Apocolocyntosis ch. 6

Question 1

calcō calcāre calcāvī calcātus

Answer 1

to put under the heel; trample upon; mix by trampling (> calx)

Question 2

collum collī m.

Answer 2

neck; throat; head and neck; severed head; upper stem (flower); mountain ridge

Question 3

dēcollō collāre

Answer 3

to behead, rob

Question 4

excandēscō candēscere canduī —

Answer 4

to grow hot, kindle

Question 5

fānum –ī n.

Answer 5

temple

Question 6

febris febris f.

Answer 6

fever

Question 7

germānus –a –um

Answer 7

having the same parents; true, real, honest to goodness

Question 8

gestus –ūs m.

Answer 8

bearing, carriage, posture, attitude, motion, gesture, movement, action, sign

Question 9

intersum –esse –fuī

Answer 9

to be/lie between, be in the midst; be present; take part in; be different

Question 10

itaque

Answer 10

and so, accordingly; thus, therefore, consequently

Question 11

lapis lapidis m.

Answer 11

stone; milestone; jewel

Question 12

Licinius, ī, m.

Answer 12

a Roman cognomen; esp. a freedman of Augustus and procurator in Gaul

Question 13

mendācium –ī n.

Answer 13

lie

Question 14

merus –a –um

Answer 14

pure, undiluted

Question 15

minimē

Answer 15

No!, by no means, not at all

Question 16

mūliō –ōnis m.

Answer 16

a mule–keeper, muledriver, muleteer

Question 17

Mūnātius –ī m.

Answer 17

Munatius; esp. L. Munatius Plancus, founder of Lugdunum

Question 18

mūniceps –ipis m.

Answer 18

citizen of a municipium; townsman

Question 19

murmur murmuris n.

Answer 19

rumble, roar; murmur

Question 20

nāscor nāscī nātus sum

Answer 20

to be born, come into being, be formed

Question 21

nēmō nēminis m. or f.

Answer 21

no one

Question 22

oportet oportēre oportuit

Answer 22

to it is proper, it is right

Question 23

perpetuārius, a, um

Answer 23

permanently employed; (apparently) long-distance

Question 24

praecīdō praecīdere praecīdī praecīsum

Answer 24

to cut off, cut short

Question 25

Rhodanus –ī m.

Answer 25

Rhodanus, a major river in southern Gaul modern Rhone

Question 26

vafer –fra –frum

Answer 26

sly, cunning, crafty, artful, subtle

Question 27

Vienna –ae f.

Answer 27

a town of the Allobroges, on the Rhone (modern Vienne)

Question 28

Xanthus –ī m.

Answer 28

The Xanthus or Scamander, a river near Troy; Xanthus, a small river in Epirus named by Helenus after the Trojan Xanthus; Xanthus, a river in Lycia