Petronius 43

Question 1

aetās aetātis f.

Answer 1

age

Question 2

assis –is m.

Answer 2

an as (a copper coin), a unity

Question 3

auriculārius (ōriculārius) –a –um

Answer 3

of or related to the ears, eaves-dropping

Question 4

aurum aurī n.

Answer 4

gold

Question 5

bucca –ae f.

Answer 5

the cheek

Question 6

canīnus –a –um

Answer 6

of a dog, canine

Question 7

cito citius (comp.) citissime (superl.)

Answer 7

quickly

Question 8

comedō comedere (comesse) comēdī comēsum

Answer 8

to eat up, consume

Question 9

corneolus –a –um

Answer 9

horny, of horn

Question 10

corvus –ī m.

Answer 10

raven

Question 11

costa –ae f.

Answer 11

rib

Question 12

crēscō crēscere crēvī crētus

Answer 12

to grow, increase

Question 13

discordia discordiae f.

Answer 13

disagreement, dissention

Question 14

dūrus –a –um

Answer 14

hard, harsh

Question 15

facilis facile

Answer 15

easy

Question 16

ferō ferre tulī lātus

Answer 16

to bear, carry, report

Question 17

fiō fierī factus sum

Answer 17

to become

Question 18

fruniscor (frūnīscor) frūnīscī frūnītus sum

Answer 18

to enjoy

Question 19

fugiō fugere fūgī fugitus

Answer 19

to flee, escape

Question 20

hērēditās hērēditātis f.

Answer 20

inheritance

Question 21

improbō improbāre improbāvī improbātus

Answer 21

to disapprove, blame

Question 22

initium initi(ī) n.

Answer 22

beginning

Question 23

involō –āre –āvī –ātum

Answer 23

to fly at, swoop down upon (to steal)

Question 24

linguōsus –a –um

Answer 24

talkative, loquacious

Question 25

mehercule or meherculēs

Answer 25

by Hercules!

Question 26

mordicus

Answer 26

by biting, with bites, with the teeth

Question 27

negōtior negōtiārī negōtiātus sum

Answer 27

to be in business

Question 28

obeō obīre obiī/obīvī obitum

Answer 28

to go to, visit, survey

Question 29

olim

Answer 29

formerly

Question 30

oliorum

Answer 30

“for years” or “long ago” (apparent genitive of olim)

Question 31

parra –ae f.

Answer 31

a bird of ill omen, screech-owl

Question 32

patrimōnium patrimōni(ī) n.

Answer 32

inheritance

Question 33

pessum

Answer 33

down, to the ground, to the bottom

Question 34

pilō pilāre

Answer 34

to make bald; dress down, savage

Question 35

plumbum plumbī n.

Answer 35

lead

Question 36

pullārius –a –um

Answer 36

relating to chickens; (masc. as subs.) keeper of sacred chickens; pederast

Question 37

quadrans quadrantis m.

Answer 37

a coin of little value (1/4 of an as); a unit of measure (1/4 of a pound)

Question 38

quadrātum –ī n.

Answer 38

a square

Question 39

quamdiū or quam diū

Answer 39

as long as

Question 40

quantus –a –um

Answer 40

how great

Question 41

quot

Answer 41

how many , as many as (indeclinable)

Question 42

rectē (rectius rectissimē)

Answer 42

rightly

Question 43

relinquō relinquere relīquī relictus

Answer 43

to abandon

Question 44

recorrigō corrigere corrēxī —

Answer 44

to mend or correct again

Question 45

salax –ācis

Answer 45

oversexed; lascivious

Question 46

septuāgintā; septuāgēsimus –a –um

Answer 46

70; 70th

Question 47

solidus –a –um

Answer 47

dense, firm, solid

Question 48

stercus –ōris n.

Answer 48

manure

Question 49

stīpes (stips) –itis m.

Answer 49

log or post

Question 50

tangō tangere tetigī tāctus

Answer 50

to touch

Question 51

tulō tulere tetulī

Answer 51

to bring, bear, lift up

Question 52

utīque

Answer 52

certainly

Question 53

vīndēmia –ae f.

Answer 53

the grape harvest, grapes

Question 54

vīvus –a –um

Answer 54

alive

Question 55

ēlēgō ēlēgāre

Answer 55

to bequeath away

Question 56

īrāscor īrāscī īrātus

Answer 56

to grow angry

Question 57

ūnctus –a –um

Answer 57

anointed, oiled