Apocolocyntosis ch. 1

Question 1

this list began with the Bridge database, with some additions; the order may not be that in which words appear in the text

Words have been selected more or less by instinct; I have tried to include not only unusual words but also words that intermediate and advanced students can find difficult

Answer 1

Words switch to rough alphabetical order after the first few chapters.

NOTE: asterisks indicate uncommon meanings of common words

In case of corrections etc please contact wturpin1@swarthmore.edu

Question 2

saeculum saeculī n.

Answer 2

age; generation, people born at a time; breed, race; present time/age; century; worldliness; the world; heathenism; time; past/present/future [in ~ => forever]

Question 3

prōverbium –ī n.

Answer 3

an old saying, saw, maxim, adage, proverb

Question 4

offēnsa –ae f.

Answer 4

disfavor, displeasure, offence, hatred, enmity

Question 5

umquam

Answer 5

ever

Question 6

fatuus –a –um

Answer 6

feeble minded, silly, foolish, asinine

Question 7

unde

Answer 7

from where, whence

Question 8

historicus, ī, m.

Answer 8

historian

Question 9

corām

Answer 9

in person, face–to–face; in one’s presence, before one’s eyes; publicly, openly

Question 10

libet (libēre) libuit libitum est

Answer 10

it pleases, is pleasing, is agreeable

Question 11

iter itineris n.

Answer 11

journey; road; passage, path; march [route magnum => forced march]

Question 12

aequus –a –um

Answer 12

level, even; equitable, just; calm, tranquil

Question 13

nūntius nūnti(ī) m.

Answer 13

messenger/herald/envoy; message (oral), warning; report; messenger’s speech

Question 14

tamen

Answer 14

nevertheless

Question 15

passus passūs m.

Answer 15

pace, footstep; mila passuum a thousand paces, a mile

Question 16

caelum caelī n.

Answer 16

sky, heaven

Question 17

tam

Answer 17

so

Question 18

cūrātor ōris m.

Answer 18

supervisor, superintendent

Question 19

iūrātor, ōris, m.

Answer 19

sworn witness

Question 20

bucca –ae f.

Answer 20

the cheek; a bawler, a mouthful

Question 21

īdūs īduum (pl. f.)

Answer 21

the Ides (middle of Roman month)

Question 22

nāscor nāscī nātus sum

Answer 22

to be born, come into being, be formed

Question 23

afferō afferre attulī allātus

Answer 23

to bring to (word/food), carry, convey; report, allege, announce; produce, cause

Question 24

ascendō ascendere ascendī ascēnsus

Answer 24

to climb; go/climb up; mount, scale; mount up, embark; rise, ascend, move upward

Question 25

cōgō cogere coēgī coāctus

Answer 25

to collect, gather, round up, restrict, confine; force, compel; convene; congeal

Question 26

exigō exigere exēgī exāctus

Answer 26

to drive out, exact, collect

Question 27

obeō obīre obiī/obīvī obitum

Answer 27

to go to, meet, die; visit (so as to watch); survey

Question 28

concipiō concipere concēpī conceptum

Answer 28

to hold, conceive, become fertilized, germinate, commit; * verba concepta = “a solemn utterance”

Question 29

oportet oportēre oportuit

Answer 29

to it is proper, it is right

Question 30

prōdūcō prōdūcere prōdūxī prōductus

Answer 30

to lead forward, bring out; reveal; induce; promote; stretch out; prolong; bury

Question 31

indicō indicāre indicāvī indicātus

Answer 31

to point out, show, indicate, expose, betray, reveal; inform against, accuse

Question 32

quaerō quaerere quaesiī/quaesīvī quaesītus

Answer 32

to search for, seek, ask

Question 33

occīdō occīdere occīdī occīsum

Answer 33

to strike down, strike to the ground; kill; ruin; plague; to beat, smash, crush

Question 34

iūrō iūrāre iūrāvī iūrātus

Answer 34

to swear; call to witness; vow obedience to; [jus jurandum => oath]; conspire