Apuleius 1.1.3-4 vocabulary

Question 1

exōrdior exōrdīrī exōrsus sum

Answer 1

to lay the warp (in weaving); to begin

Question 2

paucus –a –um

Answer 2

(pl.) a few; (sing.) small

Question 3

accipiō accipere accēpī acceptus

Answer 3

to receive

Question 4

Hymettos –ī m.(f.)

Answer 4

Mt. Hymettus, a famous mountain in Attica

Question 5

Atticus –a –um

Answer 5

Attic; Athenian

Question 6

Isthmos, ī, m. (f.)

Answer 6

The Isthmus (of Corinth)

Question 7

Ephyraeius –a –um

Answer 7

Corinthian (Ephyra was a nymph associated the city’s foundation)

Question 8

Taenaros –ī m. (f.)

Answer 8

Taenarus, a southern promontory of the Peloponnese, in Spartan territory

Question 9

Spartiāticus –a –um

Answer 9

Spartan

Question 10

glaeba –ae f.

Answer 10

lump of earth; clod; soil, territory

Question 11

fēlīx fēlīcis

Answer 11

fortunate

Question 12

aeternum

Answer 12

eternally

Question 13

liber librī m.

Answer 13

book

Question 14

condō condere condidī conditus

Answer 14

(to build); to store up

Question 15

vetus veteris

Answer 15

old

Question 16

prōsāpia –ae f.

Answer 16

stock, race, family

Question 17

ibī

Answer 17

there; then

Question 18

lingua linguae f.

Answer 18

tongue; language

Question 19

Attis, Atttidis

Answer 19

Attic, Athenian

Question 20

prīmus -a -um

Answer 20

first

Question 21

pueritia pueritiae f.

Answer 21

boyhood

Question 22

stīpendium stīpendi(ī) n.

Answer 22

wages (for a soldier); tour of duty (military)

Question 23

mereō merēre meruī meritum

Answer 23

to earn

Question 24

mox

Answer 24

soon; later

Question 25

urbs, urbis, f.

Answer 25

city

Question 26

Lātius –a –um

Answer 26

of Latium, Latin

Question 27

advena –ae m./f.

Answer 27

visitor, stranger

Question 28

studium studiī n.

Answer 28

(eagerness); study, intellectual study

Question 29

Quīritēs, Quīritium, m.pl.

Answer 29

Romans, Roman citizens (a more archaic and formal term than Romani)

Question 30

indigenus –a –um

Answer 30

native, native born

Question 31

aerumnābilis –e

Answer 31

troublesome, painful

Question 32

nūllus –a –um

Answer 32

none, no

Question 33

magister magistrī m. master, chief, teacher

Answer 33

master, chief, teacher

Question 34

praeeō –īre –īvī –or iī –itus –īre

Answer 34

to precede, lead the way

Question 35

adgredior (aggredior) aggredī aggressus sum

Answer 35

to approach

Question 36

excolō –ere –uī –cultus

Answer 36

to cultivate completely; refine