Ars Poetica 343-365 Flashcards
ratiō ratiōnis f.
method; calculation
ās assis m.
copper coin; penny
dīdūcō –dūcere –dūxī –ductum
to draw apart, separate; (in arithmetic) divide
quīncūnx –ūncis m.
five-twelfths (of an as)
uncia –ae f.
a twelfth
triens –entis m.
a third part, third
eu
great!, splendid!
rēs reī f.
matter, affair, thing; (financial) substance, fortune
sēmis sēmissis m.
a half-unit, one half
aerūgō –ginis f.
copper rust, verdigris
pecūlium –ī n.
property; money (held by a slave or son subject to patria potestas). Better left untranslated.
semel
once
linō linere lēvī litus
to smear with (+ abl.)
cedrus –ī f.
cedar
lēvis –e
smooth, slippery
cupressus –ī f.
the cypress; a branch of cypress
idōneus –a –um
appropriate
praecipiō praecipere praecēpī praeceptus
to anticipate; advise
cito citius (comp.) citissime (superl.)
quickly
mānō mānāre mānāvī mānātus
to drip, flow; leak away from
poscō poscere poposcī
to demand
prandeō prandēre prandī prānsus (perf. part. in active sense)
to take breakfast/lunch
Lamia –ae f.
a female child-eating monster
alvus –ī f.
the abdomen, belly
agitō agitāre agitāvī agitātus
to drive; harrass, criticize
expers expertis
lacking, having no share in
Ramnēs –ium m.pl.
members of one of the original three Roman tribes
