Ars Poetica 179-201

Question 1

sēgniter

Answer 1

feebly

Question 2

inrītō (irrītō) inrītāre inrītāvī inrītātus

Answer 2

to exasperate; rouse, stimulate

Question 3

dēmittō dēmittere dēmīsī dēmissum

Answer 3

to send down, drop; cause (ideas) to enter the consciousness, make (someone) absorb (something)

Question 4

auris auris f.

Answer 4

ear

Question 5

quam

Answer 5

than; as, how

Question 6

oculus oculī m.

Answer 6

eye

Question 7

subiciō subicere subiēcī subiectus

Answer 7

to throw under, put up for auction

Question 8

fidēlis fidēle

Answer 8

faithful

Question 9

tamen

Answer 9

nevertheless, however

Question 10

intus

Answer 10

within, inside

Question 11

prōmō –ere –prōmpsī –prōmptus

Answer 11

to take out; put on stage

Question 12

fācundia, ae, f.

Answer 12

eloquence; a person who can be eloquent, a messenger

Question 13

puer puerī m.

Answer 13

boy, slave

Question 14

corām

Answer 14

(adv. or prep. + abl.) personally; openly, publicly

Question 15

trucīdō trucīdāre trucīdāvī trucīdātus

Answer 15

to slaughter

Question 16

palam

Answer 16

openly

Question 17

coquō coquere coxī coctum

Answer 17

to cook

Question 18

exta –ōrum n.

Answer 18

entrails

Question 19

Procnē (Prognē) –ēs f.

Answer 19

Athenian princess who was turned into a nightingale (or swallow)

Question 20

vertō vertere vertī versus

Answer 20

to turn

Question 21

Cadmus –ī m.

Answer 21

the founder of Thebes, turned into a snake

Question 22

anguis anguis m. or f.

Answer 22

snake

Question 23

quīcumque quaecumque quodcumque

Answer 23

whoever

Question 24

ostendō ostendere ostendī

Answer 24

to show

Question 25

ōdī ōdisse

Answer 25

to hate

Question 26

prōductus –a –um

Answer 26

lengthened, prolonged, lengthy

Question 27

āctus –ūs m.

Answer 27

the act in a play

Question 28

poscō poscere poposcī

Answer 28

to demand

Question 29

intersum –esse –fuī

Answer 29

to be between, be present

Question 30

vindex –icis m.

Answer 30

avenger (+ abl.)

Question 31

nōdus –ī m.

Answer 31

knot

Question 32

incidō incidere incidī

Answer 32

to fall in/on; arise, occur

Question 33

persōna persōnae f.

Answer 33

an actor’s mask; role, actor

Question 34

actor –ōris m.

Answer 34

a performer, accuser, speaker

Question 35

pars partis f.

Answer 35

part, portion; a “part” in a play

Question 36

chorus –ī m.

Answer 36

dance in circle; dance; company of singers or dancers

Question 37

dēfendō dēfendere dēfendī dēfensus

Answer 37

to defend, ward off; sustain the role of

Question 38

intercinō intercinere — —

Answer 38

sing in the middle of

Question 39

prōpositum –ī n.

Answer 39

a plan, intention

Question 40

condūcō conducere condūxī conductus

Answer 40

be proper to, be fitting for

Question 41

haereō haerēre haesī haesus

Answer 41

to stick to, hang on to

Question 42

aptē

Answer 42

closely, tightly

Question 43

ille illa illud

Answer 43

that

Question 44

faveō favēre fāvī fautus

Answer 44

to favor

Question 45

conciliō conciliāre conciliāvī conciliātus

Answer 45

to advise, reconcile

Question 46

amīcē

Answer 46

in a friendly way

Question 47

peccō peccāre peccāvī peccātus

Answer 47

to commit a wrong; injure

Question 48

daps dapis f.

Answer 48

feast

Question 49

salūbris –e or salūber –bris –bre

Answer 49

healthy

Question 50

ōtium –iī n.

Answer 50

leisure

Question 51

porta portae f.

Answer 51

gate (of a city)

Question 52

tegō tegere tēxī tēctus

Answer 52

to cover

Question 53

commīssum, ī, n.

Answer 53

secret

Question 54

precor precārī precātus sum

Answer 54

to beg, pray

Question 55

orō orāre orāvī orātus

Answer 55

to pray

Question 56

redeō redīre rediī reditum

Answer 56

to go back (to), return (to)

Question 57

superbus –a –um

Answer 57

arrogant