Petronius 44

Question 1

adūrō –ūrere –ussī –ustum

Answer 1

to set on fire

Question 2

aedīlis –is m.

Answer 2

a commissioner of buildings, aedile, magistrate for public works.

Question 3

ager agrī m.

Answer 3

field

Question 4

annōna –ae f.

Answer 4

(grain) crop, price of grain

Question 5

anteā

Answer 5

before, formerly

Question 6

arcus arcūs m.

Answer 6

bow, arch

Question 7

attineō attinēre attinuī attentum

Answer 7

to hold near, keep, delay

Question 8

audāciter or audācter

Answer 8

boldly, confidently, rashly

Question 9

benīgnus –a –um

Answer 9

kind

Question 10

būbulus –a –um

Answer 10

of or pertaining to cattle or oxen

Question 11

caelum caelī n.

Answer 11

sky, heaven

Question 12

casula –ae f.

Answer 12

a cottage, hut

Question 13

cauda –ae f.

Answer 13

the tail, coda

Question 14

caunea or caunia –ae f.

Answer 14

a fig

Question 15

clīvus –ī m.

Answer 15

a slope

Question 16

collūdō –lūdere –lūsī –lūsum

Answer 16

to play (with); collude with

Question 17

colōnia colōniae f.

Answer 17

farm, estate

Question 18

computō putāre

Answer 18

to sum up, reckon, compute

Question 19

cūria cūriae f.

Answer 19

senate

Question 20

dēvorō dēvorāre dēvorāvī dēvorātus

Answer 20

to swallow, devour

Question 21

dīrectus –a –um (dērectus)

Answer 21

straight

Question 22

exspuō –uere –ui –ūtum

Answer 22

to spit out

Question 23

exōrō exōrāre exōrāvī exōrātus

Answer 23

to pray effectually; entreat

Question 24

Ganymēdēs –is m.

Answer 24

Ganymede

Question 25

gaudeō gaudēre gāvīsus sum

Answer 25

to be glad

Question 26

ieiūnium –ī n.

Answer 26

a fast, hunger

Question 27

interior interiōris

Answer 27

inner

Question 28

Iuppiter Iovis m.

Answer 28

Jupiter

Question 29

lānātus –a –um

Answer 29

bearing wool, woolly

Question 30

lūtum lutī n.

Answer 30

mud

Question 31

maxilla –ae f.

Answer 31

the jawbone, jaw

Question 32

micō micāre micuī

Answer 32

to vibrate; play the game of morra (guessing the number of fingers)

Question 33

misereor –ērī miseritus sum

Answer 33

to pity

Question 34

mordeō mordēre momordī morsus

Answer 34

to bite

Question 35

mālō mālle māluī

Answer 35

to prefer

Question 36

mūs mūris m.

Answer 36

mouse

Question 37

narrō narrāre narrāvī narrātus

Answer 37

to relate, recount

Question 38

pannus –ī m.

Answer 38

a piece of cloth

Question 39

passus –a –um

Answer 39

spread out

Question 40

percolopō percolopāre

Answer 40

to box the ears of one, to beat

Question 41

persevērō –sevērāre

Answer 41

to persist, persevere

Question 42

pilus –ī m.

Answer 42

a hair; something of no value or significance

Question 43

plovō plovere

Answer 43

to rain

Question 44

porrō

Answer 44

forward, of space, time, or of mental operations, far off

Question 45

quācumque

Answer 45

by whatever way, wherever

Question 46

retroversus or retrōversus or retrōversum

Answer 46

turned back or backwards

Question 47

re–salūtō salūtāre

Answer 47

to greet in return

Question 48

rēctus –a –um

Answer 48

straight, direct

Question 49

Safinius –iī m.

Answer 49

Safinius (a name)

Question 50

schēma –atis n. or –ae f.

Answer 50

a shape, figure, form, fashion, manner, posture, attitude

Question 51

siccitās –ātis f.

Answer 51

dryness, drought

Question 52

Sicilia –ae f.

Answer 52

Sicily

Question 53

similis simile

Answer 53

similar

Question 54

stolātus –a –um

Answer 54

dressed in or wearing a stola; befitting a matron

Question 55

Sāturnālia –ium n. pl.

Answer 55

the festival of Saturn, beginning Dec. 17, a period of merriment and license

Question 56

tractō tractāre tractāvī tractātus

Answer 56

to haul

Question 57

tuba –ae f.

Answer 57

trumpet

Question 58

unde

Answer 58

whence

Question 59

urceātim

Answer 59

(to rain) buckets

Question 60

vulpēs –is f.

Answer 60

fox

Question 61

ēsurītiō ēsurītiōnis f.

Answer 61

hungering, hunger

Question 62

ēveniō ēvenīre ēvēnī ēventus

Answer 62

to come out

Question 63

ūdus –a –um

Answer 63

wet, damp