Sallust, Bellum Catilinae 47

Question 1

abdīcō abdīcāre abdīcāvī abdīcātus

Answer 1

to deny, disown, reject, renounce

Question 2

aedīlis –is m.

Answer 2

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

Question 3

coarguō coarguere coarguī coargūtus

Answer 3

to overwhelm with proof, refute, silence, expose, convict, prove guilty

Question 4

cruentus –a –um

Answer 4

bloody, blood–stained; covered with blood

Question 5

custōdia custōdiae f.

Answer 5

custody, protection; prisoner

Question 6

fateor fatērī fassus sum

Answer 6

to confess, admit

Question 7

fātum –ī n. or fātus –ī m.

Answer 7

destiny, fate; in pl. (often), death

Question 8

fuga fugae f.

Answer 8

flight

Question 9

haruspex –icis m.

Answer 9

an inspector of entrails; diviner, soothsayer, prophet

Question 10

liber librī m.

Answer 10

book, bark, parchment, list, letter

Question 11

perlegō –legere –lēgī –lectum

Answer 11

to read through

Question 12

portendō –ere –tendī –tentus

Answer 12

to stretch, hold forth; to foretell, portend, presage (> pro and tendo)

Question 13

potior potirī potitus sum

Answer 13

to obtain, acquire; grasp; attain, reach (goal); come by (experiences); seize, capture; control; have/possess; reign over; win sexually; be/become master of (+ gen./abl.), get possession/submission/hold of

Question 14

Sibyllīnus –a –um

Answer 14

of a Sibyl, Sibylline

Question 15

vīgintī; vīcēsimus –a –um

Answer 15

20; 20th