Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.462-486

Question 1

Sicānia –ae f.

Answer 1

Sicily

Question 2

lūstrō lūstrāre lūstrāvī lūstrātus

Answer 2

(to purify by atonement; survey, review); to travel over, traverse

Question 3

dēlābor –lāpsus sum

Answer 3

to glide

Question 4

gurges –itis m.

Answer 4

whirlpool

Question 5

zōna –ae f.

Answer 5

girdle, belt

Question 6

āgnōscō āgnōscere āgnōvī agnitus

Answer 6

to recognize

Question 7

tamquam

Answer 7

just as

Question 8

inōrnātus –a –um

Answer 8

plain, unadorned

Question 9

laniō laniāre laniāvī laniātus

Answer 9

to lacerate

Question 10

percutiō percutere percussī percussum

Answer 10

to strike, kill

Question 11

increpō increpāre increpavī/increpuī increpatus/increpitus

Answer 11

to rattle; complain loudly about

Question 12

mūnus mūneris n.

Answer 12

gift; duty; public show (esp. with gladiators)

Question 13

Trīnacria –ae f.

Answer 13

the three–cornered land (Sicily)

Question 14

glaeba –ae f.

Answer 14

lump of earth; clod; soil

Question 15

frangō frangere frēgī frāctus

Answer 15

to break, shatter

Question 16

arātrum –ī n

Answer 16

plough

Question 17

paralis –e

Answer 17

equal, like

Question 18

colōnus colōnī m.

Answer 18

farmer, colonist

Question 19

rūricola –ae m.

Answer 19

a tiller of the land, husbandman, countryman

Question 20

lētum letī n.

Answer 20

death

Question 21

arvum arvī n.

Answer 21

field

Question 22

seges –etis f.

Answer 22

field of grain; standing corn

Question 23

volucris volucris m. or f.

Answer 23

bird

Question 24

lolium –ī n.

Answer 24

darnel (a weed found in fields of grain)

Question 25

tribulus –ī m.

Answer 25

a kind of thorn or thistle

Question 26

trīticeus –a –um

Answer 26

wheaten

Question 27

messis –is f.

Answer 27

harvest

Question 28

inexpugnābilis –e

Answer 28

not to be stormed, impregnable

Question 29

grāmen –inis n.

Answer 29

grass, plant, herb