Confessions 1.14.23

Question 1

• adlūdō –ere –lūsī –lūsus *

Answer 1

to speak playfully; sport, mock, jest

Question 2

amāritūdō –inis f.

Answer 2

bitterness, severity, acrimoniousness, sadness, sorrow, trouble

Question 3

• arrīdeō (adrīdeō) –rīdēre –rīsī –rīsus *

Answer 3

to laugh at or with, to smile at or upon, especially approvingly

Question 4

• aspergō –ere –spersī –spersus *

Answer 4

to sprinkle upon, to sprinkle (> ad and spargo)

Question 5

blandīmentum –ī n.

Answer 5

flattering words, blandishment, complimentary speech, flattery, charm

Question 6

cantō cantāre cantāvī cantātus

Answer 6

to sing, play

Question 7

cruciātus –ūs m.

Answer 7

torture

Question 8

difficultās difficultātis f.

Answer 8

difficulty

Question 9

ēdiscō –discere –didicī

Answer 9

to learn thoroughly, study

Question 10

ēlūceō ēlūcēre ēlūxī —

Answer 10

to shine out, shine forth, gleam

Question 11

et

Answer 11

even, also

Question 12

fābulōsus –a –um

Answer 12

famous; mythical

Question 13

fel fellis n.

Answer 13

the gall bladder; gall, bile; poison (fig.), wrath

Question 14

ferula –ae f.

Answer 14

a reed, whip, rod, ferule, staff

Question 15

flūxus –ūs m.

Answer 15

flux, stream; free flow, ardor

Question 16

hinc

Answer 16

from here, hence; henceforth

Question 17

Homērus –ī m.

Answer 17

Homer

Question 18

iocus iocī m.

Answer 18

joke, jest, sport

Question 19

iūcunditās –ātis f.

Answer 19

agreeableness, pleasantness, delight, enjoyment

Question 20

laetitia laetitiae f.

Answer 20

joy, happiness

Question 21

martyr martyris m. or f.

Answer 21

martyr; a witness; one who bears witness to the truth of Christ by death

Question 22

meticulōsus (metūculōsus) –a –um

Answer 22

full of fear, timorous, terrified, apprehensive; frightful, terrible

Question 23

metus metūs m.

Answer 23

fear, dread, anxiety

Question 24

** misceō miscēre miscuī mixtus **

Answer 24

to mix; mingle (the object with which is in dat., or in abl. alone, or w. prep.); unite; multiply; assemble, flock together; confuse, disturb, confound, agitate; scatter

Question 25

narrātiō –iōnis f.

Answer 25

a relating, narrating, narration, narrative

Question 26

necessitās necessitātis f.

Answer 26

need/necessity; inevitability; difficult straits; poverty; obligation; bond

Question 27

onus oneris n.

Answer 27

load, burden; cargo

Question 28

** pariō parere peperī partum **

Answer 28

to give birth, produce, bring forth

Question 29

peregrinus –a –um

Answer 29

from foreign parts, strange, foreign, exotic, alien

Question 30

perītus –a –um

Answer 30

skilled in, expert

Question 31

pestifer –era –erum

Answer 31

pest–bringing; pestilential (> pestis and fero)

Question 32

quā

Answer 32

interrog., relat., and indef. in, by, what way? how?; where, which way, side, direction; for quacumque, any way, anywhere; in any way, by any means; where, in whatever way; so far as

Question 33

• rēstringō –ingere –inxī –ictum *

Answer 33

to tie back, restrain with bonds

Question 34

revocō revocāre revocāvī revocātus

Answer 34

to call back, recall; revive; regain

Question 35

saevus –a –um

Answer 35

cruel, savage

Question 36

salūbris –e or salūber –bris –bre

Answer 36

healthy

Question 37

suāvitās –ātis f.

Answer 37

sweetness, charm, pleasantness

Question 38

terror terrōris m.

Answer 38

fear, terror

Question 39

• texō –ere –texuī –textus *

Answer 39

to weave; to build cunningly; form, fashion, fabricate, construct; make intricate movements, interweave; p., textus, a, um, woven, constructed, made

Question 40

vānus –a –um

Answer 40

empty; false, deceitful; containing nothing, empty; devoid of truth, deceitful, false, ignorant; (adv.), vana, vainly

Question 41

vehementer

Answer 41

vehemently

Question 42

Vergilius (Virgilius) –iī m.

Answer 42

Vergil

Question 43

vīs vis f.

Answer 43

force, power; violence; in pl., (physical) strength