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Theme for this week: Words from NJCL Convention

farcio, farcire, farsi, farctum

Definition: to stuff, fill full; gorge oneself; insert as stuffing, cram (into)

Sententia: Sic saccum ludi farcio ut compages rumpant.

I stuff the sack of school (backpack) in such a way that the bindings/seams burst.

This word was the answer to a derivatives question of some sort in the Advanced Certamen finals, though I'm sorry to say that I don't remember the actual question. You might be surprised (I certainly was!) to know that a derivative of this word at least is found on the collective syllabi of Vergil and Ovid/Catullus. "Refercio" is found in Ovid's Amores poem 1.12 and a couple of times in the non-syllabus portions of the Aeneid. "Farcio" itself is used by Catullus in poem 28, which regrettably is not read for the AP exam.