Petronius 55 Flashcards
aequus –a –um
equal
Babylōnicus –a –um
Babylonian
bāca –ae f.
berry
caccabus –ī m.
saucepan
carbunculus –ī m.
a small coal, a tumor, a carbuncle
Carchēdonius –a –um
Carchedonian, i. e. Carthaginian
cicōnia –ae f.
a stork
claudō claudere clausī clausus (also clūdō and clodō)
to close
comprobō comprobāre comprobāvī comprobātus
to approve
crotalistria –ae f.
a castanet dancer who wearings rattling ear-pendants
cōdicillus cōdicillī m.
writing tablet
disertus –a –um
eloquent, expressive
distorqueō –torquēre –torsī –tortum
to twist, distort
epigramma –atis n.
epigram, inscription
exsul exsulī m.
exile
extrāneus –a –um
external, strange
Falernus –ī m.
Falernus (region)
garriō garrīre garrīvī or garriī garrītum
to chatter
gracilipēs –pedis
slender-footed
hospita –ae f.
a hostess
ignis ignis m.
fire
Indicus –a –um
of India, Indian
intersum –esse –fuī
to be between, be present
lapideus –a –um
of stone
luxuria luxuriae f.
luxury
līneus –a –um
flaxen, pale yellow
margarīta –ae f. or margarītum –ī n.
a pearl
mentiō mentiōnis f.
mention
moenia moenium n. pl.
walls
Mopsus –ī m.
Mopsus (a name)
mātrōna –ae f.
matron
nebula –ae f.
cloud
negōtium negōti(ī) n.
business
Numidicus –ī m.
Numidicus (a name)
nupta –ae f.
wife, bride
nēquitia nēquitiae f.
depravity
nīdus –ī m.
nest; brood
optō optāre optāvī optātus
to desire; choose
palātum –ī n.
roof of the mouth, palate; by metonymy, the mouth (as the organ of speech)
pelagius –a –um
of the sea
penes
within one’s power (+ acc.)
peregrinus –a –um
foreign
phalerae –ārum f. or phalera –ōrum n. pl.
metal disks, horse ornaments; ornaments
pietāticultrīx –īcis f.
one that practises maternal care
plūmō plūmāre
to cover with feathers, to feather
praeceps praecipitis n.
a steep drop, steep descent
probitās probitātis f.
uprightness honesty
prostō prostāre prostitī prostitum
to stand before; offer oneself for sale
Pūblilius –ī m.
Publilius (a name)
scintillō scintillāre
to glow
smaragdus –ī m. or f
a green precious stone, cmerald, beryl, jasper
tepidus –a –um
warm, tepid
textilis –e
woven
trānsversus –a –um
across the path or course
ventus ventī m.
wind
viridis –e
green
vitrum –ī n.
woad (a plant)
ōrnō ōrnāre ōrnāvī ōrnātus
to equip, decorate
