Petronius 27 Flashcards
amplus –a –um
spacious, large, ample, generous
aqua aquae f.
water
argenteus –a –um
(made of) silver
aspergō –ere –spersī –spersus
to sprinkle upon
capillātus –a –um
long–haired
circulus –ī m.
circle or orbit; ring; chain; a group of people, an audience
contingō contingere contigī contāctus
to touch
cubitum –ī n.
the elbow
digitus digitī m.
finger
dēcidō –ere –cidī
to fall down; fall
dīversus –a –um
different, diverse
etiamnum or etiamnunc
yet, till now, even at this time
exerceō exercēre exercuī exercitus
to train, exercise, carry on
follis –is m.
pair of bellows; the bellows
matella –ae f.
a pot, a vessel for liquids.
Menelāus –ī m.
Menelaus
numerō numerāre numerāvī numerātus
to count
opera operae f.
work
poscō poscere poposcī
to demand
prasinus –a –um
leek-green, prasinous; of the Green charioteers
prīncipium prīncipi(ī) n.
beginning
pīla –ae f.
a ball, playing-ball
pōnō pōnere posuī positus
to place
quamquam
although
russeus –a –um
reddish
senex senis
old, aged
soleātus –a –um
wearing sandals, slippered
spadō –ōnis m.
eunuch, mutilated man
subiciō subicere subiēcī subiectus
to throw under
tergeō –ēre –tersī –tersus and tergō tergere
to wipe; clean
vestiō vestīre vestiī/vestīvī vestītum
to clothe
vibrō vibrāre vibrāvī vibrātus
to shake
vēsīca –ae f.
the bladder, urinary bladder
