Apuleius 3.1.1-2 vocabulary

Question 1

commodum

Answer 1

at this very moment, just (adverb)

Question 2

pūnicāns –antis

Answer 2

red, reddish, ruddy, blushing

Question 3

phalerae –ārum f. or phalera –ōrum n. pl.

Answer 3

metal disks, horse ornaments; ornaments

Question 4

Aurōra aurōrae f.

Answer 4

dawn, the dawn goddess Aurora

Question 5

roseus –a –um

Answer 5

rosy

Question 6

quatiō quatere quassī quassum

Answer 6

to shake

Question 7

lacertus –ī m.

Answer 7

the arm, esp. the upper arm

Question 8

inequitō –āre

Answer 8

to ride into

Question 9

revellō –ere –vellī –vulsus

Answer 9

to pull back; pluck out

Question 10

aestus aestūs m.

Answer 10

heat; wave, tide

Question 11

animus animī m.

Answer 11

spirit, mind

Question 12

vespertīnus –a –um

Answer 12

of the evening, evening

Question 13

recordātiō –ōnis f.

Answer 13

recollection

Question 14

facinus facinoris n.

Answer 14

deed, crime

Question 15

complicō (conp–) –plicāre

Answer 15

to fold together, fold up

Question 16

dēnique

Answer 16

finally

Question 17

vicissitūdō –inis f.

Answer 17

change

Question 18

genū (genus) genūs n.

Answer 18

knee

Question 19

cōnectō –nectere –nexuī –nexum

Answer 19

connect

Question 20

grabātus –ī m.

Answer 20

a low, cheap bed, pallet, cot

Question 21

cossim

Answer 21

squatting, crouching

Question 22

īnsideō –ēre –sēdī –sessus

Answer 22

to sit or be seated on; w. dat.

Question 23

ūbertim

Answer 23

copiously

Question 24

fleō flēre flēvī flētus

Answer 24

to cry

Question 25

forum forī n.

Answer 25

forum (the normal setting for lawcourts)

Question 26

iūdicium iūdici(ī) n.

Answer 26

decision; trial

Question 27

sententia sententiae f.

Answer 27

(opinion); legal decision, sentence after a trial

Question 28

carnifex –icis m.

Answer 28

executioner

Question 29

imāginābundus –a –um

Answer 29

picturing to oneself