Confessions 1.1

Question 1

aliquis aliquid and aliquī aliqua aliquod

Answer 1

someone, something; some, any; si quis, si quid: anyone who, anything that

Question 2

an

Answer 2

introduces an alternative question, or; introduces an Indirect Question, whether, if

Question 3

aut; aut…aut

Answer 3

or, either…or

Question 4

autem

Answer 4

however; moreover

Question 5

• circumferō –ferre –tulī –lātus *

Answer 5

to bear round; pass around, sprinkle, purify by sprinkling; cast about

Question 6

cor cordis n.

Answer 6

heart; mind/soul/spirit; intellect/judgment; sweetheart; souls/persons (pl.)

Question 7

creātūra –ae f.

Answer 7

a creature, a created thing

Question 8

** crēdō crēdere crēdidī crēditus **

Answer 8

to trust, believe (+ dat.); entrust

Question 9

dēlectō dēlectāre dēlectāvī dēlectātus

Answer 9

to delight, please, amuse, fascinate; charm, lure, entice; be a source of delight; (passive) be delighted/glad, take pleasure; (+ inf.) enjoy (being/doing)

Question 10

** dō dare dedī datus **

Answer 10

to give; dedicate; sell; pay; grant/bestow/impart/offer/lend; devote; allow; make; surrender/give over; send to die; ascribe/attribute; give birth/produce; utter

Question 11

dominus dominī m.

Answer 11

master, lord

Question 12

dōnec

Answer 12

while, as long as; until

Question 13

enim

Answer 13

in fact, indeed; for

Question 14

excitō excitāre excitāvī excitātus

Answer 14

to wake up, stir up; cause; raise, erect; incite; excite, arouse

Question 15

** faciō facere fēcī factus **

Answer 15

to make; do; reckon

Question 16

fidēs fideī f.

Answer 16

faith, trust; trustworthiness; confidence

Question 17

hūmānitās hūmānitātis f.

Answer 17

human nature/character/feeling; kindness/courtesy; culture/civilization

Question 18

inquiētus –a –um

Answer 18

restless, unquiet, disturbed

Question 19

īnspīrō īnspīrāre īnspīrāvī īnspīrātus

Answer 19

to breathe into; inspire, impart; instill

Question 20

• intellegō intellegere intellēxī intellēctus *

Answer 20

to understand

Question 21

** inveniō invenīre invēnī inventus **

Answer 21

to find, discover

Question 22

invocō invocāre invocāvī invocātus

Answer 22

to call upon; invoke, adore

Question 23

laudābilis –e

Answer 23

praiseworthy, laudable

Question 24

laudō laudāre laudāvī laudātus

Answer 24

to praise

Question 25

ministerium –ī n.

Answer 25

service, ministry

Question 26

mortālitās –ātis f.

Answer 26

subjection to death, mortality

Question 27

*** nesciō nescīre nescīvī/nesciī nescītus ***

Answer 27

to not know

Question 28

peccātum –ī n.

Answer 28

a fault, error, delinquency, sin, crime (> pecco)

Question 29

portiō –ōnis f.

Answer 29

part, section, portion

Question 30

potius

Answer 30

rather, more

Question 31

praedicātor –ōris m.

Answer 31

preacher

Question 32

praedicō praedicāre praedicāvī praedicātus

Answer 32

to proclaim, tell; (LL) preach

Question 33

prior priōris

Answer 33

former, previous, prior, first; ancestors (pl.), forefathers, predecessors, people of an earlier time

Question 34

prō

Answer 34

on behalf of, for, instead of, in accordance with (+ abl.); in order to (LL)

Question 35

quaerō quaerere quaesiī/quaesīvī quaesītus

Answer 35

to search for, seek, ask; (absol.) seek or acquire wealth, etc.

Question 36

quia

Answer 36

because; (introducing a clause after a verb of saying) that

Question 37

quōmodō or separately quō modō

Answer 37

in what way, manner? how?; in the same manner as; just as; as

Question 38

* requiēscō requiēscere requiēvī requiētum *

Answer 38

to rest

Question 39

* requīrō requīrere requīsīvī requīsītus *

Answer 39

to require, seek, ask for; need; miss, pine for

Question 40

resistō resistere restitī

Answer 40

to pause; continue; resist, oppose; reply; withstand, stand (+ dat.); make a stand

Question 41

sapientia sapientiae f.

Answer 41

wisdom

Question 42

*** sciō scīre scīvī/sciī scītus ***

Answer 42

to know

Question 43

sine

Answer 43

without (+ abl.)

Question 44

superbus superba superbum

Answer 44

arrogant, overbearing, haughty, proud

Question 45

suus –a –um

Answer 45

his (own), her (own), its (own); their (own)

Question 46

tamen

Answer 46

nevertheless

Question 47

testimōnium testimōni(ī) n.

Answer 47

testimony; deposition; evidence; witness (used of ark and tabernacle)

Question 48

utrum

Answer 48

introduces the first question of a double direction question or Indirect Question

Question 49

valdē (valdius, valdissimē)

Answer 49

greatly, very, intensely; vigorously, strongly, powerfully, energetically; loudly

Question 50

virtūs virtūtis f.

Answer 50

manliness, courage; excellence, virtue

Question 51

*** volō velle voluī ***

Answer 51

to be willing, want, wish; mean, signify