Odes 3.11 Mercuri nam te

Question 1

adhūc

Answer 1

thus far, till now, to this point; hitherto; yet, as yet; still; besides

Question 2

Amphīōn –onis m.

Answer 2

Amphion, a name, e.g., son of Jupiter and Antiope

Question 3

anguis anguis m. or f.

Answer 3

snake

Question 4

applicō applicāre applicāvī applicātus

Answer 4

to join, connect, attach, add; (w. ad + acc. or dat.) apply one’s mind to, lend one’s ears to; to land (a ship)

Question 5

aula –ae (–āī) f.

Answer 5

a forecourt, atrium; court, peristyle (as surrounded with columns), hall; palace, royal seat

Question 6

auris auris f.

Answer 6

ear

Question 7

blandior blandīrī blandītus sum

Answer 7

to flatter, charm (+ dat.); attract, allure

Question 8

callidus –a –um

Answer 8

clever, skillful

Question 9

** canō canere cecinī cantus **

Answer 9

to sing (of)

Question 10

catēna –ae f.

Answer 10

chain, fetter

Question 11

Cerberus –ī m.

Answer 11

Cerberus, the three–headed watch–dog of Pluto

Question 12

claustrum –ī n.

Answer 12

bolt, bar

Question 13

clēmēns –entis

Answer 13

merciful, lenient

Question 14

comes comitis m. or f.

Answer 14

comrade, companion, associate, partner; soldier, devotee, follower of another

Question 15

crūdus –a –um

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bloody, raw; of untanned hide, of raw hide; covered with blood, bloody; fresh, strong, vigorous; dyspeptic; rough, green; deadly, cruel, fatal

Question 16

dīves dīvitis

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rich/wealthy; costly; fertile/productive (land); talented, well endowed; (masc. as sb.) rich man

Question 17

docilis –e

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teachable, responsive (to styling)

Question 18

dōlium –ī n.

Answer 18

a large, wide - mouthed, globular jar

Question 19

dūrus –a –um

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hard; harsh

Question 20

equa equae f.

Answer 20

mare

Question 21

etiam

Answer 21

also, even; still

Question 22

expers expertis

Answer 22

lacking; having no share in

Question 23

exsultim

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leaping about, friskingly

Question 24

extrēmus –a –um

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farthest, situated at the end or tip, extreme

Question 25

*** fallō fallere fefellī falsus ***

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

Question 26

fax facis f.

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torch, fire; torment

Question 27

furiālis –e

Answer 27

raging (> furiae)

Question 28

iānitor –ōris m.

Answer 28

door–keeper

Question 29

immānis immāne

Answer 29

huge, monstrous

Question 30

inānis inānis ināne

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void, empty, hollow; vain; inane; foolish

Question 31

intrā

Answer 31

within, inside, on the inside; during; under; fewer than

Question 32

invītus –a –um

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reluctant; unwilling; against one's will

Question 33

is ea id

Answer 33

this, that; these

Question 34

Ixīōn –onis m.

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Ixion, the father of Pirithous, and king of the Lapithae, who was bound to an ever revolving wheel in Hades for offering violence to Juno

Question 35

lacerō lacerāre lacerāvī lacerātus

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to tear, mutilate; wound; rend (> lacer)

Question 36

leaena –ae f.

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lioness

Question 37

*** lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus ***

Answer 37

to play, mock, tease, trick; play with

Question 38

Lȳdē –ēs f.

Answer 38

a woman’s name (Greek, “Lydian”)

Question 39

magister magistrī m.

Answer 39

master, chief, teacher

Question 40

mānō mānāre mānāvī mānātus

Answer 40

to drip, flow

Question 41

marītus marītī m.

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husband; (in pl.) a married couple

Question 42

mēnsa mēnsae f.

Answer 42

table; course, meal; banker's counter

Question 43

Mercurius –iī m.

Answer 43

Mercury, an Italian god, identified with the Greek Hermes, son of Jupiter and Maia, and messenger of the gods

Question 44

mulceō –ēre mulsī mulsus (mulctus)

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to stroke; lick; (fig.), soothe, caress, comfort; mitigate, soften, calm; to make harmonious, charm

Question 45

mūniō mūnīre mūnīvī mūnītus

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to fortify; strengthen; protect, defend, safeguard; build (road)

Question 46

*** nancīscor nancīscī nanctus (nactus) sum ***

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to obtain, get; find, meet with, receive, stumble on, light on

Question 47

nervus –ī m.

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muscle, tendon; cord, string

Question 48

Numida –ae m.

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Numidian, a tribe in northern Africa

Question 49

nuptiālis –e

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of or pertaining to marriage or a wedding

Question 50

obstinātus –a –um

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resolved, determined, resolute, steadfast, inflexible, stubborn, obstinate

Question 51

olim

Answer 51

formerly; once, once upon a time; in the future

Question 52

ōmen ōminis n.

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omen

Question 53

onerō onerāre onerāvī onerātus

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to load, burden; weigh down; shower with accusations

Question 54

Orcus –ī m.

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Orcus, the lower world, Hades; personif., the god of the lower world, Orcus, Dis, Pluto.

Question 55

paulum

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a little (> paulus, small)

Question 56

periūrus –a –um

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violating one's oath; perjured, forsworn (> per and ius)

Question 57

querēla querēlae f.

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complaint

Question 58

quīn

Answer 58

introduces Relative Clause of Characteristic, Doubting clause, Prevention clause; in fact, indeed

Question 59

relēgō relēgāre relēgāvī relēgātus

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to send away, remove; consign, give in charge

Question 60

resonō resonāre resonāvī resonātus

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to sound again, resound, ring, reecho

Question 61

saniēs –em –ē f.

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putrid, corrupt blood; bloody matter; gore; other bodily fluids, e.g. a dog's slather

Question 62

* scalpō scalpere scalpsī scalptum *

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to scratch, scratch out

Question 63

secundus –a –um

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the following; second; inferior; favorable, fair; swiftly flying; fortunate, prosperous; successful; joyful; auspicious, propitious; of a river, easily flowing; secundae (partes): the part of the second actor (deuteragonist) in a play (> sequor)

Question 64

septem; septimus –a –um

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7; 7th

Question 65

sepulcrum sepulcrī n.

Answer 65

place of burial, tomb, grave

Question 66

singulī –ae –a

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apiece (pl.); every; one each/at a time; individual/separate/single; several

Question 67

soror sorōris f.

Answer 67

sister

Question 68

spīritus spīritūs m.

Answer 68

breathing, breath, spirit, life

Question 69

*** surgō surgere surrēxī surrēctus ***

Answer 69

to rise, lift; grow

Question 70

taeter –tra –trum

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disagreeable; foul, loathsome

Question 71

testūdō –inis f.

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a tortoise; a vaulted roof, vault; a testudo, formed of the shields of soldiers held over their heads; a tortoise shell, (by synecdoche) a lyre

Question 72

trilinguis –e

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having three tongues; speaking three languages

Question 73

trīmus –a –um

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of three winters, of three years, three years old

Question 74

ūnus –a –um

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1, alone; single

Question 75

velut or velutī

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even as, just as, like as, like (in a comparison)

Question 76

vitulus –ī m.

Answer 76

a young bullock, steer, calf