Chapter 27 Flashcards
abscīdō –ere –cīdī –cīsus
to cut off (> abs and caedo)
ambiguus –a –um
going two ways, wavering, uncertain; obscure (of speech); untrustworthy
annotō –āre
to put a note to something, to write down something, to note down, remark, comment on
arēna (harēna) –ae f.
sand, desert, beach; (combat) arena
Ātellāna –ae f.
an Attelan farce (a form of comedy)
bestia –ae f.
beast, creature
calvus –a –um
bald, hairless
cārus –a –um
precious; dear (to) (+ dat.)
catēna –ae f.
chain, fetter
cavea –ae f.
a hollow place; that part of the theater or circus which was occupied by the spectators; a theater; natural amphitheater (> cavus); cage
cerebrum –ī n.
the brain
coerceō coercēre coercuī coercitus
to enclose, confine; restrain, check, curb, repress; limit; preserve; punish; keep in order, control
cōmitās –ātis f.
courtesy, kindness, friendliness, affability, gentleness
cūrātor ōris m.
supervisor, superintendent
custōdia custōdiae f.
custody, protection; prisoner
dēfōrmō dēfōrmāre dēfōrmāvī dēfōrmātus
to disfigure; clothe in mourning, sadden, darken
dīmicō dīmicāre dīmicāvī dīmicātus
to struggle, fight
dissecō –āre
to cut into pieces
epulae epulārum (f. pl.)
banquet, feast
eques equitis m.
horseman/cavalryman/rider; horsemen (pl.), cavalry; member of the equestrian order; knight (abb. eq.); (wealthy enough to own his own horse); horse
excūsō excūsāre excūsāvī excūsātus
to excuse
exigō exigere exēgī exāctus
to drive out, exact, collect; achieve, complete
fera ferae f.
wild animal
genius –iī m.
the birth–spirit; a tutelar deity, or guardian genius (> geno, gigno)
gladiātōrius –a –um
of or belonging to gladiators, gladiatorial
hilaritās –ātis f.
good humor, merriment, fun
honestus –a –um
honorable, respectable
īnfulātus –a –um
adorned with the infula; so of victims or of human beings who were led to death adorned like victims
innocēns
innocent, harmless
inspectō inspectāre inspectāvī inspectātus
to look closely at
laniō laniāre laniāvī laniātus
to lacerate, mangle, mutilate
lectīca –ae f.
litter (a sedan chair used to carry a person)
male
badly
metallum –ī n.
a mine; metal
multī –ōrum m.
subst., many men, many
multus –a –um
much, many
mūnītiō –ōnis f.
fortifying; fortification; construction (of roads)
mūnus mūneris n.
service; duty, office, function; public show (esp. with gladiators); gift; tribute, offering; bribes (pl.)
nota notae f.
mark, note, label
noxius –a –um
guilty (masc. as sb.) convicted criminal; hurtful, baneful; destructive (> noxa)
numquam
never
obiiciō obiicere obiēcī obiectus
to throw before/to, cast; object, oppose; upbraid; throw in one’s teeth; present
occīdō occīdere occīdī occīsum
to strike down, strike to the ground; kill; ruin; plague; to beat, smash, crush
odor –ōris m.
scent, smell, odor, fragrance; disagreeable odor, stench; foul fumes
pecus pecudis f.
one animal of a flock or herd; an animal; a sheep; victim for sacrifices
pereō perīre periī peritūs
to perish, die; pass away, be destroyed, be ruined; go to waste
poēta poētae m.
poet
porticus porticus f.
covered walk, colonnade, portico
praecipitō praecipitāre praecipitāvī praecipitātus
to send headlong, throw down
prex precis f.
prayer, request
prōclāmō prōclāmāre prōclāmāvī prōclāmātus
to cry out; declare, announce, proclaim
prōvocō prōvocāre –āvī –ātus
to summon, challenge
putrefaciō putrefacere putrefēcī putrefactum
rot, decay
quadrupēs (quadripēs) –edis
four–footed, on all fours, subst., a quadruped, animal, beast; courser, steed (> quattuor and pes)
quoad
as long as, until
recognōscō recognōscere recognōvī recognitus
to examine, review, inspect
redūcō redūcere redūxī reductus
to lead back, back, roll back; bring back; restore; reduce
reposcō reposcere
to demand back, ask again
sagīna –ae f.
food for gladiators and athletes
seriēs –eī f.
a chain of things, train, row, succession, series (> sero)
serra –ae f.
a saw
spectō spectāre spectāvī spectātus
to look at, observe
stigma –atis n.
a mark burned in, a brand
vēnātiō –ōnis f.
hunting
verbēnātus –a –um
crowned with a wreath of sacred boughs
verberō verberāre verberāvī verberātus
to whip, flog, beat
versiculus versiculī m.
verse, little line
vīcus vīcī m.
village, district, neighborhood, precinct, ward
