39. Horace, Epode 4 vocabulary

Question 1

agnus, -î, m.

Answer 1

lamb

Question 2

agna, -ae, f.

Answer 2

ewe, lamb

Question 3

ambulô (1)

Answer 3

walk; travel; strut

Question 4

Appius, a, um

Answer 4

a Roman praenomen; of Appius, esp. the Appian Way, between Rome and Capua

Question 5

arô (1)

Answer 5

plow

Question 6

attineô (adineô), attinêre, attinuî, attentum

Answer 6

hold, keep, detain; reach to; pertain; be of importance to

Question 7

bis

Answer 7

twice

Question 8

compes (conpes), compedis, f.

Answer 8

shackle (usually in plural); something impeding movement

Question 9

contemnô, -ere, -tempsî, -temptus

Answer 9

hold in contempt, despise, scorn

Question 10

crûs, crûris, n.

Answer 10

leg

Question 11

Falernus, a, um

Answer 11

an area of N. Campania; (neut. as subst.) Falernian wine

Question 12

fastîdium, (i)i, n.

Answer 12

distaste; repugnance, disgust

Question 13

flagellum, -î, n.

Answer 13

whip; shoot, sucker

Question 14

fundus, -î, m.

Answer 14

bottom; bottom of the chest; piece of land, farm; foundation

Question 15

fûnis, -is, m.

Answer 15

cord, rope

Question 16

Hibêricus, a, um

Answer 16

Iberian, Spanish

Question 17

indignâtio, ônis, f.

Answer 17

anger prompted by a sense of wrong, resentment; an angry outburst

Question 18

iûgerum, -î, n.

Answer 18

a jugerum (a unit of land measurement, = about 2/3 acre)

Question 19

latrô, -ônis, m

Answer 19

highway robber, brigand

Question 20

lupus, -î, m.

Answer 20

wolf

Question 21

mannus, î, m.

Answer 21

pony

Question 22

mêtior, -îrî, mênsus

Answer 22

measure

Question 23

obtingô, -tingere, -tigî

Answer 23

fall to one’s lot; happen to the advantage or disadvantage of someone

Question 24

ôs, ôris, n.

Answer 24

mouth; face

Question 25

ôra, -ae, f.

Answer 25

boundary; coast; region

Question 26

ôrô (1)

Answer 26

beg, pray

Question 27

Othô, ônis, m.

Answer 27

a Roman cognomen

Question 28

perûrô, -ûrere, -ussî, -ustum

Answer 28

burn up, consume; burn, scorch

Question 29

pondus, -eris, n.

Answer 29

weight

Question 30

praecô, ônis, m.

Answer 30

crier, auctioneer

Question 31

rostrâtus, a, um

Answer 31

beak-shaped; (of warships) having a beaked prow

Question 32

sedîle, is, n.

Answer 32

seat, bench

Question 33

servîlis, -e

Answer 33

slave, servile

Question 34

sortiô, -îre or sortior, -îrî, -îtus

Answer 34

draw lots for; assign by lot

Question 35

sortītō

Answer 35

by lot; by (a law of) nature

Question 36

* terô, terere, trîvî, trîtum *

Answer 36

rub, crush; wear out

Question 37

tot … quot

Answer 37

as many … as

Question 38

tribûnus, -î, m.

Answer 38

tribune

Question 39

triumvir, triumvirî, m.

Answer 39

member of a commission of three

Question 40

ulna, ae, f.

Answer 40

the forearm; the distance between outstreached arms