Petronius 55

Question 1

aequus –a –um

Answer 1

equal

Question 2

Babylōnicus –a –um

Answer 2

Babylonian

Question 3

bāca –ae f.

Answer 3

berry

Question 4

caccabus –ī m.

Answer 4

saucepan

Question 5

carbunculus –ī m.

Answer 5

a small coal, a tumor, a carbuncle

Question 6

Carchēdonius –a –um

Answer 6

Carchedonian, i. e. Carthaginian

Question 7

cicōnia –ae f.

Answer 7

a stork

Question 8

claudō claudere clausī clausus (also clūdō and clodō)

Answer 8

to close

Question 9

comprobō comprobāre comprobāvī comprobātus

Answer 9

to approve

Question 10

crotalistria –ae f.

Answer 10

a castanet dancer who wearings rattling ear-pendants

Question 11

cōdicillus cōdicillī m.

Answer 11

writing tablet

Question 12

disertus –a –um

Answer 12

eloquent, expressive

Question 13

distorqueō –torquēre –torsī –tortum

Answer 13

to twist, distort

Question 14

epigramma –atis n.

Answer 14

epigram, inscription

Question 15

exsul exsulī m.

Answer 15

exile

Question 16

extrāneus –a –um

Answer 16

external, strange

Question 17

Falernus –ī m.

Answer 17

Falernus (region)

Question 18

garriō garrīre garrīvī or garriī garrītum

Answer 18

to chatter

Question 19

gracilipēs –pedis

Answer 19

slender-footed

Question 20

hospita –ae f.

Answer 20

a hostess

Question 21

ignis ignis m.

Answer 21

fire

Question 22

Indicus –a –um

Answer 22

of India, Indian

Question 23

intersum –esse –fuī

Answer 23

to be between, be present

Question 24

lapideus –a –um

Answer 24

of stone

Question 25

luxuria luxuriae f.

Answer 25

luxury

Question 26

līneus –a –um

Answer 26

flaxen, pale yellow

Question 27

margarīta –ae f. or margarītum –ī n.

Answer 27

a pearl

Question 28

mentiō mentiōnis f.

Answer 28

mention

Question 29

moenia moenium n. pl.

Answer 29

walls

Question 30

Mopsus –ī m.

Answer 30

Mopsus (a name)

Question 31

mātrōna –ae f.

Answer 31

matron

Question 32

nebula –ae f.

Answer 32

cloud

Question 33

negōtium negōti(ī) n.

Answer 33

business

Question 34

Numidicus –ī m.

Answer 34

Numidicus (a name)

Question 35

nupta –ae f.

Answer 35

wife, bride

Question 36

nēquitia nēquitiae f.

Answer 36

depravity

Question 37

nīdus –ī m.

Answer 37

nest; brood

Question 38

optō optāre optāvī optātus

Answer 38

to desire; choose

Question 39

palātum –ī n.

Answer 39

roof of the mouth, palate; by metonymy, the mouth (as the organ of speech)

Question 40

pelagius –a –um

Answer 40

of the sea

Question 41

penes

Answer 41

within one’s power (+ acc.)

Question 42

peregrinus –a –um

Answer 42

foreign

Question 43

phalerae –ārum f. or phalera –ōrum n. pl.

Answer 43

metal disks, horse ornaments; ornaments

Question 44

pietāticultrīx –īcis f.

Answer 44

one that practises maternal care

Question 45

plūmō plūmāre

Answer 45

to cover with feathers, to feather

Question 46

praeceps praecipitis n.

Answer 46

a steep drop, steep descent

Question 47

probitās probitātis f.

Answer 47

uprightness honesty

Question 48

prostō prostāre prostitī prostitum

Answer 48

to stand before; offer oneself for sale

Question 49

Pūblilius –ī m.

Answer 49

Publilius (a name)

Question 50

scintillō scintillāre

Answer 50

to glow

Question 51

smaragdus –ī m. or f

Answer 51

a green precious stone, cmerald, beryl, jasper

Question 52

tepidus –a –um

Answer 52

warm, tepid

Question 53

textilis –e

Answer 53

woven

Question 54

trānsversus –a –um

Answer 54

across the path or course

Question 55

ventus ventī m.

Answer 55

wind

Question 56

viridis –e

Answer 56

green

Question 57

vitrum –ī n.

Answer 57

woad (a plant)

Question 58

ōrnō ōrnāre ōrnāvī ōrnātus

Answer 58

to equip, decorate