Tacitus, Annals 14.13

Question 1

quīnam, quaenam, quodnam (interrog. adj. and pronoun)

Answer 1

what kind of … ; please tell me.

Question 2

obsequium, (i)ī, n.

Answer 2

deference, subservience

Question 3

rēgia, ae, f.

Answer 3

palace; royal establishment, court

Question 4

ex(s)tō, ex(s)āre, ex(s)titī

Answer 4

stand out; exist, be found

Question 5

disserō, disserere, disseruī, dissertum

Answer 5

arrange; set out in words, discuss.

Question 6

cōram (adv. or prep. + acc.)

Answer 6

face to face

Question 7

praegredior, praegredī, praegressus

Answer 7

go in front, go ahead

Question 8

exposcō, exposcere, expoposcī

Answer 8

demand, beg (+ inf.)

Question 9

promptus, a, um

Answer 9

readily accessible; responsive to appeals

Question 10

obvius, a, um

Answer 10

placed so as to meet, in the way

Question 11

tribus, ūs, f.

Answer 11

tribe (one of the 35 tribes into which citizens of Rome were divided)

Question 12

spectāculum, ī, n.

Answer 12

spectacle; the plural means places occupied by spectators (in a theater, etc.)

Question 13

gradus, ūs, m.

Answer 13

step; tier (of seats in a theater)

Question 14

hinc

Answer 14

hence

Question 15

libīdō, inis, f.

Answer 15

desire, wish, fancy; also sexual appetite, lust

Question 16

coereceō, coercēre, coercuī, coercitum

Answer 16

confine, shut up; put under restraint, control, restrain

Question 17

quāliscumque, quālecumque

Answer 17

of whatever sort; (in a depreciatory sense) such as it was