Ars Poetica 240-262

Question 1

fingō fingere fīnxī fīctus

Answer 1

to shape, invent

Question 2

sequor sequī secūtus sum

Answer 2

to follow; aim at, have as an objective

Question 3

sūdō sūdāre sūdāvī sūdātus

Answer 3

to sweat

Question 4

audeō audēre ausus sum

Answer 4

to dare

Question 5

tantum, ī, n.

Answer 5

so much (neuter of tantus, a, um, used a pronoun)

Question 6

seriēs –eī f.

Answer 6

chain of things

Question 7

iūnctūra –ae f.

Answer 7

joining; joint

Question 8

pollēō pollēre — —

Answer 8

be strong, prevail, be rich in; be important

Question 9

medium, iī, n.

Answer 9

the middle; the common stock

Question 10

sūmō sūmere sūmpsī sūmptus

Answer 10

to take up, consume

Question 11

accēdō accēdere accessī accessum

Answer 11

to approach, be added, be included

Question 12

trivium –ī n.

Answer 12

a crossroads, gutter (often pl.)

Question 13

forēnsis forēnsis forēnse

Answer 13

of the forum, public; connected with law-courts

Question 14

iuvenor iuvenārī —

Answer 14

behave like a young man; behave irresponsibly

Question 15

umquam

Answer 15

ever

Question 16

immundus –a –um

Answer 16

unclean, foul

Question 17

crepō crepāre crepuī crepitus

Answer 17

to rattle; creak

Question 18

rēs reī f.

Answer 18

matter, affair, thing; property

Question 19

fricō fricāre ––– frictus

Answer 19

to rub; roast

Question 20

cicer –eris n

Answer 20

the chickpea

Question 21

nux nucis f.

Answer 21

nut

Question 22

emptor –ōris m.

Answer 22

purchaser

Question 23

dōnō dōnāre dōnāvī dōnātus

Answer 23

to give; concede; endow with

Question 24

subiciō subicere subiēcī subiectus

Answer 24

to throw under; place immediately after

Question 25

citus –a –um

Answer 25

swift

Question 26

trimetrus –a –um

Answer 26

having three measures; (masc. as subst.) a trimeter

Question 27

accrescō (or adcresco) accrescere accrēvī accrētum

Answer 27

to grow, increase; accrue (+ dat.)

Question 28

iubeō iubēre iussī iussus

Answer 28

to order

Question 29

nōmen nōminis n.

Answer 29

name

Question 30

senus –a –um

Answer 30

six at a time, six apiece

Question 31

reddō reddere reddidī redditus

Answer 31

to return; produce (an effect or condition)

Question 32

ictus ictūs m.

Answer 32

blow, stroke; a metrical beat

Question 33

prīdem

Answer 33

long ago; formerly

Question 34

spondēus –ī m.

Answer 34

a spondee

Question 35

sociāliter

Answer 35

in a collegial fashion

Question 36

Accius –iī m.

Answer 36

L. Accius, 2nd cent. Latin tragedian

Question 37

pondus ponderis n.

Answer 37

weight

Question 38

careō carēre caruī caritus

Answer 38

to be without (+ abl.)

Question 39

premō premere pressī pressus

Answer 39

to press; disparage