Petronius 44 Flashcards
adūrō –ūrere –ussī –ustum
to set on fire
aedīlis –is m.
a commissioner of buildings, aedile, magistrate for public works.
ager agrī m.
field
annōna –ae f.
(grain) crop, price of grain
anteā
before, formerly
arcus arcūs m.
bow, arch
attineō attinēre attinuī attentum
to hold near, keep, delay
audāciter or audācter
boldly, confidently, rashly
benīgnus –a –um
kind
būbulus –a –um
of or pertaining to cattle or oxen
caelum caelī n.
sky, heaven
casula –ae f.
a cottage, hut
cauda –ae f.
the tail, coda
caunea or caunia –ae f.
a fig
clīvus –ī m.
a slope
collūdō –lūdere –lūsī –lūsum
to play (with); collude with
colōnia colōniae f.
farm, estate
computō putāre
to sum up, reckon, compute
cūria cūriae f.
senate
dēvorō dēvorāre dēvorāvī dēvorātus
to swallow, devour
dīrectus –a –um (dērectus)
straight
exspuō –uere –ui –ūtum
to spit out
exōrō exōrāre exōrāvī exōrātus
to pray effectually; entreat
Ganymēdēs –is m.
Ganymede
gaudeō gaudēre gāvīsus sum
to be glad
ieiūnium –ī n.
a fast, hunger
interior interiōris
inner
Iuppiter Iovis m.
Jupiter
lānātus –a –um
bearing wool, woolly
lūtum lutī n.
mud
maxilla –ae f.
the jawbone, jaw
micō micāre micuī
to vibrate; play the game of morra (guessing the number of fingers)
misereor –ērī miseritus sum
to pity
mordeō mordēre momordī morsus
to bite
mālō mālle māluī
to prefer
mūs mūris m.
mouse
narrō narrāre narrāvī narrātus
to relate, recount
pannus –ī m.
a piece of cloth
passus –a –um
spread out
percolopō percolopāre
to box the ears of one, to beat
persevērō –sevērāre
to persist, persevere
pilus –ī m.
a hair; something of no value or significance
plovō plovere
to rain
porrō
forward, of space, time, or of mental operations, far off
quācumque
by whatever way, wherever
retroversus or retrōversus or retrōversum
turned back or backwards
re–salūtō salūtāre
to greet in return
rēctus –a –um
straight, direct
Safinius –iī m.
Safinius (a name)
schēma –atis n. or –ae f.
a shape, figure, form, fashion, manner, posture, attitude
siccitās –ātis f.
dryness, drought
Sicilia –ae f.
Sicily
similis simile
similar
stolātus –a –um
dressed in or wearing a stola; befitting a matron
Sāturnālia –ium n. pl.
the festival of Saturn, beginning Dec. 17, a period of merriment and license
tractō tractāre tractāvī tractātus
to haul
tuba –ae f.
trumpet
unde
whence
urceātim
(to rain) buckets
vulpēs –is f.
fox
ēsurītiō ēsurītiōnis f.
hungering, hunger
ēveniō ēvenīre ēvēnī ēventus
to come out
ūdus –a –um
wet, damp
