Chapter 31

Question 1

calamitās calamitātis f.

Answer 1

loss, damage, harm; misfortune/disaster; military defeat; blight, crop failure

Question 2

condiciō condiciōnis f.

Answer 2

agreement, contract; terms, proposal, option, alternative; situation; stipulation; marriage (contract); spouse, bride; relation of lover/mistress; paramour

Question 3

famēs famis f.

Answer 3

hunger, famine

Question 4

Fīdēna –ae or Fīdēnae –ārum f.

Answer 4

Fidena, a town of the Sabines, on the Tiber, five miles northeast of Rome

Question 5

hiātus –ūs m.

Answer 5

a gaping; throat; opening; cleft, chasm, vortex, abyss (> hio)

Question 6

incendium incendi(ī) n.

Answer 6

fire, conflagration; fiery heat; fiery passion/love/hostility; arson (Latham); incendiary missile; meteor; P:flames (pl.) [annonae ~ => high price of grain]

Question 7

īnsīgniō –īre –īvī (–iī) –ītus

Answer 7

to decorate with a mark; adorn, mark, decorate (> insigne)

Question 8

memorābilis –e

Answer 8

deserving to be remembered; memorable, remarkable, famous, honorable (> memoro)

Question 9

oblīviō (obolītiō) –ōnis f.

Answer 9

forgetfulness, oblivion

Question 10

optō optāre optāvī optātus

Answer 10

to desire; choose

Question 11

pestilentia –ae f.

Answer 11

plague, pestilence

Question 12

prōsperitās prōsperitātis f.

Answer 12

success; good fortune; prosperity

Question 13

queror querī questus sum

Answer 13

to complain; protest, grumble, gripe; make formal complaint in court of law

Question 14

ruīna ruīnae f.

Answer 14

fall; catastrophe; collapse (of a building), destruction

Question 15

soleō solēre solitus sum

Answer 15

to be accustomed; be in the habit of; become accustomed to