Confessions 1.7.11

Question 1

accessus –ūs m.

Answer 1

a going near to; an access, approach (> accedo)

Question 2

ācriter acrius acerrimē

Answer 2

sharply, fiercely

Question 3

aequus –a –um

Answer 3

level, even; equitable, just; calm, tranquil; equal to; suitable to

Question 4

amārus –a –um

Answer 4

bitter; harsh

Question 5

animus animī m.

Answer 5

(rational) soul, mind; spirit; pl., strong feelings

Question 6

annōsus –a –um

Answer 6

full of years; aged, old; hoary (> annus)

Question 7

aspectus aspectūs m.

Answer 7

possibility of seeing, sight

Question 8

blandus –a –um

Answer 8

flattering, charming, pleasant; attractive

Question 9

commemorō commemorāre commemorāvī commemorātus

Answer 9

to recall (to self/other); keep in mind, remember; mention/relate; place on record

Question 10

congruō –gruere –gruī —

Answer 10

to coincide, agree; be suited to

Question 11

conlactāneus (collactāneus) –ī m.

Answer 11

a brother nourished at the same breast, a foster-brother

Question 12

cōnsors –consortis

Answer 12

having a common lot; participating, a companion

Question 13

corām

Answer 13

(adv. or prep. + abl.) in person, face–to–face; in one’s presence, before one’s eyes; publicly, openly

Question 14

** crēscō crēscere crēvī crētus **

Answer 14

to come forth/to be; arise/spring (from); be born; become visible/great; grow (up); thrive, increase (size/number/honor), multiply; ascend; attain, be promoted

Question 15

** dēprehendō dēprehendere dēprehendī dēprehensus **

Answer 15

to catch, seize; understand, learn about

Question 16

dērīdeō –rīdēre –rīsī –rīsus

Answer 16

to make fun of; mock

Question 17

** dūcō dūcere dūxī ductus **

Answer 17

to lead; consider; draw out, pull out; lead off for punishment

Question 18

egēns –entis

Answer 18

destitute, needy, necessitous, helpless (> egeo)

Question 19

** ēiciō ēicere ēiēcī ēiectus **

Answer 19

to throw out, expel

Question 20

ēsca –ae f.

Answer 20

food, bait (> edo)

Question 21

exaudiō exaudīre exaudīvī exaudītus

Answer 21

to hear

Question 22

experior experīrī expertus sum

Answer 22

to test; try; experience

Question 23

expiō –āre –āvī –ātus

Answer 23

to purify

Question 24

exstirpō exstirpāre –āvī –ātum

Answer 24

to root out, eradicate, extirpate

Question 25

feriō ferīre

Answer 25

to strike, hit

Question 26

ferō ferre tulī lātus

Answer 26

to bring, bear, carry; endure; report (feritur it is said; ferunt they say)

Question 27

fōns fontis f.

Answer 27

spring, fountain, well, source

Question 28

*** gignō gignere genuī genitus ***

Answer 28

to create, bring forth, beget, bear

Question 29

īgnōrō īgnōrāre īgnōrāvī īgnōrātus

Answer 29

to not know; be unfamiliar with; disregard; ignore; be ignorant of

Question 30

imbēcillitās –ātis f.

Answer 30

helplessness, imbecility, weakness, feebleness

Question 31

imperium imperiī n.

Answer 31

power, authority, command; empire

Question 32

īnfantilis –e

Answer 32

of or belonging to infants or little children; little, young

Question 33

inhiō inhiāre inhiāvī inhiātus

Answer 33

to gape at or over; inspect, examine; yawn; gape at, gaze at

Question 34

innocēns

Answer 34

innocent, harmless

Question 35

innocentia –ae f.

Answer 35

harmlessness, blamelessness, innocence

Question 36

* intueor intuērī intuitus sum *

Answer 36

to look at, gaze at, consider

Question 37

licet

Answer 37

even though

Question 38

mānō mānāre mānāvī mānātus

Answer 38

to drip, flow

Question 39

mōs mōris m.

Answer 39

custom, practice, habit; mood, manner, fashion; character (pl.), behavior, morals

Question 40

mundus –a –um

Answer 40

clean, neat, elegant

Question 41

nēmō nēminis m. or f.

Answer 41

no one

Question 42

*** nītor nītī nīxus sum ***

Answer 42

to press/lean upon; struggle; advance; depend on (with abl.); strive, labor

Question 43

noceō nocēre nocuī nocitus

Answer 43

to harm, hurt; injure (+ dat.)

Question 44

nōndum

Answer 44

not yet

Question 45

noxius –a –um

Answer 45

guilty (masc. as sb.) convicted criminal; hurtful, baneful; destructive (> noxa)

Question 46

nunc

Answer 46

now

Question 47

nūtus –ūs m.

Answer 47

nod, will

Question 48

oboediō (oboēdiō or obaudiō) –īre

Answer 48

to obey, yield obedience, be subject, serve

Question 49

ops opis f.

Answer 49

power, might; help; influence; resources/wealth (pl.)

Question 50

pallidus –a –um

Answer 50

pale, pallid; ghastly (> palleo)

Question 51

parvulus –a –um

Answer 51

very little; small, little (> parvus)

Question 52

*** patior patī passus sum ***

Answer 52

to experience, suffer, endure; permit, allow

Question 53

peccō peccāre peccāvī peccātus

Answer 53

to commit a wrong, injure

Question 54

*** pereō perīre periī peritūs ***

Answer 54

to perish, die; pass away, be destroyed, be ruined; go to waste

Question 55

perniciōsus –a –um

Answer 55

destructive, ruinous

Question 56

plōrō

Answer 56

to lament, mourn

Question 57

praetereā

Answer 57

besides, thereafter; in addition

Question 58

probō probāre probāvī probātus

Answer 58

to approve (of), esteem, commend, recommend, certify; give assent/approval/sanction; let; show to be real/true; examine, test, try, prove, demonstrate; get accepted

Question 59

prōiciō –icere iēcī –iectum

Answer 59

to cast forth, throw out, fling to the ground

Question 60

prūdēns –entis

Answer 60

aware, acting deliberately, open-eyed; prudent, clever, wise

Question 61

pūrgō pūrgāre pūrgāvī pūrgātus

Answer 61

to clean, purge

Question 62

quandō

Answer 62

when, since, because [si quando => if ever]

Question 63

quantum

Answer 63

so much as; how much; how far

Question 64

quidem

Answer 64

moreover, certainly (emphasizing one statement with reference to another)

Question 65

quīlibet quaelibet quodlibet (or quīlubet, etc.)

Answer 65

whoever or whatever you please; anyone, anything

Question 66

remedium remediī n.

Answer 66

cure

Question 67

reprehendō reprehendere reprehendī reprehēnsus

Answer 67

to hold back, seize, catch; blame

Question 68

subiectus –a –um

Answer 68

lying under, neighboring, situated below, near, bordering upon, adjacent; subordinate

Question 69

tantīllus –a –um

Answer 69

so little, so small

Question 70

tolerō tolerāre tolerāvī tolerātus

Answer 70

to bear, endure, tolerate

Question 71

ūbertim

Answer 71

copiously