Confessions 1.13.20

Question 1

adamō adamāre –āvī –ātum

Answer 1

to fall in love

Question 2

Aenēās –ae m.

Answer 2

Aeneas

Question 3

ambulō ambulāre ambulāvī ambulātum

Answer 3

to walk

Question 4

cūr

Answer 4

why

Question 5

Dīdō –ūs or –ōnis f.

Answer 5

Dido, daughter of Belus, king of Phoenicia, who fled from her brother Pygmalion to Africa, where she founded the city of Carthage

Question 6

explōrō explōrāre explōrāvī explōrātus

Answer 6

to search out, explore; test, try out; reconnoiter, investigate

Question 7

Graecus –a –um

Answer 7

Greek

Question 8

grammaticus –ī m.

Answer 8

a grammarian, scholar, expert on linguistic and literary questions; a secondary school teacher

Question 9

• imbuō –ere –uī –ūtus *

Answer 9

to drench; permeate; wet, moisten; stain

Question 10

intereā

Answer 10

meanwhile

Question 11

Latīnus –a –um

Answer 11

of Latium; Latin; Latina, ae, f., a Latin woman (> Latium)

Question 12

** occīdō occīdere occīdī occīsum **

Answer 12

to strike down, strike to the ground; kill; ruin; plague; to beat, smash, crush

Question 13

onerōsus –a –um

Answer 13

burdensome, heavy (> onus)

Question 14

poenālis –e

Answer 14

of or belonging to punishment, punitive, penal

Question 15

prīmus –a –um

Answer 15

first, foremost, best, chief, principal; nearest, next; [in primus = especially]

Question 16

puerulus –ī m.

Answer 16

little boy

Question 17

** revertor revertī reversus **

Answer 17

to turn back, go back, return; recur (usually deponent in present system, active in perfect; deponent perfect mostly post-Augustan)

Question 18

siccus –a –um

Answer 18

dry

Question 19

spīritus spīritūs m.

Answer 19

breathing, breath, spirit, life

Question 20

vānitās –ātis f.

Answer 20

emptiness, aimlessness, absence of purpose