20a Catullus 64 47-70 Latin to English

Question 1

lexical_item

Answer 1

engl_def

Question 2

alga, -ae, f.

Answer 2

seaweed

Question 3

allûdô, -ere, -lûsî, -lûsum

Answer 3

play, joke; (of waves) play against

Question 4

amictus, -ûs, m.

Answer 4

garment, robe

Question 5

Ariadna, -ae, f.

Answer 5

Ariadne (daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë)

Question 6

ars, artis, f.

Answer 6

skill, art

Question 7

Bacchans, -antis, f.

Answer 7

a Bacchant, a Maenad

Question 8

bacchor, -ârî

Answer 8

celebrate the rites of Bacchus; act like a Bacchant

Question 9

cêdô, -ere, cessî, cessûrus

Answer 9

go (away); give way; yield

Question 10

cernô, -ere, crêvî, crêtus

Answer 10

distinguish, behold

Question 11

classis, -is, f.

Answer 11

fleet

Question 12

conchylium, -î, n. (the y is long)

Answer 12

mollusc; the shellfish that gives purple dye; purple dye

Question 13

contegô, -ere, -texî, -tectum

Answer 13

cover up; shelter

Question 14

cor, cordis, n.

Answer 14

heart

Question 15

dêlâbor, -lâbî, -lapsus

Answer 15

fall down, sink

Question 16

dêns, dentis, m.

Answer 16

tooth

Question 17

dêserô, -ere, -seruî, -sertus

Answer 17

desert, abandon

Question 18

dêsertus, a, um

Answer 18

deserted; lonely

Question 19

Dîa, -ae, f.

Answer 19

an island in the Aegean; usually identified as Naxos

Question 20

dîvus (dius) -a, -um

Answer 20

divine; (subst.) god, goddess

Question 21

effigiês, -êî, f.

Answer 21

statue, effigy

Question 22

eheu

Answer 22

oh!, alas!

Question 23

fallax, -âcis

Answer 23

deceptive, fallacious

Question 24

flâvus, -a, -um

Answer 24

yellow

Question 25

fluctuô (1)

Answer 25

surge like a wave; be in turmoil

Question 26

fluentisonus, a, um

Answer 26

resounding with the noise of the sea

Question 27

fluitô (1)

Answer 27

flow; float, drift

Question 28

fûcus, -î, m.

Answer 28

rock-lichin; red or purple; rouge; dross, adulteration; pretence,deceit

Question 29

geniâlis, -e

Answer 29

of a person’s genius; of marriage

Question 30

gerô, -ere, gessî, gestus

Answer 30

carry; carry on, wage

Question 31

immemor, -oris

Answer 31

forgetful

Question 32

indicô, -ere, -dîxî, -dîctus

Answer 32

proclaim, declare

Question 33

irritus (inritus), a, um

Answer 33

not ratified; null and void; empty

Question 34

lactens, lactentis, adj.

Answer 34

full of milk; tender

Question 35

locô (1)

Answer 35

place, lay; set up, marry off

Question 36

medius, -a, -um

Answer 36

middle (of)

Question 37

Mînôïs, -idis, f.

Answer 37

a daughter of Minos; Ariadne

Question 38

mitra, -ae, f.

Answer 38

a miter, a turban

Question 39

necdum

Answer 39

and not yet; but not yet

Question 40

papilla, -ae, f.

Answer 40

nipple; breast

Question 41

passim

Answer 41

here and there, in all directions

Question 42

pendeô, -êre, pependî, ---

Answer 42

hang, be suspended

Question 43

pendô, -ere, pependî, pênsus

Answer 43

pay; weigh

Question 44

perditus, a, um

Answer 44

ruined, depraved

Question 45

poliô, -îre, -îvî, -îtum

Answer 45

polish

Question 46

procella, -ae, f.

Answer 46

storm, gale

Question 47

prômissum, -î, n.

Answer 47

promise, assurance

Question 48

prômittô, -ere, -mîsî, -missum

Answer 48

promise

Question 49

prospectô (1)

Answer 49

gaze out

Question 50

prospiciô, -ere, -spexî, -spectum

Answer 50

see far off; forsee

Question 51

pulvinar, -âris, n.

Answer 51

a couch on which statues of the gods were placed for ritual banquets

Question 52

purpura, -ae, f.

Answer 52

crimson, purple

Question 53

sal, salis, n.

Answer 53

salt; sea

Question 54

saxeus, a, um

Answer 54

made of stone

Question 55

sêdês, -is, f.

Answer 55

seat, abode, home

Question 56

strophium, -iî, n.

Answer 56

a breast-band

Question 57

subtîlis, e

Answer 57

fine-textured, delicate

Question 58

tegô, -ere, têxî, têctus

Answer 58

cover; protect

Question 59

teres, teretis

Answer 59

smooth, rounded

Question 60

Thêseus (two syllables), -î, m. (acc. Thêsea; voc. Thêseu)

Answer 60

Theseus

Question 61

tingô (or tinguô), -ere, tînxî, tînctus

Answer 61

wet, dip, dye

Question 62

tueor, tuêrî, tuitus or tûtus

Answer 62

watch over, guard, protect

Question 63

utpote

Answer 63

as one might expect, as is natural

Question 64

variô (1)

Answer 64

adorn with contrasting colors; embroider; mottle, bruise

Question 65

vêlô (1)

Answer 65

veil, cover over

Question 66

vêrô

Answer 66

in truth, in fact

Question 67

vicis, -is, f.

Answer 67

alternation, change; change of fate

Question 68

vinciô, -îre, vînxî, vînctus

Answer 68

bind

Question 69

virtûs, -ûtis, f.

Answer 69

valor, courage; (pl.) virtues