Apocolocyntosis ch. 14

Question 1

advocātiō –ōnis f. *

Answer 1

a consoling, comforting; * (in law) an adjournment, a postponement

Question 2

advocātus –ī m.

Answer 2

a friend who supports a party in a trial, an attendant, adviser; an aid, helper

Question 3

Aeacus –ī m.

Answer 3

Aeacus, legendary king of Aegina and judge in the underworld

Question 4

ālea –ae f.

Answer 4

a game with dice, and in gen.; a game of hazard or chance; chance, hazard

Question 5

aliquā

Answer 5

by any way, in any direction, any whither

Question 6

attonō attonāre attonuī attonitus

Answer 6

to thunder at; p., attonitus, a, um, (fig.), stunned; agitated; amazed, astonished; afflicted, overwhelmed; spellbound, hushed (> ad and tono)

Question 7

convictor –ōris m.

Answer 7

intimate friend, companion

Question 8

Cornēlius, a, um

Answer 8

of the Cornelian gens; lex Cornelia, a law of a Cornelius, esp. Sulla

Question 9

disertus –a –um

Answer 9

skillful, clear, clever, well–spoken, fluent

Question 10

edō ēsse ēdī ēsus

Answer 10

to eat/consume/devour; eat away (fire/water/disease); destroy; spend money on food

Question 11

effectus –ūs m.

Answer 11

fulfilment, accomplishment; effect, result, consequence

Question 12

irritus or inritus –a –um

Answer 12

invalid, void

Question 13

Ixīōn –onis m.

Answer 13

Ixion, the father of Pirithous, and king of the Lapithae, who was bound to an ever revolving wheel in Hades for offering violence to Juno

Question 14

latūra, ae, f.

Answer 14

the carrying of burdens; the job of being a porter

Question 15

lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus

Answer 15

to play, mock, tease, trick; play with

Question 16

missiō –ōnis f.

Answer 16

a letting go, sending away, a sending, despatching; a throwing, hurling ; release from capitivity; discharge from service; missio sanguinis: blood-letting

Question 17

oportet oportēre oportuit

Answer 17

to it is proper, it is right

Question 18

patior patī passus sum

Answer 18

to experience, suffer, endure; permit, allow

Question 19

pereō perīre periī peritūs

Answer 19

to perish, die; pass away, be destroyed, be ruined; go to waste

Question 20

pertundō pertundere pertudī pertūsus

Answer 20

to thrust through, bore through, perforate

Question 21

postulō postulāre postulāvī postulātus

Answer 21

to demand, claim; require; ask/pray for

Question 22

prōficiō prōficere prōfēcī prōfectum *

Answer 22

to advance, be of use; * make progress

Question 23

rota rotae f.

Answer 23

wheel

Question 24

sīcārius –ī m.

Answer 24

an assassin, murderer

Question 25

Sīsyphus or –os –ī m.

Answer 25

Sisyphus, son of Æolus, king of Corinth, famous for his cunning and robberies

Question 26

sitis –is f.

Answer 26

thirst

Question 27

stupeō –ēre –uī

Answer 27

to be amazed or dazed; to be bewildered, confounded, lost in wonder; wonder at

Question 28

subscriptiō, ōnis, f.

Answer 28

something written underneath, a subscription or signature; (in law) an indictment

Question 29

succurrō –currere –currī –cursūrum

Answer 29

to come to mind

Question 30

sufflāminō (1)

Answer 30

slow down, brake (a wheel, using a sufflamen)

Question 31

tandem

Answer 31

finally, at last; in questions and commands, pray, I ask you, then

Question 32

tantum

Answer 32

so much, so far; hardly, only; in tantum, to such a degree or height, so high; tantum — quantum, so great (such, so much) — as.

Question 33

tessera –ae f.

Answer 33

a square tablet; a ticket inscribed with the watchword; the watchword or password

Question 34

umquam

Answer 34

ever