Petronius 35

Question 1

aquārius –(i)ī m.

Answer 1

a water-carrier

Question 2

arietīnus –a –um

Answer 2

of or from a ram; shaped like a ram’s head

Question 3

ariēs –etis m.

Answer 3

ram

Question 4

būbula –ae f.

Answer 4

meat from cattle, beef

Question 5

caespes (cespes) –itis f.

Answer 5

turf

Question 6

cancer cancrī m.

Answer 6

crab; a malignant disease, tumor

Question 7

Capricornus –ī m.

Answer 7

Capricorn (having a goat’s horns), the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the winter solstice

Question 8

cibus cibī m.

Answer 8

food

Question 9

circumferō –ferre –tulī –lātus

Answer 9

to bear round; pass around

Question 10

clībanus –ī m.

Answer 10

a bread pan

Question 11

conveniō convenīre convēnī conventus

Answer 11

to assemble; agree

Question 12

corōna corōnae f.

Answer 12

garland; crown

Question 13

dispōnō dispōnere dispōsuī dispōsitus

Answer 13

to place, arrange, distribute

Question 14

duodecim; duodecimus –a –um

Answer 14

12; 12th

Question 15

excīdō –ere –cīdī –cīsus

Answer 15

to cut out

Question 16

exspectātiō exspectātiōnis f.

Answer 16

expectation

Question 17

extorqueō extorquēre extorsī extortus

Answer 17

to twist out, wrench away

Question 18

favus –ī m.

Answer 18

a honey comb

Question 19

fericulum (ferculum) –ī n. or fericulus –ī m.

Answer 19

a litter, carrying frame; a dish

Question 20

frūstum –ī n.

Answer 20

piece

Question 21

fīcus fīcī of fīcūs f.

Answer 21

a fig or fig–tree

Question 22

geminus –a –um

Answer 22

twin

Question 23

herba herbae f.

Answer 23

grass, herb

Question 24

laudātiō –ōnis f.

Answer 24

praise

Question 25

leō leōnis m.

Answer 25

lion

Question 26

lāserpīciārius –a –um

Answer 26

of or belonging to silphium (a plant)

Question 27

lībra –ae f.

Answer 27

a unit of weight, a pound; a balance, pair of scales

Question 28

lōcusta –ae f.

Answer 28

a lobster

Question 29

marīnus –a –um

Answer 29

of the sea

Question 30

mullus –ī m.

Answer 30

a kind of fish highly esteemed, the red mullet, barbel

Question 31

māteria māteriae f.

Answer 31

material

Question 32

mīmus –ī m.

Answer 32

an actor in mimes; a mime (comic play), farce

Question 33

novitās –ātis f.

Answer 33

newness

Question 34

oclopeta –ae f.

Answer 34

bullseye (?)

Question 35

pisciculus –ī m.

Answer 35

a little fish

Question 36

piscis piscis m.

Answer 36

fish

Question 37

placenta –ae f.

Answer 37

a cake

Question 38

proprius –a –um

Answer 38

one’s own

Question 39

pānis pānis m.

Answer 39

bread

Question 40

rotundus –a –um

Answer 40

round, circular, spherical

Question 41

rēnēs (riēnēs) rēnum m.

Answer 41

the kidneys

Question 42

sagittārius –ī m.

Answer 42

an archer, bowman

Question 43

scorpiō –ōnis or scorpius (scorpios) –ī m.

Answer 43

scorpion; dart throwing engine, torture instrument

Question 44

scrib(i)līta –ae f.

Answer 44

a kind of tart

Question 45

statēra –ae f.

Answer 45

a balance, scales

Question 46

strūctor ōris m

Answer 46

a builder, mason, carpenter

Question 47

stēricula –ae f.

Answer 47

the uterus of a sow that has not yet farrowed

Question 48

taeter –tra –trum

Answer 48

disagreeable, vile

Question 49

taurus taurī m.

Answer 49

bull

Question 50

testiculus –ī m.

Answer 50

a testicle

Question 51

virgō virginis f.

Answer 51

maiden

Question 52

ānser ānseris m.

Answer 52

goose