Ars Poetica 202-219

Question 1

tībia tībiae f.

Answer 1

the larger of the shinbones; a pipe or flute

Question 2

orichalcum –ī n.

Answer 2

mountain copper; brass

Question 3

vinciō vincīre vīnxī vīnctum

Answer 3

to tie up

Question 4

tuba –ae f.

Answer 4

trumpet

Question 5

aemulus –a –um

Answer 5

striving to equal

Question 6

forāmen –inis n.

Answer 6

an opening, hole

Question 7

aspīrō (adspīrō) adspīrāre adspīrāvī adspīrātus

Answer 7

to breathe to or upon

Question 8

spissus –a –um

Answer 8

close, dense, thick

Question 9

sedīle –is n.

Answer 9

bench

Question 10

flātus –ūs m.

Answer 10

blowing; wind; blast

Question 11

sānē

Answer 11

reasonably; certainly, to be sure

Question 12

numerābilis –e

Answer 12

easy to count, possible to count

Question 13

utpote

Answer 13

namely; as one might expect

Question 14

frūgī (indecl. adj.)

Answer 14

sober, thrifty

Question 15

verēcundus –a –um

Answer 15

bashful, modest, shy

Question 16

coeō coīre coīvō/coiī coitus

Answer 16

to come together

Question 17

amplector amplectī amplexus sum

Answer 17

to embrace

Question 18

diurnus –a –um

Answer 18

daily

Question 19

genius –iī m.

Answer 19

the birth–spirit; a tutelar deity

Question 20

impūnē

Answer 20

with impunity; freely

Question 21

sapiō sapere sapivī

Answer 21

to discern; taste of; be intelligent

Question 22

cōnfundō cōnfundere cōnfūdī cōnfūsus

Answer 22

to pour together; combine, unite

Question 23

turpis turpe

Answer 23

ugly

Question 24

priscus –a –um

Answer 24

ancient

Question 25

mōtus mōtūs m.

Answer 25

motion, movement

Question 26

luxuriēs –ēī f.

Answer 26

luxury, extravagance; disregard of moral restraints

Question 27

tībīcen –inis m.

Answer 27

piper, a performer on the tibia

Question 28

trahō trahere trāxī tractus

Answer 28

to drag

Question 29

pulpitum –ī n.

Answer 29

a platform for recitations or private performances

Question 30

fidēs –is; mostly in the pl. fidēs –ium f.

Answer 30

lute string; (plural) lyre

Question 31

ēloquium –ī n.

Answer 31

eloquence

Question 32

īnsolitus –a –um

Answer 32

unfamiliar, strange

Question 33

praeceps praecipitis

Answer 33

headlong

Question 34

dīvīnus –a –um

Answer 34

divine; able to know future things

Question 35

futūrum –ī or futūra –ōrum n.

Answer 35

the future

Question 36

sortilegus –a –um

Answer 36

lot-drawing; prophetic

Question 37

discrepō discrepāre discrepuī

Answer 37

to be discordant in sound; (fig.)

Question 38

Delphī –ōrum m. pl.

Answer 38

Delphi, famous for the Pythian Oracle