Petronius 35 Flashcards by William Turpin

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aquārius –(i)ī m.

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a water-carrier

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arietīnus –a –um

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of or from a ram; shaped like a ram’s head

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ariēs –etis m.

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ram

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būbula –ae f.

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meat from cattle, beef

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caespes (cespes) –itis f.

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turf

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cancer cancrī m.

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crab; a malignant disease, tumor

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Capricornus –ī m.

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Capricorn (having a goat’s horns), the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the winter solstice

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cibus cibī m.

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food

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circumferō –ferre –tulī –lātus

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to bear round; pass around

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clībanus –ī m.

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a bread pan

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conveniō convenīre convēnī conventus

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to assemble; agree

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corōna corōnae f.

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garland; crown

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dispōnō dispōnere dispōsuī dispōsitus

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to place, arrange, distribute

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duodecim; duodecimus –a –um

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12; 12th

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excīdō –ere –cīdī –cīsus

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to cut out

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exspectātiō exspectātiōnis f.

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expectation

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extorqueō extorquēre extorsī extortus

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to twist out, wrench away

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favus –ī m.

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a honey comb

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fericulum (ferculum) –ī n. or fericulus –ī m.

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a litter, carrying frame; a dish

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frūstum –ī n.

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piece

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fīcus fīcī of fīcūs f.

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a fig or fig–tree

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geminus –a –um

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twin

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herba herbae f.

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grass, herb

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laudātiō –ōnis f.

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praise

leō leōnis m.

lion

lāserpīciārius –a –um

of or belonging to silphium (a plant)

lībra –ae f.

a unit of weight, a pound; a balance, pair of scales

lōcusta –ae f.

a lobster

marīnus –a –um

of the sea

mullus –ī m.

a kind of fish highly esteemed, the red mullet, barbel

māteria māteriae f.

material

mīmus –ī m.

an actor in mimes; a mime (comic play), farce

novitās –ātis f.

newness

oclopeta –ae f.

bullseye (?)

pisciculus –ī m.

a little fish

piscis piscis m.

fish

placenta –ae f.

a cake

proprius –a –um

one's own

pānis pānis m.

bread

rotundus –a –um

round, circular, spherical

rēnēs (riēnēs) rēnum m.

the kidneys

sagittārius –ī m.

an archer, bowman

scorpiō –ōnis or scorpius (scorpios) –ī m.

scorpion; dart throwing engine, torture instrument

scrib(i)līta –ae f.

a kind of tart

statēra –ae f.

a balance, scales

strūctor ōris m

a builder, mason, carpenter

stēricula –ae f.

the uterus of a sow that has not yet farrowed

taeter –tra –trum

disagreeable, vile

taurus taurī m.

bull

testiculus –ī m.

a testicle

virgō virginis f.

maiden

ānser ānseris m.

goose