Chapter 27

Question 1

abscīdō –ere –cīdī –cīsus

Answer 1

to cut off (> abs and caedo)

Question 2

ambiguus –a –um

Answer 2

going two ways, wavering, uncertain; obscure (of speech); untrustworthy

Question 3

annotō –āre

Answer 3

to put a note to something, to write down something, to note down, remark, comment on

Question 4

arēna (harēna) –ae f.

Answer 4

sand, desert, beach; (combat) arena

Question 5

Ātellāna –ae f.

Answer 5

an Attelan farce (a form of comedy)

Question 6

bestia –ae f.

Answer 6

beast, creature

Question 7

calvus –a –um

Answer 7

bald, hairless

Question 8

cārus –a –um

Answer 8

precious; dear (to) (+ dat.)

Question 9

catēna –ae f.

Answer 9

chain, fetter

Question 10

cavea –ae f.

Answer 10

a hollow place; that part of the theater or circus which was occupied by the spectators; a theater; natural amphitheater (> cavus); cage

Question 11

cerebrum –ī n.

Answer 11

the brain

Question 12

coerceō coercēre coercuī coercitus

Answer 12

to enclose, confine; restrain, check, curb, repress; limit; preserve; punish; keep in order, control

Question 13

cōmitās –ātis f.

Answer 13

courtesy, kindness, friendliness, affability, gentleness

Question 14

cūrātor ōris m.

Answer 14

supervisor, superintendent

Question 15

custōdia custōdiae f.

Answer 15

custody, protection; prisoner

Question 16

dēfōrmō dēfōrmāre dēfōrmāvī dēfōrmātus

Answer 16

to disfigure; clothe in mourning, sadden, darken

Question 17

dīmicō dīmicāre dīmicāvī dīmicātus

Answer 17

to struggle, fight

Question 18

dissecō –āre

Answer 18

to cut into pieces

Question 19

epulae epulārum (f. pl.)

Answer 19

banquet, feast

Question 20

eques equitis m.

Answer 20

horseman/cavalryman/rider; horsemen (pl.), cavalry; member of the equestrian order; knight (abb. eq.); (wealthy enough to own his own horse); horse

Question 21

excūsō excūsāre excūsāvī excūsātus

Answer 21

to excuse

Question 22

exigō exigere exēgī exāctus

Answer 22

to drive out, exact, collect; achieve, complete

Question 23

fera ferae f.

Answer 23

wild animal

Question 24

genius –iī m.

Answer 24

the birth–spirit; a tutelar deity, or guardian genius (> geno, gigno)

Question 25

gladiātōrius –a –um

Answer 25

of or belonging to gladiators, gladiatorial

Question 26

hilaritās –ātis f.

Answer 26

good humor, merriment, fun

Question 27

honestus –a –um

Answer 27

honorable, respectable

Question 28

īnfulātus –a –um

Answer 28

adorned with the infula; so of victims or of human beings who were led to death adorned like victims

Question 29

innocēns

Answer 29

innocent, harmless

Question 30

inspectō inspectāre inspectāvī inspectātus

Answer 30

to look closely at

Question 31

laniō laniāre laniāvī laniātus

Answer 31

to lacerate, mangle, mutilate

Question 32

lectīca –ae f.

Answer 32

litter (a sedan chair used to carry a person)

Question 33

male

Answer 33

badly

Question 34

metallum –ī n.

Answer 34

a mine; metal

Question 35

multī –ōrum m.

Answer 35

subst., many men, many

Question 36

multus –a –um

Answer 36

much, many

Question 37

mūnītiō –ōnis f.

Answer 37

fortifying; fortification; construction (of roads)

Question 38

mūnus mūneris n.

Answer 38

service; duty, office, function; public show (esp. with gladiators); gift; tribute, offering; bribes (pl.)

Question 39

nota notae f.

Answer 39

mark, note, label

Question 40

noxius –a –um

Answer 40

guilty (masc. as sb.) convicted criminal; hurtful, baneful; destructive (\> noxa)

Question 41

numquam

Answer 41

never

Question 42

obiiciō obiicere obiēcī obiectus

Answer 42

to throw before/to, cast; object, oppose; upbraid; throw in one's teeth; present

Question 43

occīdō occīdere occīdī occīsum

Answer 43

to strike down, strike to the ground; kill; ruin; plague; to beat, smash, crush

Question 44

odor –ōris m.

Answer 44

scent, smell, odor, fragrance; disagreeable odor, stench; foul fumes

Question 45

pecus pecudis f.

Answer 45

one animal of a flock or herd; an animal; a sheep; victim for sacrifices

Question 46

pereō perīre periī peritūs

Answer 46

to perish, die; pass away, be destroyed, be ruined; go to waste

Question 47

poēta poētae m.

Answer 47

poet

Question 48

porticus porticus f.

Answer 48

covered walk, colonnade, portico

Question 49

praecipitō praecipitāre praecipitāvī praecipitātus

Answer 49

to send headlong, throw down

Question 50

prex precis f.

Answer 50

prayer, request

Question 51

prōclāmō prōclāmāre prōclāmāvī prōclāmātus

Answer 51

to cry out; declare, announce, proclaim

Question 52

prōvocō prōvocāre –āvī –ātus

Answer 52

to summon, challenge

Question 53

putrefaciō putrefacere putrefēcī putrefactum

Answer 53

rot, decay

Question 54

quadrupēs (quadripēs) –edis

Answer 54

four–footed, on all fours, subst., a quadruped, animal, beast; courser, steed (\> quattuor and pes)

Question 55

quoad

Answer 55

as long as, until

Question 56

recognōscō recognōscere recognōvī recognitus

Answer 56

to examine, review, inspect

Question 57

redūcō redūcere redūxī reductus

Answer 57

to lead back, back, roll back; bring back; restore; reduce

Question 58

reposcō reposcere

Answer 58

to demand back, ask again

Question 59

sagīna –ae f.

Answer 59

food for gladiators and athletes

Question 60

seriēs –eī f.

Answer 60

a chain of things, train, row, succession, series (\> sero)

Question 61

serra –ae f.

Answer 61

a saw

Question 62

spectō spectāre spectāvī spectātus

Answer 62

to look at, observe

Question 63

stigma –atis n.

Answer 63

a mark burned in, a brand

Question 64

vēnātiō –ōnis f.

Answer 64

hunting

Question 65

verbēnātus –a –um

Answer 65

crowned with a wreath of sacred boughs

Question 66

verberō verberāre verberāvī verberātus

Answer 66

to whip, flog, beat

Question 67

versiculus versiculī m.

Answer 67

verse, little line

Question 68

vīcus vīcī m.

Answer 68

village, district, neighborhood, precinct, ward