Ars Poetica 383-407 Flashcards
ingenuus –a –um
indigenous; free-born
praesertim
especially
censeō, censēre, censuī, censum
rate at, assess at (in the censu)
equester –tris –tre
pertaining to a Roman knight
summa summae f.
peak, sum
nūmmus –ī m.
a coin; (pl.) cash
vitium viti(ī) n.
fault, crime
iūdicium iūdici(ī) n.
decision; trial; opinion
Maecius –(i)ī m.
Sp. Maecius Tarpa, a literary critic
premō premere pressī pressus
to press; suppress (publication)
membrāna membrānae f.
skin, parchment; page
intus
within, inside
ēdō ēdere ēdidī ēditus
to emit, bring forth; publish
vīctus vīctūs m.
food
foedus –a –um
foul
Amphīōn –onis m.
legendary Greek musician, who built Thebes by moving the stones with his music
Thēbānus –a –um
Theban; of or from Thebes
testūdō –inis f.
tortoise; vaulted roof; lyre
concubitus –ūs m.
a lying together, sexual intercourse
vagus –a –um
wandering; random, promiscuous
līgnum lignī n.
firewood; wood
Tyrtaeus –ī m.
a famous Spartan war poet
mās maris
male, masculine
Māvortius –a –um or Mārtius –a –um
pertaining to Mavors or Mars
exacuō –acuere –acuī –acūtum
to sharpen; spur, stimulate
sors sortis f.
fate; a lot, an oracular response
Pierius –a –um
Pierian, of the Muses
tentō tentāre tentāvī tentātus
to try
lūdus lūdī m.
game; entertainment
