Apuleius 1.1.5-6 vocabulary

Question 1

ēn or em

Answer 1

look, see!

Question 2

ecce

Answer 2

behold!

Question 3

praefor –fātus sum

Answer 3

to beg in advance for

Question 4

venia veniae f.

Answer 4

pardon

Question 5

sīquis (or sīquī) sīqua sīquid

Answer 5

anyone, anything; (neuter singular as adverb) if at all

Question 6

exōticus –a –um

Answer 6

foreign, exotic, imported

Question 7

forēnsis forēnse

Answer 7

of or pertaining to the forum, legal

Question 8

rudis –e

Answer 8

uncultivated

Question 9

locūtor –ōris m.

Answer 9

speaker

Question 10

offendō offendere offendī offēnsus

Answer 10

(to hit; to fail); to offend

Question 11

iam

Answer 11

now, already

Question 12

equidem

Answer 12

indeed

Question 13

vōx vōcis f.

Answer 13

voice

Question 14

immūtātiō –ōnis f.

Answer 14

change, transformation

Question 15

dēsultōrius –a –um

Answer 15

of or pertaining to a desultor (acrobatic rider who jumps from galloping horse to galloping horse)

Question 16

scientia scientiae f.

Answer 16

knowledge

Question 17

stilus stilus –ī m.

Answer 17

stilus, pen

Question 18

accēdō accēdere accessī accessum

Answer 18

to approach

Question 19

respondeō respondēre respondī respōnsus

Answer 19

to respond

Question 20

incipiō incipere incēpī inceptus

Answer 20

to begin

Question 21

lēctor –ōris m.

Answer 21

reader

Question 22

intendō intendere intendī intentus

Answer 22

to direct one’s attention

Question 23

laetor laetārī laetātus sum

Answer 23

to rejoice, be glad