mārtem, Mārtis) | Mars, a planet and the Roman god of war |
| Māter (mātrem, mātrēs) | Mother |
| Mathēmaticam (mathēmaticā) | Math |
| Maxima (maximae, maximum, maximus) | Biggest, greatest |
| Mē | Me |
| Medicīnae (medicīnam) | Medicine |
| Medicus | Doctor |
| Mediō | Middle |
| Melior | Better |
| Mercuriī (Mercuriō, Mercurium, Mercurius) | Mercury, a planet and the Roman messenger god |
| Merīdiōnālī | South |
| Methānum | Methane |
| Mihi | To, for me |
| Mīlia pasuum | Miles |
| Minerva (Minervae, Minervam, Minervā) | Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom |
| Minima (minimum) | Smallest |
| Minimē | No |
| Minor (minōrēs) | Smaller |
| Minūtīs | Minutes |
| Mitchell, Maria | Maria Mitchell, the first female professor of astronomy |
| Mōns Olympus (Montī Olympō, Montem Olympum) | Mount Olympus |
| Monte (montem, montēs, mōns) | Mountain |
| Mortālem (mortālis, mortālī) | Mortal |
| Mortuī (mortuōrum, mortuōs, mortuus) | Dead |
| Multa (multae, multārum, multās, multī, multō, multōrum, multōs, multum) | Many, much |
| Mūtāre | To change |
| Mūtāvērunt | They changed |
| Nāta | Born, old |
| Natāret | S/he, it would float |
| Nātūrā | Nature |
| Nēmō | No one |
| Neptūne (Neptūnō, Neptūnum, Neptūnus) | Neptune, a planet and the Roman god of the sea |
| Nesciēbant | They were not knowing |
| Nescīmus | We do not know |
| Nesciō | I do not know |
| Nesciunt | They do not know |
| Nocturnō (nocturnum) | Nocturnal |
| Nōmen (nōmina, nōmine) | Name |
| Nōn | Not |
| Nōn iam | No longer |
| Nōs | We, us |
| Noster (nostra, nostrae, nostram, nostrā, nostrī, nostrō, nostrum) | Our |
| Numquam | Never |
| Observātiōnēs | Observations |
| Ōceanī (ōceanō, ōceanōs, ōceanum) | Ocean |
| Octo | Eight |
| Offerre | To offer |
| Ōlim | One day, once |
| Olīvārum | Olives |
| Omnēs (omnia, omnibus, omnium) | All |
| Optima (optimam, optimē, optimī, optimum, optimus) | Best |
| Orbita (orbitae, orbitam, orbitā, orbitās) | Orbit |
| Orīginem | Origin |
| Ovālem (ovālēs, ovālis) | Oval |
| Oxygenium | Oxygen |
| Paenitet | Sorry |
| Parentibus | Parents |
| Partem | Part |
| Parva | Small |
| Pater (patre, patrem) | Father |
| Permanent | Permanent |
| Permanentem | Being permanent |
| Pessimē (pessimus) | Worst |
| Phaethontem (Phaethontis, Phaethōn) | Phaethon, Sol’s son |
| Phobos | Phobos, a horse of Mars |
| Pictūrās | Pictures |
| Planēta (planētae, planētam, planētā, planētās, planētīs) | Planet |
| Planētula (planētulae) | Dwarf planet |
| Plūrēs | More |
| Plūtō (Plūtōne, Plūtōnem) | Pluto, a planet, and the Roman god of the dead |
| Polīs (polōs) | Pole |
| Possum | I am able to |
| Possunt | They are able to |
| Post | After |
| Posuit | S/he, it put |
| Poteram | I was able to |
| Poterat | S/he, it was able to |
| Potes | You are able to |
| Potest | S/he, it is able to |
| Praeter | Except |
| Prīma (prīmo) | First |
| Prope | Near, close |
| Proprior | Nearer, closer |
| Proxima (proximē) | Nearest, closest |
| Puella (puellae, puellās, puellīs) | Girl |
| Puerīs (puerōs) | Boy |
| Pugnā | Fight |
| Pugnābat | S/he, it was fighting |
| Pugnāre | To fight |
| Pugnāvērunt | They fought |
| Pugnāvit | S/he, it fought |
| Pulcher (pulchra, pulchrī, pulchrum) | Handsome, pretty |
| Pulcherrimum | Very handsome, pretty |
| Pulchrior (pulchriōrem, pulchriōrēs) | More handsome, pretty |
| Pulsāvit | S/he, it hit |
