Sallust, Bellum Catilinae 55

Question 1

camera –ae f.

Answer 1

a vault, an arched roof, arch; chamber, room

Question 2

carcer carceris m.

Answer 2

prison, jail; starting gate

Question 3

dēdūcō dēdūcere dēdūxī dēductus

Answer 3

to lead/draw//pull/bring/stretch down/away/out/off; escort; eject/evict (claimant) divert/draw (water); draw (sword); spin; deduct/reduce/lessen; describe; deduce launch/bring downstream (ship); remove (force); entice; found/settle (colony)

Question 4

dēpressus –a –um

Answer 4

sunken, low

Question 5

exitium existi(ī) n.

Answer 5

destruction, ruin

Question 6

fornix –icis m.

Answer 6

an arch, vault; brothel

Question 7

frangō frangere frēgī frāctus

Answer 7

to break, shatter, crush; dishearten, subdue, weaken; move, discourage

Question 8

gula –ae f.

Answer 8

the gullet, weasand, throat, neck; the palate, i. e. gluttony, gormandizing, appetite

Question 9

humus humī f.

Answer 9

ground, soil, earth, land, country

Question 10

incultus —ūsm.

Answer 10

want of cultivation, neglect

Question 11

īnstō īnstāre īnstitī

Answer 11

to pursue, threaten; approach, press hard; be close to (+ dat.); stand in/on

Question 12

īnsuper

Answer 12

above, overhead; moreover; (prep. w. abl.) besides

Question 13

inveniō invenīre invēnī inventus

Answer 13

to find, discover

Question 14

iungō iungere iūnxī iūnctus

Answer 14

to join, unite; bring together, clasp (hands); connect, yoke, harness

Question 15

laeva –ae f. (sc. manus)

Answer 15

the left hand; ab laeva, on the left side

Question 16

lapideus –a –um

Answer 16

of stone, consisting of stones

Question 17

laqueus –ī m.

Answer 17

a noose

Question 18

odor –ōris m.

Answer 18

scent, smell, odor, fragrance; disagreeable odor, stench; foul fumes

Question 19

pariēs parietis m.

Answer 19

wall (of a house)

Question 20

spatium spati(ī) n.

Answer 20

space; area/expanse, room (for); intervening space, gap/interval; length/width; race course, lap, circuit; closed way/walk, turn; track (planet); act of play; interval, time, extent, period, term; duration; distance; area; size; bulk

Question 21

tenebrae tenebrārum f. pl.

Answer 21

darkness

Question 22

terribilis terribile

Answer 22

terrifying

Question 23

trēs–virī or trēs virī or IIIvirī –ōrum m.

Answer 23

three associates in office, a board of three colleagues, three joint commissioners

Question 24

Tulliānum –ī n.

Answer 24

the Tullianum (the prison and execution chamber on the slope of the Capitoline Hill)

Question 25

vindex –icis m.

Answer 25

champion, defender; avenger