Petronius 44

Question 1

adūrō –ūrere –ussī –ustum

Answer 1

to set on fire, burn off

Question 2

aedīlis –is m.

Answer 2

a commissioner of buildings, aedile, magistrate for public works.

Question 3

ager agrī m.

Answer 3

field

Question 4

annōna –ae f.

Answer 4

crop (grain), price

Question 5

anteā

Answer 5

before, formerly

Question 6

arcus arcūs m.

Answer 6

bow, arch

Question 7

Asia –ae

Answer 7

Asia (the Roman province of Asia, i.e. Western Asia Minor

Question 8

attineō attinēre attinuī attentus

Answer 8

to hold near, keep; be connected with; (impersonal) it concerns

Question 9

audāciter or audācter

Answer 9

boldly, confidently, rashly

Question 10

benīgnus –a –um

Answer 10

kind

Question 11

būbulus –a –um

Answer 11

of or pertaining to cattle or oxen

Question 12

caelum caelī n.

Answer 12

sky, heaven

Question 13

caelus –ī m.

Answer 13

sky (old form of caelum)

Question 14

capillus capillī m.

Answer 14

hair

Question 15

casula –ae f.

Answer 15

a cottage, hut

Question 16

cauda –ae f.

Answer 16

the tail, coda

Question 17

caunea (caunia) –ae f.

Answer 17

a fig

Question 18

certus –a –um

Answer 18

sure, fixed

Question 19

clīvus –ī m.

Answer 19

a slope

Question 20

collūdō –lūdere –lūsī –lūsum

Answer 20

to play (with); collude with

Question 21

colōnia colōniae f.

Answer 21

farm, estate

Question 22

computō –āre

Answer 22

to sum up, reckon, compute

Question 23

cōleus –ī m. (usually pl.)

Answer 23

testicle, scrotum

Question 24

cūria cūriae f.

Answer 24

place of assembly, Roman senate; court

Question 25

cūrō cūrāre cūrāvī cūrātus

Answer 25

to care for

Question 26

dēvorō dēvorāre dēvorāvī dēvorātus

Answer 26

to swallow, devour

Question 27

dīrectus –a –um (dērectus)

Answer 27

straight

Question 28

et(iam)

Answer 28

even, also

Question 29

exspuō –uere –uī –ūtum

Answer 29

to spit out

Question 30

exōrō exōrāre exōrāvī exōrātus

Answer 30

to pray effectually; entreat, prevail upon

Question 31

eō īre iī/īvī itum

Answer 31

to go

Question 32

Ganymēdēs –is m.

Answer 32

Ganymede (the “cupbearer” of Zeus / Juppiter)

Question 33

gaudeō gaudēre gāvīsus sum

Answer 33

to be glad

Question 34

habitō habitāre habitāvī habitātus

Answer 34

to inhabit

Question 35

hīc

Answer 35

here

Question 36

ieiūnium –iī n.

Answer 36

a fast, hunger

Question 37

interior –ius

Answer 37

nearer, deeper

Question 38

iste ista istud

Answer 38

that

Question 39

labōrō labōrāre labōrāvī labōrātum

Answer 39

to work

Question 40

lānātus –a –um

Answer 40

bearing wool, woolly

Question 41

lūtum lutī n.

Answer 41

mud

Question 42

maior māius

Answer 42

bigger

Question 43

maxilla –ae f.

Answer 43

the jawbone, jaw

Question 44

micō micāre micuī

Answer 44

to vibrate; play the game of morra (guessing the number of fingers)

Question 45

misereor –ērī miseritus sum

Answer 45

to pity

Question 46

mordeō mordēre momordī morsus

Answer 46

to bite

Question 47

mālō mālle māluī

Answer 47

to prefer

Question 48

mēns mentis f.

Answer 48

mind

Question 49

mīlle; mīllēsimus –a –um

Answer 49

1000, 1000th

Question 50

mūs mūris m.

Answer 50

mouse

Question 51

narrō –āre –āvī –ātum

Answer 51

to tell, report, recount

Question 52

nunc

Answer 52

now

Question 53

nūdus –a –um

Answer 53

nude, bare

Question 54

operiō operīre operuī opertum

Answer 54

to cover, hide

Question 55

pannus –ī m.

Answer 55

a piece of cloth

Question 56

passus –a –um

Answer 56

spread out

Question 57

percolopō percolopāre

Answer 57

to box the ears of one, to beat

Question 58

per–sevērō –āre

Answer 58

to persist, persevere

Question 59

pilus –ī m.

Answer 59

a hair; something of no value or significance

Question 60

piper –eris n.

Answer 60

pepper

Question 61

pistor ōris m

Answer 61

a miller, bread-maker, baker

Question 62

plovō plovere

Answer 62

to rain

Question 63

populus populī m.

Answer 63

people

Question 64

porrō

Answer 64

forward, of space, time, or of mental operations, far off

Question 65

pūrus –a –um

Answer 65

pure

Question 66

quid

Answer 66

what; why

Question 67

quācumque

Answer 67

by whatever way, wherever

Question 68

quōmodō or separately quō modō

Answer 68

how

Question 69

religiōsus –a –um

Answer 69

reverent, superstitious

Question 70

resalūtō –āre

Answer 70

to greet in return

Question 71

retroversus or retrōversus or retrōversum

Answer 71

turned back or backwards

Question 72

rēctus –a –um

Answer 72

straight, direct

Question 73

schēma –atis n. or –ae f.

Answer 73

a shape, figure, form, fashion, manner, posture, attitude

Question 74

semper

Answer 74

always

Question 75

siccitās –ātis f.

Answer 75

dryness, drought

Question 76

similis simile

Answer 76

similar

Question 77

stolātus –a –um

Answer 77

dressed in or wearing a stola; befitting a matron

Question 78

Sāturnālia –ium n. pl.

Answer 78

the festival of Saturn, beginning Dec. 17, a period of merriment and license

Question 79

sūdō sūdāre sūdāvī sūdātus

Answer 79

to sweat

Question 80

tenebrae tenebrārum f. pl.

Answer 80

darkness

Question 81

tractō tractāre tractāvī tractātus

Answer 81

to haul

Question 82

tuba –ae f.

Answer 82

trumpet

Question 83

tum or tunc

Answer 83

then, at that time

Question 84

umquam

Answer 84

ever

Question 85

unde

Answer 85

from where, whence

Question 86

urceātim

Answer 86

(to rain) buckets

Question 87

vitulus –ī m.

Answer 87

young bullock

Question 88

vulpēs –is f.

Answer 88

fox

Question 89

ēsurītiō ēsurītiōnis f.

Answer 89

hungering, hunger

Question 90

ēveniō ēvenīre ēvēnī ēventus

Answer 90

to come out

Question 91

ūdus –a –um

Answer 91

wet, damp