Ars Poetica 281-301

Question 1

vitium viti(ī) n.

Answer 1

fault, crime

Question 2

excidō excidere excidī

Answer 2

to fall out, drop; perish; fall, lapse into

Question 3

vīs vis f.

Answer 3

force; violence (esp. personal assault, physical or verbal)

Question 4

regō regere rēxī rēctus

Answer 4

to rule

Question 5

turpiter

Answer 5

in an unbecoming or disgraceful manner

Question 6

obticescō –ere –uī

Answer 6

to be struck silent; meet a situation with silence

Question 7

intemptātus –a –um

Answer 7

untried

Question 8

mereō merēre meruī meritum

Answer 8

to earn, deserve; serve as a soldier

Question 9

decus decoris n.

Answer 9

beauty; ornament; glory

Question 10

vestīgium vestīgi(ī) n.

Answer 10

footstep

Question 11

dēserō dēserere dēseruī dēsertus

Answer 11

to leave, abandon

Question 12

praetexta –ae f.

Answer 12

a toga with a purple border; a serious Roman play (fabula praetextata), in which the toga with a purple border is worn

Question 13

potens, potentis

Answer 13

powerful

Question 14

līma –ae f.

Answer 14

a carpenter’s file; (fig.) literary revision

Question 15

litūra –ae f.

Answer 15

blotting out, erasure

Question 16

coerceō coercēre coercuī coercitus

Answer 16

to enclose, control, restrain

Question 17

praesecō –āre –uī –secātus (–sectus)

Answer 17

cut at the end

Question 18

deciēs or deciēns

Answer 18

10 times; (of money) a million

Question 19

castīgō castīgāre castīgāvī castīgātus

Answer 19

to chastise; correct, attempt to correct

Question 20

unguis –is m.

Answer 20

fingernail; claw, talon

Question 21

Helicōn –ōnis m.

Answer 21

a mountain in Boeotia, home of the Muses

Question 22

Dēmocritus –ī m.

Answer 22

Presocratic philosopher, famous for his atomic theory

Question 23

pōnō pōnere posuī positus

Answer 23

to place; have one’s hair or nails cut

Question 24

barba –ae f.

Answer 24

beard

Question 25

balneum (balineum) –ī n. or balneus –ī m. or balnae –ārum f.

Answer 25

a bath

Question 26

vītō vītāre vītāvī vītātus

Answer 26

to avoid, shun

Question 27

nancīscor nancīscī nanctus (nactus) sum

Answer 27

to obtain; meet

Question 28

enim

Answer 28

in fact, for

Question 29

pretium pretiī n.

Answer 29

price, value, payment; reward

Question 30

Anticyra –ae f.

Answer 30

a Greek city, famous for producing hellebore (an anti-insanity medicine)

Question 31

caput capitis n.

Answer 31

head, one’s life; capital punishment

Question 32

īnsānābilis –e

Answer 32

incurable

Question 33

tonsor –ōris m.

Answer 33

barber

Question 34

laevus –a –um

Answer 34

left, on the left side