Petronius 17

Question 1

aetās aetātis f.

Answer 1

age

Question 2

ambitiōsus –a –um

Answer 2

ambitious, eager

Question 3

antecēdō –cēdere –cessī –cessum

Answer 3

to go before

Question 4

articulus articulī m.

Answer 4

joint, knuckle; finger

Question 5

aspiciō aspicere aspēxī aspectus

Answer 5

to look at

Question 6

assentātiō –ōnis f.

Answer 6

assent, agreement

Question 7

attonō attonāre attonuī attonitus

Answer 7

to thunder at

Question 8

comitō comitāre comitāvī comitātus

Answer 8

to accompany, follow

Question 9

commoveō commovēre commōvī commōtus

Answer 9

to shake, move awa

Question 10

cōnsilium cōnsiliī n.

Answer 10

plan; council

Question 11

cōnstringō cōnstringere cōnstrinxī cōnstrictus

Answer 11

to confine, hinder

Question 12

dolor dolōris m.

Answer 12

pain, grief

Question 13

dētumescō dētumescere dētumuī

Answer 13

to become less swollen, subside

Question 14

exspectō exspectāre exspectāvī exspectātus

Answer 14

to wait for, expect

Question 15

flectō flectere flēxī flexus

Answer 15

to bend

Question 16

fleō flēre flēvī flētus

Answer 16

to cry

Question 17

frīgus or frigoris n.

Answer 17

cold

Question 18

fābula fābulae f.

Answer 18

story

Question 19

genū genūs n.

Answer 19

knee

Question 20

hūc

Answer 20

to here, hither

Question 21

igitur

Answer 21

therefore

Question 22

imber imbris m.

Answer 22

rain

Question 23

impetus impetūs m.

Answer 23

attack

Question 24

imprūdēns –entis

Answer 24

not seeing or knowing beforehand

Question 25

impūnē

Answer 25

with impunity

Question 26

inexpiābilis –e

Answer 26

that cannot be atoned for, inexpiable; implacable

Question 27

inhorreō –ēre

Answer 27

to stand erect

Question 28

iniūria iniūriae f.

Answer 28

injustice, wrong

Question 29

iocus iocī m.

Answer 29

joke

Question 30

iuvenīlis –e

Answer 30

youthful

Question 31

labōrō labōrāre labōrāvī labōrātum

Answer 31

to work

Question 32

licentia licentiae f.

Answer 32

licence

Question 33

lēniō lēnīre lēnīvī lēnītus

Answer 33

to alleviate

Question 34

medicīna –ae f.

Answer 34

the healing art

Question 35

mediusfidius or medius fidius

Answer 35

“I swear to God” (Fidius was a god of oaths)

Question 36

miseret miserēre miseruit/miseritum est

Answer 36

to it moves to pity

Question 37

morbus morbī m.

Answer 37

sickness, disease

Question 38

mors mortis f.

Answer 38

death

Question 39

mōnstrō mōnstrāre mōnstrāvī mōnstrātus

Answer 39

to show, point out

Question 40

necessitās necessitātis f.

Answer 40

necessity, need

Question 41

neuter neutra neutrum

Answer 41

neither

Question 42

nūmen nūminis n.

Answer 42

divine will

Question 43

orō orāre orāvī orātus

Answer 43

to pray

Question 44

ostentātiō –ōnis f.

Answer 44

an idle or false show

Question 45

perquīrō perquīrere perquīsīvī perquīsītum

Answer 45

to ask diligently after

Question 46

perīculōsus –a –um

Answer 46

dangerous

Question 47

populus populī m.

Answer 47

people

Question 48

praecordia –ōrum n.

Answer 48

the diaphragm or midriff; the vital parts; the heart

Question 49

praesēns

Answer 49

present

Question 50

Priāpus –ī m.

Answer 50

Priapus (god)

Question 51

prōtendō –ere –tendī –tēnsus or tentus

Answer 51

to stretch forth or out; extend

Question 52

quisnam (quīnam) quaenam quidnam

Answer 52

who?

Question 53

quisquam quicquam

Answer 53

someone, anyone

Question 54

religiō religiōnis f.

Answer 54

rite; scruple

Question 55

remedium remediī n.

Answer 55

cure

Question 56

retegō retegere retēxī retēctus

Answer 56

to uncover, reveal

Question 57

sacellum –ī n.

Answer 57

a chapel

Question 58

saeviō saevīre saeviī saevitum

Answer 58

to rage

Question 59

scelus sceleris n.

Answer 59

crime

Question 60

subtīlitās subtīlitātis f.

Answer 60

subtlety

Question 61

superbus superba superbum

Answer 61

arrogant

Question 62

supīnus –a –um

Answer 62

on the back

Question 63

tertiānus –a –um

Answer 63

every third day (every other day); (as subst. sc. febris) a tertian fever

Question 64

torum –ī n. (alsō torus –ī m.)

Answer 64

bed, couch, cushion

Question 65

tot

Answer 65

so many

Question 66

ultiō –ōnis f.

Answer 66

act of vengeance

Question 67

utīque

Answer 67

certainly

Question 68

valdē comp. valdius

Answer 68

intensely

Question 69

vexō vexāre vexāvī vexātus

Answer 69

to annoy

Question 70

vix

Answer 70

scarcely

Question 71

vulgō vulgāre vulgāvī vulgātus

Answer 71

to publish, circulate

Question 72

ūllus –a –um

Answer 72

any