Petronius 79

Question 1

imprūdentia –ae f.

Answer 1

lack of knowledge, ignorance; lack of foresight

Question 2

obsum obesse obfuī

Answer 2

to be in the way

Question 3

scrūpus –ī m.

Answer 3

a sharp stone, rock

Question 4

gastra –ae f.

Answer 4

a large–bellied pot

Question 5

ēminēns –ntis

Answer 5

standing out prominent, lofty

Question 6

fragmentum –ī n.

Answer 6

remnant

Question 7

cruentus –a –um

Answer 7

bloody, blood–stained

Question 8

pīla –ae f.

Answer 8

pillar, column

Question 9

columna –ae f.

Answer 9

column

Question 10

līneāmentum –ī n.

Answer 10

a line, stroke, mark

Question 11

ēvincō –ere –vīcī –victus

Answer 11

to conquer completely; overcome

Question 12

notābilis –e

Answer 12

noteworthy

Question 13

candor –ōris m.

Answer 13

shining

Question 14

dēversitor –ōris m.

Answer 14

lodger, inn guest

Question 15

ingurgitō –āre

Answer 15

to pour in; drench

Question 16

pernoctō pernoctāre pernoctāvī pernoctātum

Answer 16

to spend the night

Question 17

nī

Answer 17

if…not; unless

Question 18

tabellārius tabellāriī m.

Answer 18

messenger

Question 19

vehiculum vehiculī n.

Answer 19

vehicle

Question 20

haereō haerēre haesī haesus

Answer 20

to stick to, hang on to

Question 21

transfundō transfundere transfūdī transfūsus

Answer 21

to transfer by pouring

Question 22

labellum labellī n.

Answer 22

lip, small basin

Question 23

grātulor gratulārī gratulātus sum

Answer 23

to congratulate, rejoice

Question 24

inventor –ōris m.

Answer 24

finder; contriver

Question 25

trānsferō trānsferre trānstulī trānslātus

Answer 25

to bring across

Question 26

volūtō volūtāre volūtāvī volūtātus

Answer 26

to roll about; to roll back

Question 27

lībere līberius līberrime

Answer 27

freely more freely most freely

Question 28

dissimulō dissimulāre dissimulāvī dissimulātus

Answer 28

to conceal, dissemble

Question 29

indormiō –īre –īvī –ītus

Answer 29

to sleep on top of, sleep over

Question 30

amplexus –ūs m.

Answer 30

an embrace

Question 31

pertractō –āre

Answer 31

to pass the hand over; examine in detail

Question 32

gaudium gaudi(ī) n.

Answer 32

joy

Question 33

dubitō dubitāre dubitāvī dubitātus

Answer 33

to hesitate, doubt

Question 34

tūtus –a –um

Answer 34

safe

Question 35

verber –eris n.

Answer 35

whip; a beating or blow with a whip

Question 36

violō violāre violāvī violātus

Answer 36

to violate

Question 37

ōcior –ius

Answer 37

swifter

Question 38

polluō –ere –uī –ūtus

Answer 38

to soil

Question 39

manubiae –ārum f.

Answer 39

prize–money; unlawful profit