Ars Poetica 366-382 Flashcards

(34 cards)

1
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fingō fingere fīnxī fīctus

A

to shape, invent

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sapiō sapere sapivī

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to discern; taste of; be intelligent

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3
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certus –a –um

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sure, fixed

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4
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tolerābilis –e

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endurable, tolerable; merely tolerable

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5
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consultus or iuris consultus or iurisconsultus –ī m.

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legal expert, jurist

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6
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causa causae f.

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cause, reason, lawsuit

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7
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Messāla –ae m.

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Messala Corvinus, a distinguished orator of the Augustan Age

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Cascellius –iī m.

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Aulus Cascellius, a distinguished iuris consultus

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concēdō concedere concessī concessus

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to withdraw, allow, concede; overlook (an offence), grant indulgence (to)

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columna, ae, f.

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column; (in plural) portico (the location bookshops)

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grātus –a –um

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pleasant; grateful

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symphōnia –ae f.

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harmony, music; a group of musicians, a band

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crassus –a –um

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thick, fat; crass, coarse

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14
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unguentum unguentī n.

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perfume

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15
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Sardus –a –um

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Sardinian, of Sardinia

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mel mellis n.

17
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papāver –eris n.

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the poppy; poppy seeds

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nāscor nāscī nātus sum

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to be born, come into being

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iuvō iuvāre iūvī iūtus

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to help; please

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paulum or paululum

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dēcēdō dēcēdere dēcessī dēcessus

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to move away, withdraw

23
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vergō –ere

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to incline; go down, sink

24
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īmus –a –um

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deepest, last

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lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus
to play; play with; play sports
26
campester –tris –tre or campestris –e
flat; of the plains; of the Campus Martius, the Roman sports ground
27
abstineō abstinēre abstinuī abstentus
to hold back, keep away from
28
pīla –ae f.
javelin
29
discus –ī m.
discus
30
trochus –ī m.
an iron hoop (used in sports)
31
spissus –a –um
close, dense, thick
32
impūnē
with impunity; safely
33
corōna corōnae f.
garland; crown; a circle of spectators (esp. at a trial)
34
quid nī or quidnī
why not? (rhetorical)