Confessions 1.9.14

Question 1

** accidō accidere accīdī **

Answer 1

fall down, happen (ad + cado)

Question 2

Adam (indecl.) m.

Answer 2

Adam

Question 3

aerumnōsus –a –um

Answer 3

full of trouble, miserable, wretched, distressed

Question 4

• appāreō apparēre apparuī apparitus *

Answer 4

to appear; be evident/visible/noticed/found; show up, occur; serve

Question 5

ars artis f.

Answer 5

skill, art; guile, trick

Question 6

auxilium auxilī n.

Answer 6

aid, help; pl. auxiliary troops

Question 7

** cōgō cogere coēgī coāctus **

Answer 7

to collect, gather, round up, restrict, confine; force, compel; convene; congeal

Question 8

dolor dolōris m.

Answer 8

pain, anguish, grief, sorrow, suffering; resentment, indignation

Question 9

excellō excellere excelsus

Answer 9

to excel

Question 10

falsus –a –um

Answer 10

deceptive, false

Question 11

famulor –ārī –ātus sum

Answer 11

to be a servant

Question 12

flōreō flōrēre flōruī

Answer 12

to flourish, blossom, be prosperous; be in one’s prime

Question 13

gravis grave

Answer 13

heavy, deep; important, serious; severe (sluggish, not digesting properly); intense

Question 14

honor or honos honōris m.

Answer 14

honor, respect, glory; (political) office, post; (of personal appearance) dignity, grace

Question 15

īnsipientia –ae f.

Answer 15

want of wisdom, senselessness, folly

Question 16

invocātiō –ōnisf.

Answer 16

an invoking,invocation

Question 17

labor labōris m.

Answer 17

work; effort, hardship

Question 18

lingua linguae f.

Answer 18

tongue; speech, language; dialect

Question 19

linguōsus –a –um

Answer 19

talkative, loquacious

Question 20

lūdificātiō –ōnis f.

Answer 20

mockery, derision

Question 21

maiōrēs maiōrum m.pl.

Answer 21

ancestors; elders, adults

Question 22

** moneō monēre monuī monitus **

Answer 22

to warn; remind; advise

Question 23

multiplicō multiplicāre

Answer 23

to multiply, increase, augment

Question 24

nōdus –ī m.

Answer 24

a knot; of a tree; bond; coil; (fig.), difficult point; center of strife

Question 25

plāga –ae f.

Answer 25

a blow, wound; lash, whip

Question 26

• praestruō –ere –ūxī –ūctus *

Answer 26

to block up, render impassable, contrive beforehand, prepare, build in front

Question 27

**prōpōnō prōpōnere prōposuī prōpositus **

Answer 27

to announce, display; propose; relate; put or place forward

Question 28

quandōquidem

Answer 28

since indeed; inasmuch as, because

Question 29

rectē (rectius, rectissimē)

Answer 29

rightly

Question 30

refugium –ī n.

Answer 30

a recourse, place of refuge, refuge

Question 31

** rumpō rumpere rūpī ruptus **

Answer 31

to break; destroy

Question 32

schola –ae f.

Answer 32

school, schoolroom; lecture

Question 33

sēgnis sēgne

Answer 33

slow, sluggish

Question 34

** subveniō subvenīre subvēnī subventum **

Answer 34

to support, aid

Question 35

ūtilitās ūtilitātis f.

Answer 35

usefulness, advantage

Question 36

vāpulō –āre

Answer 36

to get beaten up, get clobbered.