Ars Poetica 1-19

Question 1

Readers of the Ars Poetica will be relatively advanced students, so in the lists that follow I have removed the most common words.

Answer 1

I have made no systematic attempt to avoid repetition of words from one list to another.

Question 2

cervīx cervīcis f.

Answer 2

neck

Question 3

pictor –ōris m.

Answer 3

a painter

Question 4

equīnus –a –um

Answer 4

pertaining to horses

Question 5

iungō iungere iūnxī iūnctus

Answer 5

to join

Question 6

varius –a –um

Answer 6

varied; multicolored

Question 7

indūcō inducere indūxī inductus

Answer 7

to lead in; spread on, smear on

Question 8

plūma –ae f.

Answer 8

feather

Question 9

undique

Answer 9

from all sides

Question 10

cōnferō cōnferre cōntulī cōllātus

Answer 10

to collect, transfer, move

Question 11

membrum membrī n.

Answer 11

limb

Question 12

turpiter

Answer 12

in an unbecoming or disgraceful manner

Question 13

āter atra atrum

Answer 13

black

Question 14

dēsinō dēsinere dēsiī dēsitus

Answer 14

to leave off, cease; terminate (with in + acc.)

Question 15

piscis piscis m.

Answer 15

fish

Question 16

mulier mulieris f.

Answer 16

woman

Question 17

fōrmōsus (fōrmonsus) –a –um

Answer 17

beautiful

Question 18

supernē

Answer 18

from above

Question 19

spectō spectāre spectāvī spectātus

Answer 19

to look at

Question 20

rīsus –ūs m.

Answer 20

laughter; smile

Question 21

tabula tabulae f.

Answer 21

plank, (game) board; painting

Question 22

persimilis –e

Answer 22

very similar

Question 23

aeger aegra aegrum

Answer 23

sick

Question 24

somnium somni(ī) n.

Answer 24

dream

Question 25

vānus –a –um

Answer 25

empty; unreal

Question 26

fingō fingere fīnxī fīctus

Answer 26

to shape, invent

Question 27

speciēs specieī f.

Answer 27

appearance, image

Question 28

nec

Answer 28

nor; and not

Question 29

reddō reddere reddidī redditus

Answer 29

to return; render, reproduce

Question 30

fōrma fōrmae f.

Answer 30

shape; beauty

Question 31

atque or ac

Answer 31

and, also

Question 32

audeō audēre ausus sum

Answer 32

to dare

Question 33

venia veniae f.

Answer 33

pardon

Question 34

vicissim or vice

Answer 34

in turn

Question 35

coeō coīre coīvō/coiī coitus

Answer 35

to come together; have sex with, mate with

Question 36

immītis –e

Answer 36

hard, harsh, cruel

Question 37

serpēns –entis (gen. pl. serpentum) m./f.

Answer 37

creeping thing; snake

Question 38

avis avis f.

Answer 38

bird

Question 39

geminō gemināre gemināvī geminātum

Answer 39

to double; pair off with

Question 40

tigris tigris m.

Answer 40

tiger

Question 41

agnus agnī m.

Answer 41

lamb (male)

Question 42

inceptum –ī n.

Answer 42

beginning

Question 43

plērumque

Answer 43

generally, mostly; often

Question 44

profiteor profitērī professus sum

Answer 44

to confess, announce

Question 45

lātē

Answer 45

widely

Question 46

splendeō –ēre –uī

Answer 46

to shine

Question 47

alter altera alterum

Answer 47

other of two

Question 48

adsuō (assuō) adsuere adsuī adsūtus

Answer 48

sew on

Question 49

pannus –ī m.

Answer 49

a piece of cloth; patch

Question 50

lūcus lūcī m.

Answer 50

grove, wood

Question 51

āra ārae f.

Answer 51

altar

Question 52

properō properāre properāvī properātus

Answer 52

to hasten

Question 53

amoenus –a –um

Answer 53

charming

Question 54

ambitus –ūs m.

Answer 54

winding route

Question 55

Rhēnus, ī, m.

Answer 55

the Rhine

Question 56

ager agrī m.

Answer 56

field

Question 57

pluvius –a –um

Answer 57

rainy, bringing rain

Question 58

dēscrībō dēscrībere dēscrīpsī dēscrīptus

Answer 58

to describe, transcribe

Question 59

arcus arcūs m.

Answer 59

bow, arch