Ars Poetica 366-382

Question 1

fingō fingere fīnxī fīctus

Answer 1

to shape, invent

Question 2

sapiō sapere sapivī

Answer 2

to discern; taste of; be intelligent

Question 3

certus –a –um

Answer 3

sure, fixed

Question 4

tolerābilis –e

Answer 4

endurable, tolerable; merely tolerable

Question 5

consultus or iuris consultus or iurisconsultus –ī m.

Answer 5

legal expert, jurist

Question 6

causa causae f.

Answer 6

cause, reason, lawsuit

Question 7

Messāla –ae m.

Answer 7

Messala Corvinus, a distinguished orator of the Augustan Age

Question 8

Cascellius –iī m.

Answer 8

Aulus Cascellius, a distinguished iuris consultus

Question 9

concēdō concedere concessī concessus

Answer 9

to withdraw, allow, concede; overlook (an offence), grant indulgence (to)

Question 10

columna, ae, f.

Answer 10

column; (in plural) portico (the location bookshops)

Question 11

grātus –a –um

Answer 11

pleasant; grateful

Question 12

symphōnia –ae f.

Answer 12

harmony, music; a group of musicians, a band

Question 13

crassus –a –um

Answer 13

thick, fat; crass, coarse

Question 14

unguentum unguentī n.

Answer 14

perfume

Question 15

Sardus –a –um

Answer 15

Sardinian, of Sardinia

Question 16

mel mellis n.

Answer 16

honey

Question 17

papāver –eris n.

Answer 17

the poppy; poppy seeds

Question 18

nāscor nāscī nātus sum

Answer 18

to be born, come into being

Question 19

iuvō iuvāre iūvī iūtus

Answer 19

to help; please

Question 20

sī

Answer 20

if

Question 21

paulum or paululum

Answer 21

a little

Question 22

dēcēdō dēcēdere dēcessī dēcessus

Answer 22

to move away, withdraw

Question 23

vergō –ere

Answer 23

to incline; go down, sink

Question 24

īmus –a –um

Answer 24

deepest, last

Question 25

lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus

Answer 25

to play; play with; play sports

Question 26

campester –tris –tre or campestris –e

Answer 26

flat; of the plains; of the Campus Martius, the Roman sports ground

Question 27

abstineō abstinēre abstinuī abstentus

Answer 27

to hold back, keep away from

Question 28

pīla –ae f.

Answer 28

javelin

Question 29

discus –ī m.

Answer 29

discus

Question 30

trochus –ī m.

Answer 30

an iron hoop (used in sports)

Question 31

spissus –a –um

Answer 31

close, dense, thick

Question 32

impūnē

Answer 32

with impunity; safely

Question 33

corōna corōnae f.

Answer 33

garland; crown; a circle of spectators (esp. at a trial)

Question 34

quid nī or quidnī

Answer 34

why not? (rhetorical)