41. Horace, Epode 1 vocabulary

Question 1

allabor (adlabor), allabî, allapsus

Answer 1

glide toward, fall, slide

Question 2

assideô (adsideô), -sidêre, -sêdî, -sessum

Answer 2

sit by; stand by as a supporter; attend upon (the sick), take care of; beseige, blockade

Question 3

arâtrum, -î, n.

Answer 3

plow

Question 4

benignitas, -âtis, f.

Answer 4

an affable bearing towards others, kindness

Question 5

Calaber, -bra, -brum

Answer 5

Calabrian, of Calabria (in Roman times roughly the heel of Italy, not, as now, the toe)

Question 6

candens, candentis

Answer 6

shining white

Question 7

Caucasus, -î, m.

Answer 7

the Caucusus mountains

Question 8

Chremes, Chremêtis (or Chremis), m.

Answer 8

a typical miser in plays of Terence

Question 9

Circaeus, -a, -um

Answer 9

of or pertaining to Circe (mother of Telegonus, founder of Tusculum)

Question 10

* decet, -êre, decuit, — (impersonal) *

Answer 10

it is fitting

Question 11

discingô, -cingere, -cinxî, -cinctum

Answer 11

to ungird; disarm

Question 12

dîto (1)

Answer 12

enrich

Question 13

fervidus, a, um

Answer 13

boiling, hot; impetuous

Question 14

imbellis (inbellis), -e

Answer 14

anti-war; peaceful

Question 15

illigô (inligô) (1)

Answer 15

tie on; fetter, entangle; bind

Question 16

implûmis (inplûmis), -e

Answer 16

without feathers; unfledged, callow

Question 17

iûcundus, -a, -um

Answer 17

pleasing, delightful

Question 18

iugum, -î, n.

Answer 18

yoke; (mountain) ridge

Question 19

iuvô, iuvâre, iûvî, iûtus

Answer 19

aid, help; (esp. in third person singular for “what use is it to…”)

Question 20

Liburnus, -a, -um

Answer 20

Liburnian (i.e. Illyrian); (also a kind of small ship)

Question 21

Lûcânus, -a, -um

Answer 21

Lucanian (i.e. pertaining to Lucania, in S. Italy)

Question 22

mîlitô (1)

Answer 22

carry on a war; serve as soldier

Question 23

minor, -us

Answer 23

smaller (comparative of parvus)

Question 24

moenia, -ium, n. (plural)

Answer 24

fortifications, (city) walls

Question 25

mûtô (1)

Answer 25

change; exchange

Question 26

nepôs, -ôtis, m.

Answer 26

grandson, descendant

Question 27

* nîtor, -î, nîxus or nîsus *

Answer 27

struggle; lean on, rely on

Question 28

* occîdô, -ere, occîdî, occîsus *

Answer 28

slay, kill

Question 29

* occidô, -ere, occidî, occâsûrus *

Answer 29

fall; sink, set; die

Question 30

parum

Answer 30

too little, not enough

Question 31

pascuum, -î, n.

Answer 31

a pasture

Question 32

prôpugnâculum, -î, n.

Answer 32

bulwark, rampart

Question 33

pullus, -î, m.

Answer 33

a young animal, a chick; (also used for persons as a term of endearment)

Question 34

serpêns, -entis, m.

Answer 34

snake, serpent

Question 35

sidus, -eris

Answer 35

constellation, star

Question 36

sinus, -ûs, m.

Answer 36

fold, curve; bosom; bay

Question 37

subeô, -îre, -îvî or -iî, -itum

Answer 37

enter; attack; support; climb

Question 38

supernus, -a, -um

Answer 38

higher, celestial

Question 39

superstes, -itis, adj.

Answer 39

surviving

Question 40

* tangô, -ere, tetigî, tâctus *

Answer 40

touch

Question 41

Tusculum, -î, n.

Answer 41

Tusculum, an ancient town of Latium, nr. modern Frascati

Question 42

ûsque (ad)

Answer 42

all the way (to), even (to), as far as