Petronius 24 Flashcards
acūtus –a –um
sharp, piercing
asellus – ī m.
ass, donkey
bellē
nicely, well
cantus –ūs m.
singing or playing; melody; song
certus –a –um
sure, fixed
contubernālis –is m./f.
tentmate, comrade–in–arms
cōnspicor –ārī –ātus sum
to catch sight of
demittō demittere demīsī demīssus
to send down, drop
dissolvō dissolvere dissolvī dissolūtus
to loosen
disterō –terere –trīvī –trītum
to bruise or grind to pieces
diārium –ī n.
a daily allowance of food or pay
embasicoetās –ae f.
a pathic; i.e. a catamite
equus equī m.
horse
fēriae –ārum f.
holiday
mīlitō mīlitāre mīlitāvī mīlitātus
to serve as a soldier
pertraho pertrahere pertraxi pertractum
drag
prōmulsis –idis f.
an appetizer, first course
quaesō quaesere
to beg
quārē
why; therefore
rudis –e
uncultivated
scīscitātiō –ōnis f.
an asking, inquiry
succēdō succēdere successī successus
to follow
sūmō sūmere sūmpsī sūmptus
to take up
tenerē
tenderly, delicately, softly
trānsitus trānsitūs m.
passing over transit transition
trīstitia –ae and trīstitiēs –ēī f.
sorrow
ulterior or –us ultimus –a –um
farther; farthest
vasculum or vāsculum –ī n.
a small vessel
vernāculus –a –um
of home-born slaves
vōx vōcis f.
voice
īlia –ium n. pl.
the groin
