Petronius 38

Question 1

aper –prī m.

Answer 1

wild boar

Question 2

apis apis f.

Answer 2

bee

Question 3

Atticus –a –um

Answer 3

Attic

Question 4

auctiō –ōnis f.

Answer 4

public sale, auction; an increase

Question 5

avis avis f.

Answer 5

bird

Question 6

beātitūdō –inis f.

Answer 6

thhappiness, blessedness

Question 7

bōlētus –ī m.

Answer 7

a mushroom

Question 8

citrea –ae f.

Answer 8

citrus tree, citron tree

Question 9

collum collī m.

Answer 9

neck

Question 10

col–lībertus –ī m. en f

Answer 10

a fellowfreedman

Question 11

conchȳliātus –a –um

Answer 11

of a purple color, dyed purple

Question 12

conturbō conturbāre conturbāvī conturbātus

Answer 12

to disturb, confuse

Question 13

coquus or cocus –ī m.

Answer 13

cook

Question 14

crēditor –ōris m.

Answer 14

a creditor

Question 15

crēscō crēscere crēvī crētus

Answer 15

to grow, increase

Question 16

culcit(r)a –ae f.

Answer 16

mattress pad

Question 17

culpa culpae f.

Answer 17

fault, blame

Question 18

cēnāculum –ī n.

Answer 18

upper room

Question 19

cūlō cūlāre

Answer 19

to release on (?)

Question 20

deciēs or deciēns

Answer 20

10 times; a million

Question 21

Diogenēs –is m.

Answer 21

Diogenes (a name)

Question 22

dēdō dēdere dēdidī dēditus

Answer 22

to give up, surrender

Question 23

gallīnāceus –a –um

Answer 23

of hens

Question 24

gausapātus –a –um

Answer 24

covered with a gausapa (a woolen cloak)

Question 25

Graeculus –a –um

Answer 25

Grecian, Greek, Greekling

Question 26

improperō improperāre

Answer 26

to taunt, upbraid

Question 27

inclīnō inclīnāre inclīnāvī inclīnātus

Answer 27

to influence, bend, tilt

Question 28

incubō –ōnis m.

Answer 28

a spirit who watches over buried treasure

Question 29

India –ae f.

Answer 29

an ill–defined region of Asia, extending from the present subcontinent of India to the borders of China; popularly confused with Ethiopia, Arabia, etc.

Question 30

invideō invidēre invīdī invīsus

Answer 30

to envy

Question 31

Iūlius –a –um

Answer 31

of the gens Julia, Julian; of the month of July

Question 32

Iūlius –iī m.

Answer 32

Julius

Question 33

lac –lactis n.

Answer 33

milk

Question 34

libitīnārius –ī m.

Answer 34

an undertaker

Question 35

locō locāre locāvī locātus

Answer 35

to place, put

Question 36

lībertus lībertī m.

Answer 36

ex–slave, freedman

Question 37

lībertīnus –a –um

Answer 37

of or belonging to the condition of a freedman

Question 38

līgnum lignī n.

Answer 38

firewood

Question 39

meliusculus –a –um

Answer 39

somewhat better, rather better

Question 40

mūla –ae f.

Answer 40

a she mule

Question 41

negōtiātiō –ōnis f.

Answer 41

a wholesale business, banking business

Question 42

nihilum/nīlum nihilī/nīlī n.

Answer 42

nothing

Question 43

octingentī –ae –a; octingentēsimus –a –um

Answer 43

800, 800th

Question 44

olla –ae f.

Answer 44

pot, jar

Question 45

onager –grī m.

Answer 45

a donkey

Question 46

opus operis n.

Answer 46

work; need

Question 47

parum; minus; minimē

Answer 47

too little

Question 48

phantasia –ae f.

Answer 48

an idea; a phantom, apparition

Question 49

pilleus –ī m. or pilleum –ī n.

Answer 49

a felt cap or hat

Question 50

piper eris n

Answer 50

pepper

Question 51

pistor ōris m

Answer 51

a miller, bread-maker, baker

Question 52

pistōrius –a –um

Answer 52

of or belonging to a baker, baker's

Question 53

portō portāre portāvī portātus

Answer 53

to carry a load

Question 54

Proculus –ī m.

Answer 54

Proculus

Question 55

prō–scrībō –scrībere –scrīpsī –scrīptum

Answer 55

to publish, proscribe

Question 56

pūteō pūtēre

Answer 56

to stink

Question 57

quid

Answer 57

what; why

Question 58

quōmodō or separately quō modō

Answer 58

how

Question 59

recumbō –ere –cubuī

Answer 59

to lie down again; sink down

Question 60

rēx rēgis m.

Answer 60

king

Question 61

scelerātus –a –um

Answer 61

criminal

Question 62

socius –a –um

Answer 62

allied

Question 63

subalapa –ae m.

Answer 63

a rather boastful person

Question 64

super–vacuus –a –um

Answer 64

useless, needless, unnecessary, superfluous, redundant

Question 65

sēmen sēmenis n.

Answer 65

seed

Question 66

sūcōsus –a –um

Answer 66

juicy; rich

Question 67

Tarentum –ī n.

Answer 67

Tarentum

Question 68

tōmentum –ī n.

Answer 68

a stuffing, filling (for cushions)

Question 69

vacillō vacillāre

Answer 69

to sway to and fro, stagger, reel, totter

Question 70

valē/valēte

Answer 70

to greetings! farewell!

Question 71

ē–mereō ēmerēre ēmeruī ēmeritum or ē–mereor ēmerērī ēmeritus sum

Answer 71

to obtain by service, earn, merit, deserve

Question 72

īnferus –a –um

Answer 72

low