Tacitus, Annals 14.12

Question 1

certāmen, inis, n.

Answer 1

competition

Question 2

procerēs, um, m. pl.

Answer 2

the leaders

Question 3

supplicātiō, ōnis, f.

Answer 3

offering of propitiation offered to a god; a thanksgiving offering

Question 4

pulvīnar, āris, m.

Answer 4

cushioned couch (used to honor the gods at a lectisternium)

Question 5

lūdus, ī, m.

Answer 5

game; nom. pl. public games

Question 6

nefastus, a, um

Answer 6

forbidden by divine law; unfit for public business

Question 7

transmittō, tranmittere, transmīsī, transmissum

Answer 7

allow to go unnoticed, pass over (in silence), disregard

Question 8

prōdigium, iī, n.

Answer 8

unnatural event, prodigy

Question 9

crēber, crēbra, crēbrum

Answer 9

placed at frequent intervals; numerous.

Question 10

irritus (inritus), a, um

Answer 10

not valid; unrealized, empty

Question 11

intercēdō, intercēdere, intercessī, intercessum

Answer 11

intervene; occur

Question 12

anguis, is, m./f.

Answer 12

snake

Question 13

ēnītor, ēnītī, ēnīsus

Answer 13

struggle up; give birth to

Question 14

concubitus, ūs, m.

Answer 14

the act of lying together (for dinner or sleep); sexual intercourse

Question 15

fulmen, inis, n.

Answer 15

thunderbolt

Question 16

repente

Answer 16

suddenly

Question 17

qui

Answer 17

= ut

Question 18

gravō (1)

Answer 18

weigh down; aggravate

Question 19

lēnitās, ātis, f.

Answer 19

clemency, leniency

Question 20

praetūra, ae, f.

Answer 20

the office of praetor

Question 21

fungor, fungī, functus

Answer 21

perform, excecute (+ abl.)

Question 22

nūper

Answer 22

recently

Question 23

relēgō (1)

Answer 23

banish

Question 24

labor, labī, lapsus

Answer 24

slip, slide; drop or slip from an elevated position

Question 25

concidō,1 concidere, concidī

Answer 25

fall down; fall dead, fall victim

Question 26

mītigō (1)

Answer 26

soften; reconcile or make milder in disposition