Horace, Satire 1.4.1-21

Question 1

Eupolis –is or idos m.

Answer 1

Eupolis, an Athenian comic writer (5th cent. BCE)

Question 2

Cratīnus–ī m.

Answer 2

Cratinus, an Athenian comic writer (5th cent. BCE)

Question 3

Aristophanēs –is (or ae) m.

Answer 3

Aristophanes, the famous Athenian comic writer (5th cent. BCE)

Question 4

–que

Answer 4

and; both…and

Question 5

atque/ac

Answer 5

and in addition, or and besides; and, as well, and indeed; freq.; even; in comparisons, as; than; repeated, atque — atque, both — and

Question 6

cōmoedia –ae f.

Answer 6

comedy

Question 7

prīscus –a –um

Answer 7

ancient, antique

Question 8

moechus moechī m.

Answer 8

adulterer, fornicator

Question 9

sīcārius –ī m.

Answer 9

an assassin, murderer

Question 10

aliōquīn or aliōquī

Answer 10

otherwise

Question 11

fāmōsus –a –um

Answer 11

much talked of, famed, celebrated, famous, renowned; notorious, infamous

Question 12

pendeō pendēre pependī

Answer 12

to hang, hang down

Question 13

Lūcīlius –ī m.

Answer 13

Lucilius, a male gentile name; Gaius Lucilius, the satirist

Question 14

mūtō mūtāre mūtāvī mūtātus

Answer 14

to change; take in exchange, give in exchange

Question 15

tantum

Answer 15

so much, so far; hardly, only; in tantum, to such a degree or height, so high; tantum — quantum, so great (such, so much) — as.

Question 16

facētus –a –um

Answer 16

fine, courteous, polite, gentle

Question 17

ēmungō ēmungere ēmunxī ēmunctum

Answer 17

to wipe the nose

Question 18

nāris –is f.

Answer 18

a nostril; pl., nares, ium, the nostrils; the nose

Question 19

compōnō compōnere composuī compōsitus

Answer 19

to compare; place/put/add/collect together, collate; match (up); store/hoard; calm; construct, build; arrange, compile, compose, make up; organize, order; settle

Question 20

vitiōsus –a –um

Answer 20

full of faults, faulty, defective, invalid

Question 21

dictō –dictāre

Answer 21

to say often; to pronounce, declare, or assert repeatedly; to dictate, suggest, remind

Question 22

fluō fluere flūxī fluxus

Answer 22

to flow, stream; emanate, proceed from; fall gradually

Question 23

lutulentus –a –um

Answer 23

muddy; filthy, dirty, vile:

Question 24

garrulus –a –um

Answer 24

talkative, chatty, babbling

Question 25

piger pigra pigrum

Answer 25

lazy

Question 26

Crispīnus –ī m.

Answer 26

Crispinus (a name)

Question 27

prōvocō prōvocāre –āvī –ātus

Answer 27

to summon, challenge

Question 28

tabula tabulae f.

Answer 28

writing tablet (wax covered board); records (pl.); document, deed, will; list; plank/board, flat piece of wood; door panel; counting/playing/notice board; picture, painting; wood panel for painting; metal/stone tablet/panel w/text

Question 29

uter utra utrum

Answer 29

either, which (of two)

Question 30

inops

Answer 30

lacking, poor

Question 31

pusillus –a –um

Answer 31

puny

Question 32

fingō fingere fīnxī fīctus

Answer 32

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 33

perpaucus –a –um

Answer 33

very little, very few

Question 34

conclūdō –ere –clūsī –clūsus

Answer 34

to shut completely; shut around, inclose, surround (> com– and claudo)

Question 35

hircīnus –a –um

Answer 35

goatskin

Question 36

follis is m.

Answer 36

a pair of bellows; the bellows

Question 37

aura aurae f.

Answer 37

breeze, breath (of air), wind; gleam; odor, stench; vapor; air (pl.), heaven

Question 38

molliō mollīre mollīvī mollītus

Answer 38

to soften, soothe