Ars Poetica 38-58

Question 1

sūmō sūmere sūmpsī sūmptus

Answer 1

to take up, consume

Question 2

māteria māteriae f.

Answer 2

building material; material

Question 3

aequus –a –um

Answer 3

equal; matched with, appropriate to

Question 4

versō versāre versāvī versātus

Answer 4

to keep turning

Question 5

umerus umerī m.

Answer 5

shoulder

Question 6

potenter

Answer 6

powerfully; appropriately, judiciously

Question 7

fācundia –ae f.

Answer 7

eloquence; diction

Question 8

lūcidus –a –um

Answer 8

bright, shining

Question 9

venus veneris f.

Answer 9

charm

Question 10

fallō fallere fefellī falsus

Answer 10

to deceive

Question 11

plērusque –aque –umque

Answer 11

very many

Question 12

tenuis tenue

Answer 12

thin; (in writing) free from ornament, plain

Question 13

serō serere (seruī) sertus

Answer 13

to join together; interweave

Question 14

ēgregiē

Answer 14

excellently

Question 15

nōtus –a –um

Answer 15

well–known

Question 16

callidus –a –um

Answer 16

clever

Question 17

iūnctūra –ae f.

Answer 17

joining; joint

Question 18

forte

Answer 18

by chance

Question 19

indicium indici(ī) n.

Answer 19

information, evidence; sign, label

Question 20

abditus –a –um

Answer 20

hidden

Question 21

fingō fingere fīnxī fīctus

Answer 21

to shape, invent

Question 22

cīnctūtus –a –um

Answer 22

kilted; wearing the cinctus (a kind of kilt worn by Romans before they adopted the tunic)

Question 23

Cethēgus –ī m.

Answer 23

(here) Marcus Cornelius Cethegus (cos. 204); a famous early Roman orator

Question 24

contingō contingere contigī contāctus

Answer 24

to touch; (3rd pers.sing. Impersonal) it happens (that)

Question 25

dō dare dedī datus

Answer 25

to give

Question 26

pudenter

Answer 26

properly, decently, modestly

Question 27

nūper

Answer 27

not long ago

Question 28

cadō cadere cecidī cāsum

Answer 28

to fall; derive from (a source)

Question 29

parcus –a –um

Answer 29

sparing

Question 30

dētorqueō –ēre –torsī –tortus

Answer 30

turn away; turn aside, sway (opinions, etc.)

Question 31

Caecilius –ī m.

Answer 31

Caecilius Statius, 2nd cent. Writer of comedies

Question 32

Plautus –ī m.

Answer 32

T. Maccius Plautus, the famous 2nd cent. writer of comedies

Question 33

adimō adimere adēmī adēmptus

Answer 33

to take away; refuse, withhold, deny

Question 34

Varius –iī m.

Answer 34

L. Varius Rufus, poet and friend of Horace and Vergil

Question 35

cūr

Answer 35

why

Question 36

invideō invidēre invīdī invīsus

Answer 36

to envy (+ dat.)

Question 37

Catō –ōnis m.

Answer 37

M. Porcius Cato the Elder

Question 38

Ennius –iī m.

Answer 38

Q. Ennius, famous 2nd cent. Latin poet

Question 39

dītō dītāre dītāvī dītātum

Answer 39

to enrich

Question 40

prōferō prōferre prōtulī prōlātus

Answer 40

to bring forth