Apocolocyntosis ch. 8

Question 1

Athēnae Athēnārum f.

Answer 1

Athens

Question 2

clausus, a, um

Answer 2

closed in, shut in

Question 3

colō colere coluī cultus

Answer 3

to live in, inhabit; till, cultivate, promote growth; foster, maintain; honor, cherish, worship; tend, take care of; adorn, dress, decorate, embellish

Question 4

cor cordis n.

Answer 4

heart; mind/soul/spirit; intellect/judgment; sweetheart; souls/persons (pl.)

Question 5

corrigō corrigere corrēxī corrēctus

Answer 5

to put right, reform

Question 6

cubiculum –ī n.

Answer 6

bedroom

Question 7

cūria cūriae f.

Answer 7

senate; meeting house; curia/division of Roman people; court (Papal/royal)

Question 8

curvus –a –um

Answer 8

curved, bent, bending; winding; crooked

Question 9

damnō damnāre damnāvī damnātus

Answer 9

to pass/pronounce judgment, find guilty; deliver/condemn/sentence; harm/damn/doom;discredit; seek/secure condemnation of; find fault; bind/oblige under a will

Question 10

dīmidium dīmidiī n.

Answer 10

half

Question 11

enim

Answer 11

in fact, indeed; for

Question 12

fēstīvus –a –um

Answer 12

agreeable, pleasing, pretty; jovial, jocose, agreeable, dear

Question 13

gener generī m.

Answer 13

son–in–law

Question 14

impetus impetūs m.

Answer 14

attack, assault, charge; attempt; impetus, vigor; violent mental urge, fury

Question 15

incestum –ī n.

Answer 15

profanation of religion; sexual impurity; incest

Question 16

indūcō inducere indūxī inductus

Answer 16

to lead in, bring in (performers); induce, influence; introduce

Question 17

licet licēre licuit/licitum est

Answer 17

it is permitted

Question 18

lingō –ngere –nxi –nctum

Answer 18

to lick

Question 19

mālō mālle māluī

Answer 19

to want more, prefer

Question 20

modo

Answer 20

provided that; only, just; now, just now

Question 21

mola –ae f.

Answer 21

a mill; (meton.), ground or cracked grain; cracked spelt or coarse meal

Question 22

mūs mūris m.

Answer 22

mouse

Question 23

nesciō nescīre nescīvī/nesciī nescītus

Answer 23

to not know

Question 24

nihil or nīl n.

Answer 24

nothing

Question 25

nōn

Answer 25

not

Question 26

occīdō occīdere occīdī occīsum

Answer 26

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

Question 27

parum; minus; minimē

Answer 27

too/very little, not enough/so good, insufficient; less

Question 28

plaga –ae f.

Answer 28

a tract, region; zone

Question 29

praepūtium, (i)ī, n.

Answer 29

foreskin

Question 30

quārē

Answer 30

because of which thing; therefore; why

Question 31

quia

Answer 31

because

Question 32

quidem

Answer 32

moreover, certainly (emphasizing one statement with reference to another)

Question 33

quōmodō or separately quō modō

Answer 33

in what way, manner? how?; in the same manner as; just as; as

Question 34

rotundus –a –um

Answer 34

rolling, round, circular, spherical, rotund

Question 35

Sāturnālicius, a, um

Answer 35

appropriate to the Saturnalia

Question 36

Sāturnus –ī m.

Answer 36

Saturnus, a deified king of Latium, whose reign was the “golden age”; identified by the Romans with the Greek Cronos

Question 37

scrūtor scrūtārī scrūtātus sum

Answer 37

to ransack, search carefully, examine thoroughly, explore, search, examine

Question 38

Sīlānus –ī m.

Answer 38

a Roman cognomen; Junius Silanus Torquatus (d. 49) was engaged to Octavia but accused of incest with his sister

Question 39

stultus –a –um

Answer 39

foolish, stupid

Question 40

Varrō –ōnis m.

Answer 40

A name, esp. M. Terrentius Varro (116-27 BCE) polymath and author of Menippean Satires