Ars Poetica 445-460

Question 1

incōmptus –a –um

Answer 1

disordered, unkempt, ugly

Question 2

allinō (adlinō) allinere allēvī allitum

Answer 2

smear over (+ dat.)

Question 3

āter atra atrum

Answer 3

black

Question 4

trānsversus –a –um

Answer 4

reversed

Question 5

calamus –ī m.

Answer 5

reed or cane; a stylus

Question 6

ambitiōsus –a –um

Answer 6

twisting; ambitious, eager; pretentious

Question 7

recīdō –ere –cīdī –cīsus

Answer 7

to cut away; reduce

Question 8

parum; minus; minimē

Answer 8

too little

Question 9

clārus –a –um

Answer 9

clear, distinguished

Question 10

arguō arguere arguī argūtus

Answer 10

to declare; accuse; condemn, criticize

Question 11

Aristarchus –ī m.

Answer 11

a famous Alexandrian commentator and critic of Homer

Question 12

nugae nugārum f.

Answer 12

trifles

Question 13

hic haec hoc

Answer 13

this, these

Question 14

semel

Answer 14

once

Question 15

excipiō excipere excēpī exceptus

Answer 15

to take out; receive

Question 16

scabies –em –ē f.

Answer 16

mange, scab (as term of abuse)

Question 17

morbus morbī m.

Answer 17

sickness, disease

Question 18

urgeō urgēre ursī

Answer 18

to press; attack

Question 19

fānāticus –a –um

Answer 19

typical of religious devotee; crazy

Question 20

vēsānus –a –um

Answer 20

insane

Question 21

sapiō sapere sapivī

Answer 21

to discern; taste of; be intelligent

Question 22

sublīmis sublīme

Answer 22

elevated lofty heroic noble; holding the head high

Question 23

rūctō rūctāre or rūctor rūctārī

Answer 23

to belch, vomit

Question 24

merula –ae f.

Answer 24

blackbird

Question 25

auceps cupis m.

Answer 25

a bird-catcher, fowler

Question 26

puteus –ī m.

Answer 26

a well

Question 27

fovea –ae f.

Answer 27

a small pit

Question 28

licet

Answer 28

even though

Question 29

succurrō –currere –currī –cursūrum

Answer 29

come to help

Question 30

longum

Answer 30

from a long way off; for a long while