Sallust, Bellum Catilinae 57

Question 1

abdūcō abdūcere abdūxī abductus

Answer 1

to lead away, carry off; detach; entice, seduce, charm; withdraw

Question 2

cōnflīgō cōnflīgere cōnflixī cōnflīctus

Answer 2

to clash, collide; contend/fight/combat; be in conflict/at war; argue/disagree

Question 3

cōnsīdō cōnsīdere cōnsēdī cōnsessus

Answer 3

to sit down/be seated; hold sessions, sit (judge), try; alight; subside/sink (in); encamp/bivouac; take up a position; stop/stay, make one’s home, settle; lodge

Question 4

dēscēnsus –ūs m.

Answer 4

a going down; descent (> descendo)

Question 5

difficultās difficultātis f.

Answer 5

difficulty

Question 6

dīlābor –lāpsus sum

Answer 6

to slip, glide, fall apart; depart, pass away

Question 7

expedītus –a –um

Answer 7

unencumbered; lightened, as for action or travel

Question 8

perfuga –ae m.

Answer 8

a deserter

Question 9

perfugiō –fugere –fūgī

Answer 9

to flee

Question 10

Pistōriensis –e

Answer 10

of Pistorium (a city in Etruria, modern Pistoia)

Question 11

praesideō –ēre –sēdī

Answer 11

to sit before; preside over, rule over, w. dat. (> prae and sedeo)

Question 12

quā

Answer 12

interrog., relat., and indef. in, by, what way? how?; where, which way, side, direction; for quacumque, any way, anywhere; in any way, by any means; where, in whatever way; so far as

Question 13

quam prīmum

Answer 13

as soon as possible

Question 14

rādīx rādīcis f.

Answer 14

root

Question 15

trāmes –itis m.

Answer 15

a crossway; by–path or narrow way; a pass; course, line, track

Question 16

trānsalpīnus –a –um

Answer 16

beyond the Alps, transalpine

Question 17

utpote

Answer 17

namely (reinforcing an explanation)