Tacitus, Annals 15.44

Question 1

piāculum, ī, n

Answer 1

appeasing sacrifice

Question 2

adeō, adīre, ad(i)ī, aditum

Answer 2

approach, also approach for help, appeal to; consult

Question 3

supplicō (1)

Answer 3

worship

Question 4

perspergō, perspergere, perspersī, perspersum

Answer 4

sprinkle

Question 5

sellisternium, ī

Answer 5

religious banquet (rare)

Question 6

dēcēdō, dēcēdere, dēcessī, dēcessum

Answer 6

go away, depart; pass away, subside

Question 7

subdō, subdere, subdidī, subditum

Answer 7

apply; introduce (usually fraudulently, into an affair)

Question 8

supplicium, (i)ī, n

Answer 8

an act of reparation; punishment

Question 9

summum supplicium

Answer 9

the death penalty

Question 10

exitiābilis, e

Answer 10

deadly

Question 11

indicium, ī, n

Answer 11

information (about a crime; an index was an informer)

Question 12

lūdibrium, (i)ī, n

Answer 12

mockery

Question 13

tergum, ī, n

Answer 13

back; skin, hide

Question 14

laniātus, ūs, m

Answer 14

mangling, laceration

Question 15

flammō (1)

Answer 15

set on fire

Question 16

ūrō, ūrere, ussī, ustum

Answer 16

burn

Question 17

offerō, offerre, obtulī, oblātum

Answer 17

offer

Question 18

lūdicrum, ī, n

Answer 18

show

Question 19

aurīga, ae, f

Answer 19

charioteer

Question 20

sons, sontis

Answer 20

guilty

Question 21

exemplum, ī, n here

Answer 21

exemplary punishment

Question 22

tamquam, adv

Answer 22

as if; on the ground that