Apuleius, Met. 4.29

Question 1

apprecor (adprecor) apprecārī

Answer 1

to pray to, to adore, worship (very rare, perh. only in Hor. and App.)

Question 2

āra ārae f.

Answer 2

altar

Question 3

caelestis caeleste

Answer 3

from/of heaven

Question 4

caerimōnia (caeremōnia) –ae f.

Answer 4

a religious usage, sacred rite, religious ceremony

Question 5

cinis cineris m. or f.

Answer 5

ashes, embers, spent love/hate; ruin, destruction; the grave/dead, cremation

Question 6

Cnidus –ī f.

Answer 6

town on the coast of Caria, in SW Asia Minor, where Venus/Aphrodite was worshipped

Question 7

commeō commeāre

Answer 7

to go and come, pass to and fro, move back and forth, go about

Question 8

cōnfluō –fluere –flūxī —

Answer 8

to flow together, run together

Question 9

cōnspectus conspectūs m.

Answer 9

view, range of sight; aspect, appearance, look; perception, contemplation, survey

Question 10

cultus –a –um

Answer 10

cultivated; well-groomed; refined, sophisticated

Question 11

Cythēra –ōrum n. or Cythērē –ēs f.

Answer 11

Cythera, an island south of Laconia, near which Venus was said to have been born of the foam of the sea

Question 12

dēfōrmō dēfōrmāre dēfōrmāvī dēfōrmātus

Answer 12

to disfigure; clothe in mourning, sadden, darken

Question 13

disserō –serere –sēvī –situm

Answer 13

To fix in the earth at intervals, to plant here and there

Question 14

epulae epulārum (f. pl.)

Answer 14

banquet, feast

Question 15

foedō foedāre foedāvī foedātus

Answer 15

to pollute, spoil, dishonor, defile

Question 16

fremō fremere fremuī

Answer 16

to groan, roar

Question 17

frequēns frequentis

Answer 17

crowded; numerous, full, frequented, populous; repeated, frequent, constant; frequens senatus: a senate with adequate attendance, a quorate senate

Question 18

frīgidus –a –um

Answer 18

cold, cool, chilly, frigid; lifeless, indifferent, dull

Question 19

immensum

Answer 19

enormously

Question 20

immodicus –a –um

Answer 20

beyond bounds, beyond measure, excessive, unrestrained, unruly, immoderate

Question 21

incendō incendere incendī incensus

Answer 21

to set on fire; set fire to, kindle, burn; cause to flame/burn; keep fire burning; scorch; make fiery hot (fever/thirst); light up; cause to glow; intensify; inspire, fire, rouse, excite, inflame; provoke, incense, aggravate

Question 22

incorōnātus –a –um

Answer 22

uncrowned

Question 23

indignātiō –ōnis f.

Answer 23

displeasure, indignation, disdain

Question 24

īnsula īnsulae f.

Answer 24

island; apartment block

Question 25

iter itineris n.

Answer 25

journey; road; passage, path; march [route magnum => forced march]

Question 26

mātūtīnus –a –um

Answer 26

pertaining to Matuta, goddess of the morning; in the morning, early, morning (> Matuta)

Question 27

meātus –ūs m.

Answer 27

a going; passage, course, movement, motion (> meo)

Question 28

mortālis –e

Answer 28

subject to death, mortal; of mortal nature, lineage, or descent; earthly, human; made by man, mortal; subst., mortales, ium, c., mortals, men, mankind; mortalia, ium, n., human affairs; fortunes, woes (> mors)

Question 29

nāvigō nāvigāre nāvigāvī nāvigātus

Answer 29

to sail, navigate

Question 30

neglegō neglegere neglēxī neglēctus

Answer 30

to disregard, neglect, ignore, regard of no consequence; do nothing about; despise

Question 31

opīniō opīniōnis f.

Answer 31

belief, idea, opinion; rumor

Question 32

Paphos (–us) –ī f.

Answer 32

Paphos, a town in the western part of Cyprus, devoted to the worship of Venus

Question 33

pervagor –vagārī

Answer 33

to wander over, range through, rove about, overrun

Question 34

plācō plācāre plācāvī plācātus

Answer 34

to soothe, placate

Question 35

platēa –ae f.

Answer 35

street

Question 36

plūsculus –a –um

Answer 36

somewhat more, a little more

Question 37

porrigō porrigere porrēxī porrēctum

Answer 37

to stretch forth, hold forth, lift; (pass.), to be stretched out, extend (> pro and rego)

Question 38

praetereō praeterīre praeterīvī/praeteriī praeteritus

Answer 38

to pass/go by; disregard/neglect/omit/miss; surpass/excel; go overdue; pass over

Question 39

prōcēdō prōcēdere prōcessī prōcessus

Answer 39

to proceed; advance; appear; come on stage

Question 40

prōgressus –ūs m.

Answer 40

an advance, progress, a going forward; increase; course

Question 41

propior propius; proximus –a –um

Answer 41

nearer; nearest

Question 42

propitiō –āre

Answer 42

to render favorable, to appease, propitiate

Question 43

pulvīnar –āris n.

Answer 43

a couch on which images of gods were placed at a banquet offered to the gods

Question 44

quassō quassāre quassāvī quassātus

Answer 44

to shake violently, toss, brandish, wave

Question 45

saeculum saeculī n.

Answer 45

age; generation, people born at a time; breed, race; mortal race; present time/age; century; worldliness; the world; heathenism; time; past/present/future [in ~ => forever]

Question 46

serō serere sēvī satum

Answer 46

to plant, sow

Question 47

simulācrum simulācrī n.

Answer 47

likeness, image, statue

Question 48

solvō solvere solvī solūtus

Answer 48

to loosen; pay, free, release; dissolve; (of ships) cast off, set sail

Question 49

specimen –inis n.

Answer 49

a means of seeing or knowing; token, symbol, emblem (> specio, look)

Question 50

supplicō –āre

Answer 50

to kneel down, humble oneself, pray humbly, beseech, beg, implore, supplicate

Question 51

trānslātiō –ōnis f.

Answer 51

a carrying across, transfer, removal, transport; transformation

Question 52

vehemēns

Answer 52

violent, severe, vehement; emphatic, vigorous, lively

Question 53

viduus –a –um

Answer 53

deprived of a husband or wife, bereft, celibate; (of vines) unsupported by a tree

Question 54

virgō virginis f.

Answer 54

maiden, young woman, girl of marriageable age; virgin

Question 55

vultus vultūs m.

Answer 55

expression; face