Propertius 3.1-10

Question 1

accumbō –cumbere –cubuī –cubitum

Answer 1

to lie down

Question 2

Andromeda –ae or Andromedē –ēs f.

Answer 2

Andromeda, daughter of Cepheus. She claimed she was prettier than the Nereids, so Poseidon sent a sea monster to ravage the coast, and she was tied to a rock as a sacrifice, but she was rescued by Perseus.

Question 3

Āpidanus –ī m.

Answer 3

Apidanus, a river in Thessaly

Question 4

assiduus –a –um

Answer 4

established, steady

Question 5

Bacchus –ī m.

Answer 5

Bacchus

Question 6

caput capitis n.

Answer 6

head

Question 7

carīna –ae f.

Answer 7

keel; ship

Question 8

certus –a –um

Answer 8

sure, fixed

Question 9

chorēa –ae f.

Answer 9

circling dance

Question 10

concidō concidere concidī

Answer 10

to fall down

Question 11

Cynthia –ae f.

Answer 11

Cynthia (she of Mt. Cynthus, on the Island of Delos), Artemis; the name of Propertius’ paramour.

Question 12

cēdō cēdere cessī cessum

Answer 12

to yield

Question 13

Cēphēus (Cēphēïus) –a –um

Answer 13

descended from Cepheus, king of the Cephenes (in Ethiopia) and father of Andromeda.

Question 14

cōs cōtis f.

Answer 14

whetstone

Question 15

dēsertus –a –um

Answer 15

desolate; abandoned

Question 16

dūrus –a –um

Answer 16

hard, harsh

Question 17

ēbrius –a –um

Answer 17

drunk

Question 18

Ēdōnus, a, um

Answer 18

Bacchic (of the Edoni, a tribe on the border of Thrace and Macedonia, famous for Bacchic / Bacchantic orgiastic rituals).

Question 19

fax facis f.

Answer 19

torch

Question 20

fessus –a –um

Answer 20

tired

Question 21

Cnōsius –a –um

Answer 21

Knossos, Cretan. Here an epithet for Ariadne.

Question 22

herbōsus –a –um

Answer 22

grassy

Question 23

iaceō iacēre iacuī

Answer 23

to lie

Question 24

iam

Answer 24

now; already

Question 25

languidus –a –um

Answer 25

languid

Question 26

līber lībera līberum

Answer 26

free

Question 27

lītus lītoris n.

Answer 27

sea–shore

Question 28

manus manūs f.

Answer 28

hand; band of men

Question 29

mollis molle

Answer 29

yielding, gentle

Question 30

multus –a –um

Answer 30

much, many

Question 31

nītor nītī nīxus sum

Answer 31

to press/lean upon

Question 32

parum; minus; minimē

Answer 32

too little

Question 33

quatiō quatere quassī quassum

Answer 33

to shake

Question 34

quiēs quiētis f.

Answer 34

sleep, rest

Question 35

quālis quāle

Answer 35

what sort

Question 36

somnus somnī m.

Answer 36

sleep

Question 37

spīrō spīrāre spīrāvī spīrātus

Answer 37

to breathe

Question 38

sērus –a –um

Answer 38

(too) late

Question 39

Thēsēus –a –um

Answer 39

of or belonging to Theseus, Thesean

Question 40

trahō trahere trāxī tractus

Answer 40

to drag

Question 41

tālis tāle

Answer 41

such

Question 42

vestīgium vestīgi(ī) n.

Answer 42

trace, track

Question 43

videō vidēre vīdī vīsus

Answer 43

to see