| 20 answers for: Olim puer eram, nunc ___ sum, deinde senex ero |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| VIR | Olim puer eram, nunc ____ sum, deinde senex ero |
| PUER | Infans eram, ____ sum, vir ero deinde senex |
| SUM | Fueram, eram, ____, ero, fuero |
| AGE | "____ sis" come on please; "nunc ____" well now (eg DRN 1.265) |
| CONTRA | Opposite, or in return; audi nunc ____, listen in turn now, Ter. Phorm. 699 |
| ITER | A journey: persequar hinc quo nunc ____ est tibi (Hor. Sat. 1.9.16) |
| COLUMBAE | Olim aves Veneris eramus, nunc pacis |
| SAECULA | Now truly is a golden age: Aurea sunt vere nunc ____, Ovid AA 2.277 |
| AVUS | Senex, pater patris tui vel matris tuae |
| STIGMATA | Brands, marks; primo in servis, deinde in sanctis |
| BASIA | Kisses; Catullus (poem 5) asks his girl for mille, deinde centum..... |
| CENTUM | C: da mi basia mille, deinde ____ Catullus 5.7 |
| POSTREMO | Adv., at last: primum, deinde, ____ |
| TRANSFERO | Lit., I carry across; deinde, I copy out; denique, I translate |
| THESEUS | Minotauro occiso quis cum Ariadna fugit deinde non coniunxit? |
| FULGOR | Lightning flash, ergo gleam (nitor), deinde renown or glory (fama) |
| TUM | Then (again): in a list, primum, deinde, ____, (____), denique |
| ERAS | Eram, ___, erat |
| EXIERAM | Eveneram, egressus eram |
| ANTENOR | Sagacissimus senex Troianorum |
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