Petronius 44 Flashcards

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adūrō –ūrere –ussī –ustum

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to set on fire, burn off

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aedīlis –is m.

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

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ager agrī m.

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field

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annōna –ae f.

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crop (grain), price

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anteā

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before, formerly

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arcus arcūs m.

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bow, arch

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Asia –ae

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Asia (the Roman province of Asia, i.e. Western Asia Minor

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attineō attinēre attinuī attentus

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to hold near, keep; be connected with; (impersonal) it concerns

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audāciter or audācter

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boldly, confidently, rashly

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benīgnus –a –um

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kind

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būbulus –a –um

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of or pertaining to cattle or oxen

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caelum caelī n.

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sky, heaven

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caelus –ī m.

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sky (old form of caelum)

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capillus capillī m.

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hair

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casula –ae f.

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a cottage, hut

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cauda –ae f.

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the tail, coda

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caunea (caunia) –ae f.

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a fig

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certus –a –um

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sure, fixed

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clīvus –ī m.

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a slope

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collūdō –lūdere –lūsī –lūsum

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to play (with); collude with

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colōnia colōniae f.

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farm, estate

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computō –āre

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to sum up, reckon, compute

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cōleus –ī m. (usually pl.)

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testicle, scrotum

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cūria cūriae f.

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place of assembly, Roman senate; court

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cūrō cūrāre cūrāvī cūrātus

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to care for

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dēvorō dēvorāre dēvorāvī dēvorātus

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to swallow, devour

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dīrectus –a –um (dērectus)

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straight

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28
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et(iam)

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even, also

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exspuō –uere –uī –ūtum

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to spit out

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exōrō exōrāre exōrāvī exōrātus

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to pray effectually; entreat, prevail upon

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eō īre iī/īvī itum

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to go

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Ganymēdēs –is m.

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Ganymede (the “cupbearer” of Zeus / Juppiter)

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gaudeō gaudēre gāvīsus sum

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to be glad

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habitō habitāre habitāvī habitātus

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to inhabit

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35
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hīc

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here

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36
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ieiūnium –iī n.

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a fast, hunger

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interior –ius

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nearer, deeper

38
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iste ista istud

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that

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labōrō labōrāre labōrāvī labōrātum

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to work

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lānātus –a –um

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bearing wool, woolly

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lūtum lutī n.

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mud

42
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maior māius

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bigger

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maxilla –ae f.

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the jawbone, jaw

44
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micō micāre micuī

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

45
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misereor –ērī miseritus sum

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to pity

46
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mordeō mordēre momordī morsus

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to bite

47
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mālō mālle māluī

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to prefer

48
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mēns mentis f.

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mind

49
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mīlle; mīllēsimus –a –um

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1000, 1000th

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mūs mūris m.

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mouse

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narrō –āre –āvī –ātum

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to tell, report, recount

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nunc

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now

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nūdus –a –um

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nude, bare

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operiō operīre operuī opertum

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to cover, hide

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pannus –ī m.

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a piece of cloth

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passus –a –um

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spread out

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percolopō percolopāre

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to box the ears of one, to beat

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per–sevērō –āre

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to persist, persevere

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pilus –ī m.

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a hair; something of no value or significance

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piper –eris n.

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pepper

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pistor ōris m

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a miller, bread-maker, baker

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plovō plovere

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to rain

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populus populī m.

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people

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porrō

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

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pūrus –a –um

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pure

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quid

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what; why

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quācumque

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by whatever way, wherever

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quōmodō or separately quō modō

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how

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religiōsus –a –um

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reverent, superstitious

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resalūtō –āre

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to greet in return

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retroversus or retrōversus or retrōversum

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turned back or backwards

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rēctus –a –um

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straight, direct

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schēma –atis n. or –ae f.

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

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semper

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always

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siccitās –ātis f.

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dryness, drought

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similis simile

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similar

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stolātus –a –um

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dressed in or wearing a stola; befitting a matron

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Sāturnālia –ium n. pl.

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

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sūdō sūdāre sūdāvī sūdātus

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to sweat

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tenebrae tenebrārum f. pl.

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darkness

81
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tractō tractāre tractāvī tractātus

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to haul

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tuba –ae f.

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trumpet

83
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tum or tunc

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then, at that time

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umquam

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ever

85
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unde

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from where, whence

86
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urceātim

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(to rain) buckets

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vitulus –ī m.

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young bullock

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vulpēs –is f.

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fox

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ēsurītiō ēsurītiōnis f.

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hungering, hunger

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ēveniō ēvenīre ēvēnī ēventus

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to come out

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ūdus –a –um

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wet, damp