Propertius 1.2.25-32

Question 1

Āonius –a –um

Answer 1

Boeotian (a region of Greece); Āonia is the part of Boeotia with Mt. Helicon, famous, a haunt of the Muses.

Question 2

Calliopē –ēs or Calliopēa –ae f.

Answer 2

Calliope (kal-LIE-owe-pee); a Muse, especially of epic poetry

Question 3

carmen carminis n.

Answer 3

song, poem

Question 4

cultus –a –um

Answer 4

cultivated; well-groomed; refined, sophisticated

Question 5

dum

Answer 5

while, until, provided that

Question 6

dēsum deesse defuī

Answer 6

to be lacking

Question 7

dōnō dōnāre dōnāvī dōnātus

Answer 7

to give; concede

Question 8

grātia grātiae f.

Answer 8

favor, influence, gratitude

Question 9

grātus –a –um

Answer 9

pleasant; grateful

Question 10

iūcundus –a –um

Answer 10

pleasant, delightful, agreeable

Question 11

libēns –entis

Answer 11

willing

Question 12

luxuria luxuriae f.

Answer 12

luxury

Question 13

lyra –ae f.

Answer 13

lyre

Question 14

Minerva –ae f.

Answer 14

Minerva (identified with the Greek Athena)

Question 15

miser misera miserum

Answer 15

wretched, pitiable

Question 16

Phoebus –ī m.

Answer 16

Phoebus Apollo

Question 17

placeō placēre placuī placitum

Answer 17

to please

Question 18

praesertim

Answer 18

especially

Question 19

probō probāre probāvī probātus

Answer 19

to approve

Question 20

satis or sat (comp. satius)

Answer 20

enough

Question 21

semper

Answer 21

always

Question 22

suus –a –um

Answer 22

his/her/its own

Question 23

taedium –ī n.

Answer 23

weariness, tedium; an object of weariness

Question 24

Venus –eris f.

Answer 24

Venus (goddess); love in general

Question 25

verbum verbī n.

Answer 25

word

Question 26

vereor verērī veritus sum

Answer 26

to fear

Question 27

vīlis vīlis vīle

Answer 27

cheap

Question 28

ūnicus –a –um

Answer 28

unique

Question 29

ūnus –a –um

Answer 29

one, a single