Petronius 55 Flashcards by William Turpin

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aequus –a –um

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equal

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Babylōnicus –a –um

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Babylonian

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bāca –ae f.

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berry

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caccabus –ī m.

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saucepan

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carbunculus –ī m.

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a small coal, a tumor, a carbuncle

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Carchēdonius –a –um

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Carchedonian, i. e. Carthaginian

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cicōnia –ae f.

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a stork

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claudō claudere clausī clausus (also clūdō and clodō)

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to close

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comprobō comprobāre comprobāvī comprobātus

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to approve

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crotalistria –ae f.

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a castanet dancer who wearings rattling ear-pendants

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cōdicillus cōdicillī m.

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writing tablet

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disertus –a –um

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eloquent, expressive

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distorqueō –torquēre –torsī –tortum

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to twist, distort

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epigramma –atis n.

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epigram, inscription

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exsul exsulī m.

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exile

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extrāneus –a –um

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external, strange

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Falernus –ī m.

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Falernus (region)

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garriō garrīre garrīvī or garriī garrītum

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to chatter

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gracilipēs –pedis

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slender-footed

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hospita –ae f.

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a hostess

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ignis ignis m.

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fire

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Indicus –a –um

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of India, Indian

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intersum –esse –fuī

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to be between, be present

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lapideus –a –um

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of stone

luxuria luxuriae f.

luxury

līneus –a –um

flaxen, pale yellow

margarīta –ae f. or margarītum –ī n.

a pearl

mentiō mentiōnis f.

mention

moenia moenium n. pl.

walls

Mopsus –ī m.

Mopsus (a name)

mātrōna –ae f.

matron

nebula –ae f.

cloud

negōtium negōti(ī) n.

business

Numidicus –ī m.

Numidicus (a name)

nupta –ae f.

wife, bride

nēquitia nēquitiae f.

depravity

nīdus –ī m.

nest; brood

optō optāre optāvī optātus

to desire; choose

palātum –ī n.

roof of the mouth, palate; by metonymy, the mouth (as the organ of speech)

pelagius –a –um

of the sea

penes

within one's power (+ acc.)

peregrinus –a –um

foreign

phalerae –ārum f. or phalera –ōrum n. pl.

metal disks, horse ornaments; ornaments

pietāticultrīx –īcis f.

one that practises maternal care

plūmō plūmāre

to cover with feathers, to feather

praeceps praecipitis n.

a steep drop, steep descent

probitās probitātis f.

uprightness honesty

prostō prostāre prostitī prostitum

to stand before; offer oneself for sale

Pūblilius –ī m.

Publilius (a name)

scintillō scintillāre

to glow

smaragdus –ī m. or f

a green precious stone, cmerald, beryl, jasper

tepidus –a –um

warm, tepid

textilis –e

woven

trānsversus –a –um

across the path or course

ventus ventī m.

wind

viridis –e

green

vitrum –ī n.

woad (a plant)

ōrnō ōrnāre ōrnāvī ōrnātus

to equip, decorate