Confessions 1.5

Question 1

ā ab abs

Answer 1

(away) from; by (agency) + abl.

Question 2

• abscondō abscondere abscondī / abscondidī absconditus / absconsus *

Answer 2

to put out of sight, hide, conceal; to conceal; lose sight of, withdraw from

Question 3

• adquiēscō adquiescere adquiēvī adquietus *

Answer 3

to become quiet, come to rest, to find comfort in

Question 4

adversus or adversum

Answer 4

facing, opposite, against, opposed (to)

Question 5

aliēnum –ī n.

Answer 5

the property of a stranger, another’s possessions

Question 6

alter altera alterum

Answer 6

the other (of two)

Question 7

** amplector amplectī amplexus sum **

Answer 7

to embrace

Question 8

angustus –a –um

Answer 8

narrow, steep, close, confined; scanty, poor; low, mean; narrowminded, petty

Question 9

anima animae f.

Answer 9

a breeze or breath of air; the air; wind or blast of the bellows; breath (of life); soul

Question 10

ante

Answer 10

before, earlier, previously; in front of (+ acc.)

Question 11

** aperiō aperīre aperuī apertus **

Answer 11

to uncover, open, disclose; explain, recount; reveal; found; excavate; spread out

Question 12

apprehendō apprehendere apprehendī apprehēnsum

Answer 12

to seize, take hold of

Question 13

audiō audīre audīvī audītus

Answer 13

to hear, listen (to)

Question 14

auris auris f.

Answer 14

ear

Question 15

bonum –ī n.

Answer 15

a good thing; good; blessing, happiness; comp., melius, oris, n., a better thing; melius est, it is better; in melius, for the better; to a better state; meliora, um, better things

Question 16

clāmō clāmāre clāmāvī clāmātus

Answer 16

to proclaim, declare; cry/shout out; shout/call name of; accompany with shouts

Question 17

** contendō contendere contendī contentus **

Answer 17

to stretch, draw tight, make taut; draw/bend (bow/catapult); tune; stretch out; compete/contend (fight/law), dispute; compare/match/contrast; demand/press for; strain/tense; make effort, strive for; speak seriously/passionately; assert; hurl, shoo

Question 18

cum

Answer 18

with (prep. +abl.)

Question 19

** currō currere cucurrī cursus **

Answer 19

to run/trot/gallop, hurry/hasten/speed, move/travel/proceed/flow swiftly/quickly

Question 20

dēlictum –ī n.

Answer 20

wrong; transgression

Question 21

dīlātō –āre –āvī –ātus

Answer 21

to spread out, dilate; to expand, enlarge, amplify, extend

Question 22

** dīmittō dīmittere dīmīsī dimīssus **

Answer 22

to send away/off; allow to go, let go/off; disband, discharge, dismiss (soldiers); dissolve (assembly); part with; put away; divorce; pay off, settle (debt); release, set free; allow to escape/slip away; shake off/scatter/shed; discontinue, renoun

Question 23

domus domī f.

Answer 23

house, home

Question 24

ecce

Answer 24

lo! behold! look!

Question 25

ei

Answer 25

(interj. expressive of grief), ah! alas! woe is me!

Question 26

faciēs facieī f.

Answer 26

appearance, face, form

Question 27

*** fallō fallere fefellī falsus ***

Answer 27

to deceive; slip by; disappoint; be mistaken, beguile, drive away; fail; cheat

Question 28

** fateor fatērī fassus sum **

Answer 28

to confess, admit

Question 29

hic haec hoc

Answer 29

this; these

Question 30

ille illa illud

Answer 30

that; those

Question 31

impietās –ātis f.

Answer 31

irreverence, ungodliness, impiety, disloyalty

Question 32

inēbriō –āre

Answer 32

to make drunk, intoxicate

Question 33

ingēns ingentis

Answer 33

huge; oustanding

Question 34

inīquitās –ātis f.

Answer 34

injustice, mischief

Question 35

*** iubeō iubēre iussī iussus ***

Answer 35

to order/tell/command/direct; enjoin/command; decree/enact; request/ask/bid; pray

Question 36

iūdicium iūdici(ī) n.

Answer 36

trial, legal action/process; court/tribunal; courts; administration of justice; judgment/sentence/verdict; judging; jurisdiction/authority; opinion/belief

Question 37

*** loquor loquī locūtus sum ***

Answer 37

to speak

Question 38

malum malī n.

Answer 38

evil, misfortune, calamity

Question 39

mentior mentīrī mentītus

Answer 39

to invent, assert falsely, lie, cheat, deceive, pretend

Question 40

miserātiō –ōnis f.

Answer 40

pity, compassion, sympathy

Question 41

misereor –ērī miseritus sum

Answer 41

to pity

Question 42

miseria miseriae f.

Answer 42

wretchedness, misery

Question 43

morior morī mortuus sum

Answer 43

to die

Question 44

mundō mundāre

Answer 44

to make clean, to clean, cleanse

Question 45

nē

Answer 45

(introduces negative purpose clause) in order that…not; (introduces negative indirect command) that…not; (introduces positive fear clause) that

Question 46

*** nōlō nōlle nōluī ***

Answer 46

to be unwilling, not want, not wish (+ inf.)

Question 47

nōnne

Answer 47

1.5.6

Question 48

*** oblīvīscor oblīvīscī oblītus sum ***

Answer 48

to forget (+ gen.)

Question 49

observō observāre observāvī observātus

Answer 49

to watch, observe

Question 50

occultum –ī n.

Answer 50

a secret

Question 51

oculus oculī m.

Answer 51

eye

Question 52

*** offendō offendere offendī offēnsus ***

Answer 52

to offend, give offense (to); displease/annoy/vex; trouble/upset, hurt (feelings); strike/knock against; bump into; stumble upon; spoil/harm; meet, find, encounter, be faced with; run aground; violate/wrong

Question 53

*** parcō parcere pepercī parsus ***

Answer 53

to forbear, refrain from; spare; show consideration; be economical/thrifty with (+ dat.)

Question 54

parvus –a –um minor –or –us minimus –a –um

Answer 54

small, little, cheap; unimportant

Question 55

post

Answer 55

after(ward), later; behind (+ acc.)

Question 56

prōloquor prōloquī prōlocūtus

Answer 56

to speak; declare

Question 57

propter

Answer 57

on account of, because of (+ acc.)

Question 58

quod

Answer 58

because, the fact that

Question 59

*** reficiō reficere refēcī refectus ***

Answer 59

to rebuild, repair, restore

Question 60

ruīnōsus –a –um

Answer 60

ruinous, liable to collapse; ruined, dilapidated

Question 61

salūs salūtis f.

Answer 61

safety, health

Question 62

servus servī m.

Answer 62

slave

Question 63

sī

Answer 63

if, freq.; causal, if, indeed, since; equivalent to cum; whether

Question 64

suī sibi sē sē

Answer 64

himself, herself, itself (reflexive)

Question 65

sustineō sustinēre sustinuī sustentus

Answer 65

to support; check; put off; put up with, endure, sustain; hold back; be able to

Question 66

ūnus –a –um

Answer 66

1, alone; single

Question 67

vēritās vēritātis f.

Answer 67

truth

Question 68

*** videō vidēre vidī vīsus ***

Answer 68

to see; (passive) be seen, seem

Question 69

vōx vōcis f.

Answer 69

voice; word