Apocolocyntosis, ch. 3

Question 1

ingenium ingeniī n.

Answer 1

ability, talent; disposition

Question 2

dēlectō dēlectāre dēlectāvī dēlectātus

Answer 2

to delight, please, amuse, fascinate; charm, lure, entice; be a source of delight; (passive) be delighted/glad, take pleasure; (+ inf.) enjoy (being/doing)

Question 3

Parca –ae f.

Answer 3

more freq. pl., Parcae, arum, f., the Fates (Clotho, the spinner, Lachesis, the allotter, and Atropos, the unaverted)

Question 4

sēdūcō –ere –dūxī –ductus

Answer 4

to lead apart or away; to separate

Question 5

torqueō torquēre torsī tortum

Answer 5

to twist, torture

Question 6

patior patī passus sum

Answer 6

to experience, suffer, endure; permit, allow

Question 7

cruciō –cruciāre

Answer 7

to torture, torment

Question 8

cessō cessāre cessāvī cessātus

Answer 8

to cease, be idle; hold back, lay off, delay; rest; be free of

Question 9

sexāgintā; sexāgēsimus –a –um

Answer 9

60, 60th

Question 10

luctor –ārī

Answer 10

to wrestle, struggle, strive

Question 11

invideō invidēre invīdī invīsus

Answer 11

to envy, regard with envy/ill will; be jealous of; begrudge, refuse

Question 12

patior patī passus sum

Answer 12

to experience, suffer, endure; permit, allow

Question 13

mathēmaticus –ī m.

Answer 13

a mathematician, astrologer

Question 14

aliquā

Answer 14

by any way, in any direction, any whither

Question 15

vērum –ī n.

Answer 15

that which is true; truth, justice, right

Question 16

efferō efferre extulī ēlātus

Answer 16

to carry out; bring out; carry out for burial; raise; transport (emotionally)

Question 17

nōscō nōscere nōvī nōtus

Answer 17

to come to know, learn, recognize; (in perfect) know; become familiar with; examine, study, inspect; try (case); accept as true; recall

Question 18

enim

Answer 18

in fact, indeed; for

Question 19

dēdō dēdere dēdidī dēditus

Answer 19

to give up, surrender, devote

Question 20

nex necis f.

Answer 20

killing, murder

Question 21

sinō sinere sīvī situs

Answer 21

to allow, permit

Question 22

aula –ae or –āī f.

Answer 22

a forecourt, atrium; court, peristyle (as surrounded with columns), hall; palace, royal seat

Question 23

Clōthō

Answer 23

Clotho, the spinner, one of the Fates

Question 24

pusillus –a –um

Answer 24

puny

Question 25

pauculus –a –um

Answer 25

very few, very little

Question 26

supersum superesse superfuī superfutūrus

Answer 26

to be left over; survive; be in excess/superfluous (to); remain to be performed

Question 27

Hispānī—ōrum m.

Answer 27

Spaniards

Question 28

togātus –a –um

Answer 28

wearing the toga; of the toga (> toga)

Question 29

quoniam

Answer 29

since, because

Question 30

placet placere placuit (+ dat.)

Answer 30

it is pleasing to [me], I decide

Question 31

peregrinus –a –um

Answer 31

from foreign parts, strange, foreign, exotic, alien

Question 32

sēmen sēmenis n.

Answer 32

seed; breeding, propagation

Question 33

aperiō aperīre aperuī apertus

Answer 33

to uncover, open, disclose; explain, recount; reveal; found; excavate; spread out

Question 34

capsula –ae f.

Answer 34

a small cylindrical case for holding book rolls

Question 35

fūsus –ī m.

Answer 35

a weighted spindle on which yarn is wound and twisted

Question 36

prōferō prōferre prōtulī prōlātus

Answer 36

to bring forward; advance; defer; discover; mention

Question 37

Baba, ae, m.

Answer 37

the name of a fool

Question 38

exiguus –a –um

Answer 38

small, little

Question 39

incomitātus –a –um

Answer 39

unattended; alone

Question 40

oportet oportēre oportuit

Answer 40

to it is proper, it is right

Question 41

modo

Answer 41

provided that; only, just; now, just now

Question 42

praecēdō –ere –cessī –cessus

Answer 42

to go before

Question 43

circumfundō –ere –fūdī –fūsus

Answer 43

to pour around; to encompass, surround; (pass.), circumfundor, fusus sum, (in middle signif.), to rush around, surround; p., circumfusus, a, um, surrounding; gathering around

Question 44

subitō

Answer 44

suddenly, unexpectedly; at once, at short notice, quickly; in no time at all

Question 45

convictor –ōris m.

Answer 45

intimate friend, companion