Apocolocyntosis, ch. 9

Question 1

Metamorphōsēs, eōn, f.pl.

Answer 1

“Transformations”; the famous epic poem by Ovid

Question 2

adiciō adicere adiēcī adiectus

Answer 2

to throw at, add

Question 3

alō alere aluī altus

Answer 3

to feed, nourish, rear, nurse, suckle; cherish; support, maintain, develop

Question 4

antecellō –cellere — —

Answer 4

to surpass

Question 5

auctōrātus, ī, m.

Answer 5

a hired gladiator (possibly a newly recruited one)

Question 6

auricula –ae f.

Answer 6

a little ear (dim. of auris)

Question 7

avia aviae f.

Answer 7

grandmother; rooted prejudice; old wives’ tale

Question 8

bellē (superl. bellissimē)

Answer 8

nicely (bellē esse, have a nice time; bellē habere, be in good health

Question 9

cīvitātula, ae, f.

Answer 9

petty citizenship; citizenship in a petty state

Question 10

cōnsultum cōnsultī n.

Answer 10

decree, decision

Question 11

contingō contingere contigī contāctus

Answer 11

to touch; reach (to); border on, be connected with; affect, hit; take hold, seize; color/stain; lay hands on, appropriate; smite; affect emotionally, move/touch; happen, befall, turn out, come to pass, be granted to one; be produced

Question 12

cursō –cursāre

Answer 12

to run hither and thither, run constantly

Question 13

Diespiter, tris, m.

Answer 13

a traditional Italian sky god, cognate with Jupiter

Question 14

disertē

Answer 14

eloquently

Question 15

enim

Answer 15

in fact, indeed; for

Question 16

notārius, (i)ī, m.

Answer 16

shorthand writer, stenographer

Question 17

nummulāriolus, ī, m.

Answer 17

a small-scale banker, money-changer

Question 18

olim

Answer 18

formerly; once, once upon a time; in the future

Question 19

p.c.

Answer 19

Abbreviation for patres conscripti

Question 20

persequor persequī persecūtus sum

Answer 20

to follow up, pursue; overtake; attack; take vengeance on; accomplish

Question 21

persōna persōnae f.

Answer 21

role, personality

Question 22

pingō pingere pīnxī pictus

Answer 22

to paint, tint, color; adorn/decorate/embellish with colored designs; depict, portray; depict in embroidery; [acu ~ => embroidery, needle–work]

Question 23

placet placere placuit (+ dat.)

Answer 23

it is pleasing to [me], I decide

Question 24

postmerīdiānus, a, um

Answer 24

of an afternoon

Question 25

quaestus quaestūs m.

Answer 25

profit, gain; * occupation, calling, pursuit of income

Question 26

quāliscumque quālecumque

Answer 26

whatever kind, whatever sort

Question 27

sustineō sustinēre sustinuī sustentus

Answer 27

to support; check; put off; put up with, endure, sustain; hold back; be able to

Question 28

vicis vicis f.

Answer 28

turn, change, interchange, alternation, succession, vicissitude

Question 29

vorō vorāre vorāvī vorātus

Answer 29

to swallow up