20a Catullus 64 47-70 Latin to English Flashcards
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alga, -ae, f.
seaweed
allûdô, -ere, -lûsî, -lûsum
play, joke; (of waves) play against
amictus, -ûs, m.
garment, robe
Ariadna, -ae, f.
Ariadne (daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë)
ars, artis, f.
skill, art
Bacchans, -antis, f.
a Bacchant, a Maenad
bacchor, -ârî
celebrate the rites of Bacchus; act like a Bacchant
cêdô, -ere, cessî, cessûrus
go (away); give way; yield
cernô, -ere, crêvî, crêtus
distinguish, behold
classis, -is, f.
fleet
conchylium, -î, n. (the y is long)
mollusc; the shellfish that gives purple dye; purple dye
contegô, -ere, -texî, -tectum
cover up; shelter
cor, cordis, n.
heart
dêlâbor, -lâbî, -lapsus
fall down, sink
dêns, dentis, m.
tooth
dêserô, -ere, -seruî, -sertus
desert, abandon
dêsertus, a, um
deserted; lonely
Dîa, -ae, f.
an island in the Aegean; usually identified as Naxos
dîvus (dius) -a, -um
divine; (subst.) god, goddess
effigiês, -êî, f.
statue, effigy
eheu
oh!, alas!
fallax, -âcis
deceptive, fallacious
flâvus, -a, -um
yellow
fluctuô (1)
surge like a wave; be in turmoil
fluentisonus, a, um
resounding with the noise of the sea
fluitô (1)
flow; float, drift