Ghost Stories Vocab

Question 1

aginavi quemadmodum ad illam
pervenirem

Answer 1

I hastened in which way I might
reach [out] to that one

Question 2

amare coepi uxorem Terentii
coponis

Answer 2

I began to love the wife of
Terentius, the innkeeper`

Question 3

attonitis admiratione universis

Answer 3

with everyone astonished with
admiration

Question 4

audimus gemitum

Answer 4

we heard a groan

Question 5

cum adhuc servirem

Answer 5

when I was still a slave

Question 6

cum ergo illum mater misella
plangeret

Answer 6

when therefore his wretched
mother was mourning that one

Question 7

deinde accessi, ut vestimenta
eius tollerem

Answer 7

then I approached so that I might
pick up his clothes

Question 8

deinde ut respexi ad comitem

Answer 8

then, as I looked back at my
companion

Question 9

donec ad villam amicae meae
pervenirem

Answer 9

until I arrived at the villa of my
girlfriend

Question 10

ego primitus nesciebam ubi
essem

Answer 10

at first I did not know where I was

Question 11

erat autem miles, fortis
tanquam Orcus

Answer 11

however, he was a soldier, brave
as Hell

Question 12

forte dominus Capuae exierat
ad scruta scita expedienda

Answer 12

By chance the master had gone out to Capua for the purpose of setting free/ disposing of nice junk

Question 13

gladium tamen strinxi et umbras
cecidi

Answer 13

I however drew my sword and I
killed the ghosts

Question 14

haec ubi dicta dedit

Answer 14

when he had given these words

Question 15

hic audacter stricto gladio extra
ostium procucurrit

Answer 15

this one boldly, with his sword
having been drawn, ran forward
outside of the door

Question 16

huius contubernalis ad villam
supremum diem obiit

Answer 16

this one’s mate met his final day at
the villa

Question 17

illa autem lapidea facta sunt

Answer 17

those however had been made of
stone

Question 18

ille exuit se et omnia vestimenta
secundum viam posuit

Answer 18

that one undressed himself and
placed all of his clothing next to
the road

Question 19

in angustiis amici apparent

Answer 19

in narrow [spaces], friends appear

Question 20

introversus se proiecit in lectum

Answer 20

having turned inside, he threw
himself forward onto the bed

Question 21

itaque per scutum per ocream
egi

Answer 21

and so, through shield [or] through
greave I acted

Question 22

luna lucebat tanquam meridie

Answer 22

the moon was shining, just as
midday

Question 23

mirari coepit, quod tam sero
ambularem

Answer 23

began to wonder why I was
walking so late

Question 24

mulierem tanquam hoc loco
mediam traiecit

Answer 24

he transfixed the middle woman,
just as in this place

Question 25

nactus ego occasionem

Answer 25

I, having obtained an opportunity

Question 26

nam, ut aiunt

Answer 26

for, as they say

Question 27

nec unquam fefellitus sum

Answer 27

nor have I ever been cheated

Question 28

nolite me iocari putare

Answer 28

don’t think that I am joking

Question 29

nostrum plures in tristimonio essemus

Answer 29

several of us were in sorrow

Question 30

persuadeo hospitem nostrum, ut mecum ad quintum miliarium veniat

Answer 30

I persuade our guest so that he might come with me to the fifth milestone

Question 31

plane non mentiar

Answer 31

plainly I wouldn’t lie

Question 32

poterat bovem iratum tollere

Answer 32

he was able to lift up an angry bull

Question 33

putares canem leporem persequi

Answer 33

you would have thought that a dog was following a hare

Question 34

qui mori timore nisi ego

Answer 34

who has been dead by fear except I

Question 35

quid enim mihi aufert, qui ridet

Answer 35

for what does he who laughs take away from me

Question 36

quidquid habui in illius sinum demandavi

Answer 36

whatever I had I entrusted into that one’s lap

Question 37

quomodo dii volunt

Answer 37

in which way the gods want

Question 38

salvum sit, quod tango!

Answer 38

let it be safe that which I touch!

Question 39

satius est rideri quam derideri

Answer 39

it is more preferable to be laughed at than derided

Question 40

sed, quod coeperam dicere

Answer 40

but, that which I had begun to say

Question 41

si ante, inquit, venisses, saltem nobis adiutasses

Answer 41

if you had come before, you would have at least helped us

Question 42

si quid ab illa petii, nunquam mihi negatum

Answer 42

if I sought something from her, never was [something] denied from me

Question 43

subito lupus factus est

Answer 43

suddenly he had been made a wolf

Question 44

talem fabulam exorsus est

Answer 44

he began such a story

Question 45

ululare coepit et in silvas fugit

Answer 45

he began to howl and he fled into the woods

Question 46

valde audaculum et qui valebat

Answer 46

very bold, and who was very strong

Question 47

viderint: narrabo tamen

Answer 47

let them see: I will tell however

Question 48

vix unquam refectus sum

Answer 48

I had scarcely ever been repaired