Ars Poetica 383-407

Question 1

ingenuus –a –um

Answer 1

indigenous; free-born

Question 2

praesertim

Answer 2

especially

Question 3

censeō, censēre, censuī, censum

Answer 3

rate at, assess at (in the censu)

Question 4

equester –tris –tre

Answer 4

pertaining to a Roman knight

Question 5

summa summae f.

Answer 5

peak, sum

Question 6

nūmmus –ī m.

Answer 6

a coin; (pl.) cash

Question 7

vitium viti(ī) n.

Answer 7

fault, crime

Question 8

iūdicium iūdici(ī) n.

Answer 8

decision; trial; opinion

Question 9

Maecius –(i)ī m.

Answer 9

Sp. Maecius Tarpa, a literary critic

Question 10

premō premere pressī pressus

Answer 10

to press; suppress (publication)

Question 11

membrāna membrānae f.

Answer 11

skin, parchment; page

Question 12

intus

Answer 12

within, inside

Question 13

ēdō ēdere ēdidī ēditus

Answer 13

to emit, bring forth; publish

Question 14

vīctus vīctūs m.

Answer 14

food

Question 15

foedus –a –um

Answer 15

foul

Question 16

Amphīōn –onis m.

Answer 16

legendary Greek musician, who built Thebes by moving the stones with his music

Question 17

Thēbānus –a –um

Answer 17

Theban; of or from Thebes

Question 18

testūdō –inis f.

Answer 18

tortoise; vaulted roof; lyre

Question 19

concubitus –ūs m.

Answer 19

a lying together, sexual intercourse

Question 20

vagus –a –um

Answer 20

wandering; random, promiscuous

Question 21

līgnum lignī n.

Answer 21

firewood; wood

Question 22

Tyrtaeus –ī m.

Answer 22

a famous Spartan war poet

Question 23

mās maris

Answer 23

male, masculine

Question 24

Māvortius –a –um or Mārtius –a –um

Answer 24

pertaining to Mavors or Mars

Question 25

exacuō –acuere –acuī –acūtum

Answer 25

to sharpen; spur, stimulate

Question 26

sors sortis f.

Answer 26

fate; a lot, an oracular response

Question 27

Pierius –a –um

Answer 27

Pierian, of the Muses

Question 28

tentō tentāre tentāvī tentātus

Answer 28

to try

Question 29

lūdus lūdī m.

Answer 29

game; entertainment