Apocolocyntosis ch. 8 Flashcards
Athēnae Athēnārum f.
Athens
clausus, a, um
closed in, shut in
colō colere coluī cultus
to live in, inhabit; till, cultivate, promote growth; foster, maintain; honor, cherish, worship; tend, take care of; adorn, dress, decorate, embellish
cor cordis n.
heart; mind/soul/spirit; intellect/judgment; sweetheart; souls/persons (pl.)
corrigō corrigere corrēxī corrēctus
to put right, reform
cubiculum –ī n.
bedroom
cūria cūriae f.
senate; meeting house; curia/division of Roman people; court (Papal/royal)
curvus –a –um
curved, bent, bending; winding; crooked
damnō damnāre damnāvī damnātus
to pass/pronounce judgment, find guilty; deliver/condemn/sentence; harm/damn/doom;discredit; seek/secure condemnation of; find fault; bind/oblige under a will
dīmidium dīmidiī n.
half
enim
in fact, indeed; for
fēstīvus –a –um
agreeable, pleasing, pretty; jovial, jocose, agreeable, dear
gener generī m.
son–in–law
impetus impetūs m.
attack, assault, charge; attempt; impetus, vigor; violent mental urge, fury
incestum –ī n.
profanation of religion; sexual impurity; incest
indūcō inducere indūxī inductus
to lead in, bring in (performers); induce, influence; introduce
licet licēre licuit/licitum est
it is permitted
lingō –ngere –nxi –nctum
to lick
mālō mālle māluī
to want more, prefer
modo
provided that; only, just; now, just now
mola –ae f.
a mill; (meton.), ground or cracked grain; cracked spelt or coarse meal
mūs mūris m.
mouse
nesciō nescīre nescīvī/nesciī nescītus
to not know
nihil or nīl n.
nothing
nōn
not
occīdō occīdere occīdī occīsum
to strike down, strike to the ground; kill; ruin; plague; to beat, smash, crush
parum; minus; minimē
too/very little, not enough/so good, insufficient; less
plaga –ae f.
a tract, region; zone
praepūtium, (i)ī, n.
foreskin
quārē
because of which thing; therefore; why
quia
because
quidem
moreover, certainly (emphasizing one statement with reference to another)
quōmodō or separately quō modō
in what way, manner? how?; in the same manner as; just as; as
rotundus –a –um
rolling, round, circular, spherical, rotund
Sāturnālicius, a, um
appropriate to the Saturnalia
Sāturnus –ī m.
Saturnus, a deified king of Latium, whose reign was the “golden age”; identified by the Romans with the Greek Cronos
scrūtor scrūtārī scrūtātus sum
to ransack, search carefully, examine thoroughly, explore, search, examine
Sīlānus –ī m.
a Roman cognomen; Junius Silanus Torquatus (d. 49) was engaged to Octavia but accused of incest with his sister
stultus –a –um
foolish, stupid
Varrō –ōnis m.
A name, esp. M. Terrentius Varro (116-27 BCE) polymath and author of Menippean Satires
