Confessions 1.2

Question 1

adsum adesse adfuī adfutūrus

Answer 1

to be near or by; to be present, at hand

Question 2

caelum caelī n.

Answer 2

sky, heaven

Question 3

** capiō capere cēpī captus **

Answer 3

to seize, take (up), capture; win

Question 4

cum

Answer 4

when; since; although

Question 5

• dēscendō dēscendere dēscendī dēscēnsus *

Answer 5

to descend, climb/march/come/go/flow/run/hang down; dismount; penetrate/sink; stoop; demean; drop/become lower (pitch); be reduced; trace descent/come down

Question 6

deus deī m.

Answer 6

god

Question 7

** dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus **

Answer 7

to say, speak, tell

Question 8

ē ex

Answer 8

out of, from (+ abl.)

Question 9

ergō

Answer 9

therefore; well, then, now

Question 10

etiam

Answer 10

also, even; still

Question 11

etsī

Answer 11

although

Question 12

extrā

Answer 12

outside / outside of, beyond, without, beside; except

Question 13

** fiō fierī factus sum **

Answer 13

to happen, come about; result (from); take place, be held, occur, arise (event); be made/created/instituted/elected/appointed/given; be prepared/done; develop; be made/become; (facio PASS); [fiat => so be it, very well; it is being done]

Question 14

iam

Answer 14

now, already, by/even now; besides; [non ~ => no longer; ~ pridem => long ago];

Question 15

ibī

Answer 15

in that place, there; then, thereupon

Question 16

impleō implēre implēvī implētus

Answer 16

to fill up, fulfill

Question 17

inde

Answer 17

from that place, from there, thence; from that time, thereupon

Question 18

īnfernus –a –um

Answer 18

that which is below; of Hades, infernal (> inferus)

Question 19

īnferus –a –um

Answer 19

below, beneath, underneath; of hell; vile; lower, further down; lowest, last; (in masc. pl.) the lowest regions, Hell

Question 20

ipse ipsa ipsum

Answer 20

himself, herself, itself (intensive); very

Question 21

ita

Answer 21

in this manner, thus, so; nōn ita (with adjs. etc.) ‘not so much’

Question 22

itaque

Answer 22

and so, accordingly; thus, therefore, consequently

Question 23

locus locī m. or loca locōrum n. pl.

Answer 23

place, region, part; passage (in a piece of writing)

Question 24

nam

Answer 24

for

Question 25

nisi or nī

Answer 25

if…not, unless

Question 26

omnīnō

Answer 26

entirely, altogether [after negatives/with numerals => at all/in all]

Question 27

omnis omne

Answer 27

every; all

Question 28

** petō petere petiī/petīvī petītus **

Answer 28

to ask for, seek; attack; make for, go towards

Question 29

potis or pote (indecl.)

Answer 29

powerful, able

Question 30

quisquam quicquam

Answer 30

someone, something; anyone, anything

Question 31

quisquis quidquid or quicquid

Answer 31

whoever; every one who; whoever it be; everyone; each

Question 32

quō

Answer 32

where, whither; to what purpose, what for; on account of which, whereby; so that (by these means); in order that

Question 33

quoniam

Answer 33

since, because

Question 34

recēdō recēdere recessī recessum

Answer 34

to step back, recoil, recede, withdraw

Question 35

sīc

Answer 35

thus, so, in this way, in such a way

Question 36

terra terrae f.

Answer 36

land, earth

Question 37

unde

Answer 37

from where, whence

Question 38

utīque

Answer 38

certainly, by all means; at any rate

Question 39

** veniō venīre vēnī ventum **

Answer 39

to come

Question 40

vērō

Answer 40

in truth, in fact, certainly, truly, to be sure, surely, assuredly; (less commonly) but, however

Question 41

–ne

Answer 41

(added to the first word of a question); whether