| Pulverem | Ash |
| Putābant | They were thinking |
| Putās | You think |
| Putātis | Y’all think |
| Putāvērunt | They thought |
| Putāvit | S/he, it thought |
| Putō | I think |
| Quadrīga (quadrīgam, quadrīgā) | Chariot with four horses |
| Quam | Than, how |
| Quattuor | Four |
| Quia | Because |
| Quis, quid | Who, what |
| Quoque | Also |
| Rēgem (rēx) | King |
| Regiōne (regiōnēs, regiōnibus) | Region |
| Remōta | Remote |
| Remōtiōrēs | More remote |
| Remōtissima | Most remote |
| Removēre | To remove |
| Respondērunt | They responded |
| Respondī | I responded |
| Respondistī | You responded |
| Respondit | S/he, it responded |
| Rōbota | Robots |
| Rogāvī | I asked |
| Rogāvit | S/he, it asked |
| Rōgēmus | Let’s ask |
| Rōmānum (Rōmāna, Rōmānī, Rōmānus) | Roman |
| Rotātiō | Rotation |
| Rubra (rubram) | Red |
| Salārium (salāriō) | Salary |
| Salvē | Hello |
| Sanguine (sanguis) | Blood |
| Sāturne (Sāturnī, Sāturnō, Sāturnum, Sāturnus) | Saturn, a planet and the Roman god of agriculture |
| Saxōsa (saxōsī, saxōsus) | Rocky |
| Scholā (scholam) | School |
| Sciēbant | They were knowing |
| Scientiam (scientiā) | Science, knowledge |
| Scīmus | We know |
| Scīre | To know |
| Scīvī | I knew |
| Secūrim (secūrī) | Axe |
| Sed | But |
| Semper | Always |
| Septentriōnālī | North |
| Sex | Six |
| Sīdus | Star |
| Silvā (silvās) | Forest |
| Similem (similēs, similis) | Like, similar |
| Sōlāre systēmata (sōlāris systēmatis, sōlārī systēmate) | Solar system |
| Solidus | Solid |
| Sōlis (Sōle, Sōl, Sōlem, Sōlī) | The Sun and Sol, the Roman god of the Sun |
| Soror | Sister |
| Spectābat | S/he, it was looking |
| Spectāndī | Of looking |
| Spectāre | To look |
| Spectāvērunt | They looked |
| Spectāvit | S/he, it looked |
| Spirālēs | Spiral |
| Splendidior | More splendid |
| Splendidissima | Most splendid |
| Subitō | Suddenly |
| Sum | I am |
| Sunt | They are |
| Tartarō (Tartarum) | Tartarus, the Roman underworld |
| Tē | You |
| Telescopia (telescopiō) | Telescope |
| Tellūre (Tellūs, Tellūrem, Tellūris, Tellūrī) | The Earth and the Roman name for Gaia |
| Tempestās (tempestātis, tempestātēs) | Storm |
| Templum | Temple |
| Tibi | To, for you |
| Tītān (tītānēs, tītānum) | Titan |
| Tombaugh, Clyde | Clyde Tombaugh, an astronomer |
| Tridente | Trident |
| Tū | You |
| Ubi | Where, when |
| Ultima | Last, final |
| Ūnam (ūnī, ūnum, ūnus) | One |
| Ūranī (Ūranō, Ūranum, Ūranus) | Uranus, a planet and a Roman god |
| Urbēs | Cities |
| Vah | Ugh |
| Vassar | Vassar, the college where Mitchell worked |
| Venere (Venerem, Veneris, Venus) | Venus, a planet and a goddess |
| Venī | Come |
| Venit | S/he, it comes |
| Vēnit | S/he, it came |
| Via Lactea | Milky Way |
| Victōriam | Victory |
| Vīderat | S/he, it had seen |
| Vidēre | To see |
| Vidērī | To be seen |
| Vīdit | S/he, it saw |
| Vīnum | Wine |
| Volāre | To fly |
| Volāvērunt | They flew |
| Volat | S/he, it flies |
| Volō | I want |
| Voluī | I wanted |
| Voluit | S/he, it wanted |
| Vōlunt | They want |
| Vōs | Y’all |
| Voyager II | Voyager II, a spacecraft |
| Vulcānō (vulcānōs, vulcānus) | Volcano |
| Vulcānus | Vulcan, the Roman god of metalsmithing |
| Vulnerāta es | You were wounded |
| Vulnerāta est | She was wounded |
| Vulnerāvit | S/he, it wounded |
| Vult | S/he, it wants |
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