Odes 1.6 Scriberis Vario

Question 1

adamantinus –a –um

Answer 1

of adamant (a mythical substance like steel), adamantine

Question 2

Agrippa –ae m.

Answer 2

Agrippa; M. Vipsanius Agrippa (d. 12 BCE)

Question 3

āles –itis m./f.

Answer 3

large bird, bird of prey; an omen or augury (from watching birds)

Question 4

** cēdō cēdere cessī cessum **

Answer 4

to go, move; yield; withdraw

Question 5

cōnor cōnārī cōnātus sum

Answer 5

to try, attempt

Question 6

convīvium convīviī n.

Answer 6

banquet, feast

Question 7

culpa culpae f.

Answer 7

fault, blame, responsibility (w/ gen.); crime (esp. against chastity); negligence; offense; error; (sense of) guilt; fault, defect (moral or other); sickness, injury

Question 8

cursus cursūs m.

Answer 8

running; speed, zeal; charge, onrush; forward movement, march; revolution (wheel); course, direction, line of advance, orbit; voyage, passage; race; career; series; lesson

Question 9

dēterō dēterere dēteruī dēteritum

Answer 9

to rub off, remove; wear down, diminish

Question 10

dīgnus –a –um

Answer 10

worthy (of) (+ abl.)

Question 11

duplex –icis

Answer 11

double, two–fold; two-faced, deceitful

Question 12

ēgregius –a –um

Answer 12

singular; distinguished; exceptional; extraordinary; eminent; excellent

Question 13

equus equī m.

Answer 13

horse; steed

Question 14

** gerō gerere gessī gestus **

Answer 14

to bear; manage, conduct; perform

Question 15

grandis grandis grande

Answer 15

full–grown, grown up; large, great, grand, tall, lofty; powerful; aged, old

Question 16

imbellis –e

Answer 16

unwarlike, peaceful

Question 17

ingenium –(i)ī n.

Answer 17

ability, talent; disposition

Question 18

iuvenis iuvenis m.

Answer 18

youth; young man

Question 19

laus laudis f.

Answer 19

praise, approval, merit; glory; renown

Question 20

lyra –ae f.

Answer 20

lyre

Question 21

Maeonius –a –um

Answer 21

of Maeonia (eastern Lydia, supposedly Homer’s birthplace); of Homer, Homeric

Question 22

Mārs Mārtis m.

Answer 22

Mars

Question 23

Mērionēs –aem.

Answer 23

Meriones (name); a companion of Idomeneus, from Crete

Question 24

mīles mīlitis m.

Answer 24

soldier

Question 25

Mūsa –ae f.

Answer 25

a Muse, one of the goddesses of inspiration of poetry and the arts and sciences

Question 26

ops opis f.

Answer 26

power, might; help; influence; resources/wealth (pl.)

Question 27

Pallas –adis f.

Answer 27

Pallas Athena, identified by the Romans with Minerva; ramus Palladis, the bough sacred to Pallas, the olive

Question 28

pār paris n.

Answer 28

an equal; pair; pair of contestants

Question 29

Pēlīdēs –ae m.

Answer 29

The son of Peleus, Achilles; Neoptolemus or Pyrrhus, grandson of Peleus

Question 30

Pelops –opis m.

Answer 30

son of Tantalus, father of Atreus and Thyestes

Question 31

praeter

Answer 31

so as to pass by, past; beyond; except (+ acc.)

Question 32

proelium proeliī n.

Answer 32

battle

Question 33

pudor pudōris m.

Answer 33

decency, shame; sense of honor; modesty; bashfulness

Question 34

quis quid after sī nisī ne or num

Answer 34

anyone, anything, someone, something

Question 35

*** scrībō scrībere scrīpsī scrīptus ***

Answer 35

to write

Question 36

solitus –a –um

Answer 36

having been accustomed, wont; p., wonted, usual, habitual

Question 37

stomachus –ī m.

Answer 37

the gullet; chest, stomach; bad temper

Question 38

** tegō, tegere, texī, tectum **

Answer 38

cover

Question 39

tenuis tenue

Answer 39

thin, fine; delicate; slight, slender; little, unimportant; weak, feeble

Question 40

Trōïcus –a –um

Answer 40

Trojan

Question 41

tunica tunicae f.

Answer 41

tunic, undergarment, shirt

Question 42

tuus –a –um

Answer 42

your, yours

Question 43

Tȳdīdēs –ae m.

Answer 43

the son of Tydeus; Diomedes, who wounded Aphrodite/Venus when she took part in the battle before Troy

Question 44

Ulixēs –is (–eī or –ī) m.

Answer 44

Ulysses, son of Laertes, king of Ithaca, and one of the Greek chiefs at Troy, distinguished for shrewdness and cunning

Question 45

unguis –is m.

Answer 45

fingernail; claw, talon

Question 46

Varius –iī m.

Answer 46

Varius; L. Varius, a tragic poet, contemporary with Virgil and Horace

Question 47

victor victōris m.

Answer 47

conqueror; victor; [in apposition => victorious, conquering]