Ars Poetica 119-139

Question 1

fāma fāmae f.

Answer 1

rumor, fame; story, tradition

Question 2

conveniēns –entis

Answer 2

agreeing, corresponding

Question 3

fingō fingere fīnxī fīctus

Answer 3

to shape, invent

Question 4

honōrātus –a –um

Answer 4

respected; honored

Question 5

forte

Answer 5

by chance

Question 6

repōnō repōnere reposuī repositus

Answer 6

to put back; bring a character back on stage in a new play

Question 7

impiger –gra –grum

Answer 7

not sluggish, not inactive

Question 8

īrācundus –a –um

Answer 8

irascible, angry

Question 9

inexōrābilis –e

Answer 9

inexorable

Question 10

ācer ācris ācre

Answer 10

sharp, piercing; harsh

Question 11

iūs iūris n.

Answer 11

right, justice, law

Question 12

negō negāre negāvī negātus

Answer 12

to deny, refuse

Question 13

nāscor nāscī nātus sum

Answer 13

to be born, come into being

Question 14

arrogō arrogāre

Answer 14

to ask; to claim as one’s one

Question 15

flēbilis –e

Answer 15

worthy of tears, lamentable

Question 16

Īnō Īnūs f. or Īnō Īnōnis f.

Answer 16

transformed into the sea-goddess Leucothea after watching gruesome murder of a son

Question 17

Ixīōn –onis m.

Answer 17

tied to a wheel in Hades for murdering his father-in-law

Question 18

Īō –ūs f.

Answer 18

daughter of Cadmus, turned into a cow by a jealous Hera

Question 19

vagus –a –um

Answer 19

wandering

Question 20

scaena scaenae f.

Answer 20

stage, piece of theatrical behavior

Question 21

īmus –a –um

Answer 21

deepest; last, final

Question 22

inceptum –ī n.

Answer 22

beginning

Question 23

prōcēdō prōcēdere prōcessī prōcessus

Answer 23

to advance; come on stage

Question 24

cōnstō cōnstāre cōnstitī cōnstātus

Answer 24

to agree, remain unchanged, stand firm; be consistent

Question 25

propriē

Answer 25

properly; particularly, especially; in the strictest or truest sense

Question 26

rēctē

Answer 26

rightly, correctly

Question 27

āctus –ūs m.

Answer 27

driving, impelling; the “act” in a play

Question 28

īgnōtus –a –um

Answer 28

unknown

Question 29

indictus –a –um

Answer 29

unmentioned

Question 30

māteriēs māteriēī f.

Answer 30

wood for building, building material; material

Question 31

vīlis vīlis vīle

Answer 31

cheap

Question 32

patulus –a –um

Answer 32

opening, wide

Question 33

moror morārī morātus sum

Answer 33

to delay

Question 34

reddō reddere reddidī redditus

Answer 34

to return; repeat

Question 35

fīdus –a –um

Answer 35

faithful, trustworthy

Question 36

interpres –etis m./f.

Answer 36

an agent between parties; a mediator

Question 37

dēsiliō –īre –uī –sultus

Answer 37

jump down

Question 38

artum, ī n.

Answer 38

narrow place

Question 39

unde

Answer 39

from where, whence

Question 40

pudor pudōris m.

Answer 40

decency

Question 41

sīc

Answer 41

thus

Question 42

incipiō incipere incēpī inceptus

Answer 42

to begin

Question 43

cyclicus –a –um

Answer 43

circular, cyclical; of the Homeric Cycle of Trojan War stories

Question 44

olim

Answer 44

formerly

Question 45

tantus –a –um

Answer 45

so much

Question 46

hiātus –ūs m.

Answer 46

gaping; throat

Question 47

parturiō parturīre

Answer 47

to be in labor

Question 48

mūs mūris m.

Answer 48

mouse