Apocolocyntosis ch. 11

Question 1

adeō

Answer 1

such a point; precisely, exactly; thus far; indeed, truly; even

Question 2

animadvertō animadvertere animadvertī animadversus

Answer 2

to pay attention to, attend to; notice, observe; judge, estimate; punish (in+ACC)

Question 3

Appius –iī m.; Appius –a –um

Answer 3

Appius; Appian; Via Appia, the Appian Way; Appius Claudius Caecus, the censor

Question 4

Assaracus –ī m.

Answer 4

Assaracus, a king of Phrygia, son of Tros, brother of Ganymede and Ilus, and grandfather of Anchises

Question 5

avunculus avunculī m.

Answer 5

maternal uncle

Question 6

cito citius (comp.) citissime (superl.)

Answer 6

quickly

Question 7

clārē (clārius, clārissimē)

Answer 7

out loud, clearly

Question 8

Crassus –ī m.

Answer 8

a Roman cognomen (“plump”); esp. M. Licinius Crassus the triumvir or (as here) a descendant

Question 9

crūs –ūris n.

Answer 9

shin, leg

Question 10

Cyllēnius –a –um

Answer 10

of Cyllene; Cyllenian; subst. m., the Cyllenian god; relating to Mount Cyllene; relating to Mercury; (m. sing. as sb.) Mercury

Question 11

dēsinō dēsinere dēsiī dēsitus

Answer 11

to stop/end/finish, abandon/leave/break off, desist/cease; come to/at end/close

Question 12

eō īre iī/īvī itum

Answer 12

to go, walk; march, advance; pass; flow; pass (time); ride; sail

Question 13

excēdō excēdere excessī excessus

Answer 13

to pass, withdraw, exceed; go away/out/beyond; die

Question 14

exportō –portāre

Answer 14

to carry out, bring out, convey away, send away, export

Question 15

frangō frangere frēgī frāctus

Answer 15

to break, shatter, crush; dishearten, subdue, weaken; move, discourage

Question 16

Frūgī (indecl. adj.)

Answer 16

a Roman cognomen (“Frugal”)

Question 17

gener generī m.

Answer 17

son–in–law

Question 18

inferī –ōrum m.

Answer 18

the dead; the lower world

Question 19

istūc

Answer 19

thither, to you, to where you are; in that direction; to that subject/point

Question 20

Magnus –ī m.

Answer 20

cognomen of Pompey the Great, Cn. Pompeius Magnus

Question 21

numquid

Answer 21

in a direct question, a strengthened num

Question 22

obtorqueō –ēre –torsī –tortus

Answer 22

to turn round, twist

Question 23

ōvum –ī n.

Answer 23

egg

Question 24

persequor persequī persecūtus sum

Answer 24

to follow up, pursue; overtake; attack; take vengeance on; accomplish

Question 25

placet placere placuit (+ dat.)

Answer 25

it is pleasing to [me], I decide

Question 26

quandōquidem

Answer 26

since indeed; inasmuch as, because

Question 27

quisquam quicquam

Answer 27

someone, something; anyone, anything

Question 28

quod

Answer 28

because, the fact that

Question 29

sevērē (sevērius, sevērissimē)

Answer 29

sternly; with strictness, seriously

Question 30

socer socerī m.

Answer 30

father–in–law

Question 31

tabella tabellae f.

Answer 31

board, tray, writing tablet

Question 32

tālis tāle

Answer 32

such, of such a sort

Question 33

tam

Answer 33

so

Question 34

tamen

Answer 34

nevertheless

Question 35

ūnus –a –um

Answer 35

1, alone

Question 36

vacātiō –ōnis f.

Answer 36

freedom, exemption, immunity, dispensation

Question 37

vērō

Answer 37

in truth, in fact, certainly, truly, to be sure, surely, assuredly

Question 38

Volcānus (Vulcānus), ī, m.

Answer 38

Vulcan, the Italian god of fire