Confessions 1.16.25

Question 1

adulterium adulterī(ī) n.

Answer 1

adultery; blending/mixing of different strains/ingredients; contamination

Question 2

adulterō –adulterāre

Answer 2

to commit adultery

Question 3

caelestis caeleste

Answer 3

from/of heaven

Question 4

** cōnscendō –ere –scendī –scēnsus **

Answer 4

to ascend, climb; mount; embark on (> com– and scando, climb)

Question 5

dīvīnus –a –um

Answer 5

divine, of a deity/god, godlike; sacred; divinely inspired; supernatural; prophetic

Question 6

Ēva (Hēva) ae f.

Answer 6

Eve, the first woman

Question 7

** fingō fingere fīnxī fīctus **

Answer 7

to mold, form, shape; create, invent; produce; imagine; compose; devise, contrive; adapt, transform into; modify (appearance/character/behavior); groom; make up (story/excuse); pretend, pose; forge, counterfeit; act insincerely

Question 8

flāgitiōsus –a –um

Answer 8

shameful, disgraceful, infamous, profligate, dissolute

Question 9

flāgitium flāgiti(ī) n.

Answer 9

shame, disgrace; scandal, shameful act, outrage, disgraceful thing; scoundrel

Question 10

flūmen flūminis n.

Answer 10

river, stream; any flowing fluid; flood; onrush [adverso ~ => against current]

Question 11

formīdolōsus (formīdulōsus) –a –um

Answer 11

full of dread

Question 12

imitor imitārī imitātus sum

Answer 12

to imitate

Question 13

Iuppiter Iovis m.

Answer 13

Jupiter; (in poetry) the sky, the heavens

Question 14

lēnōcinor –ārī –ātus sum

Answer 14

to pander, flatter, humor, wheedle

Question 15

līgnum lignī n.

Answer 15

wood; firewood; trunk/stump/tree; timber; beam/post; wood (material); stave; wood thing/part, writing–tablet, spear shaft; stone (of fruit), shell (nut); the Cross; staff, cudgel, club; gallows/stocks; [~ pedaneum => altar step]

Question 16

mālō mālle māluī

Answer 16

to want more, prefer

Question 17

mare maris n.

Answer 17

sea

Question 18

paenulātus –a –um

Answer 18

cloak-wearing, wearing the paenula, in traveling dress

Question 19

pulvis pulveris m.

Answer 19

dust

Question 20

quamdiū or quam diū

Answer 20

(for) how long; as long as

Question 21

quoūsque or quō ūsque

Answer 21

until what time, till when, how long

Question 22

siccō siccāre siccāvī siccātus

Answer 22

to make dry, drain, suck; dry up, wipe away; wash (> siccus)

Question 23

sōbrius –a –um

Answer 23

sober, moderate

Question 24

tonō tonāre tonuī —

Answer 24

to thunder

Question 25

tonitrus –ūs m. or tonitruum –ī n.

Answer 25

thunder; thunderbolt (> tono)

Question 26

** trānsferō trānsferre trānstulī trānslātus **

Answer 26

to transport/convey/transfer/shift; transpose; carry/bring across/over; transplant, copy out (writing); translate (language); postpone, transfer date; transform

Question 27

vix

Answer 27

hardly, scarcely

Question 28

** volvō volvere voluī volūtum **

Answer 28

to turn, roll