Ars Poetica 263-280

Question 1

nōn

Answer 1

not

Question 2

quīvīs quaevīs quodvīs or (subst.) quidvīs

Answer 2

who or what you please

Question 3

immodulātus –a –um

Answer 3

metrically defective

Question 4

venia veniae f.

Answer 4

pardon

Question 5

indīgnus –a –um

Answer 5

unworthy (of); unfair

Question 6

vagor –ārī –ātus sum

Answer 6

to wander about; proceed without rules or principles

Question 7

licenter

Answer 7

freely, without restraint

Question 8

peccātum –ī n.

Answer 8

fault

Question 9

tūtus –a –um

Answer 9

safe; playing it safe

Question 10

intrā

Answer 10

within; without passing beyond (+ acc.)

Question 11

mereō merēre meruī meritum

Answer 11

to earn, deserve; serve as a soldier

Question 12

versō versāre versāvī versātus

Answer 12

to keep turning

Question 13

diurnus –a –um

Answer 13

daily

Question 14

proavus –ī m.

Answer 14

great–grandfather; ancestor

Question 15

sāl salis m.

Answer 15

salt, wit; (in plural) examples of wit

Question 16

inurbānus –a –um

Answer 16

unrefined, boorish

Question 17

lepidus –a –um

Answer 17

charming, nice

Question 18

sēpōnō –pōnere –posuī –positum

Answer 18

to separate, select

Question 19

calleō callēre

Answer 19

be hard; be callous; be experienced in, know about a thing

Question 20

Camēna –ae f.

Answer 20

one of the prophetic nymphs, a Italic Muse

Question 21

plaustrum –ī n.

Answer 21

cart, wagon

Question 22

vehō vehere vēxī vectus

Answer 22

to carry

Question 23

Thespis –is m.

Answer 23

traditionally thought to have invented Greek tragedy

Question 24

perungō (perunguō) –ere –ūnxī –ūnctus

Answer 24

to besmear, anoint

Question 25

faex faecis f.

Answer 25

wine-lees, dregs, sediment

Question 26

persōna persōnae f.

Answer 26

an actor’s mask; role

Question 27

palla –ae f.

Answer 27

cloak, robe

Question 28

īnsternō –ere –strāvī –strātus

Answer 28

to spread over; cover

Question 29

pulpitum –ī n.

Answer 29

a platform for recitations or private performances

Question 30

tignum –ī n.

Answer 30

timber, building materials

Question 31

nītor nītī nīxus sum

Answer 31

to press/lean upon

Question 32

cothurnus (coturnus) –ī m.

Answer 32

buskin (the high boot worn by tragic actors)