23a Catullus 64 251-277 Latin to English Flashcards
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- coepiô, coepere, coepî, coeptus *
begin
- plangô, -ere, -xî, -ctum *
beat, strike; beat the breast or head; lament
amplificê
magnificently
aurôra, -ae, f.
the dawn
barbarus, -a, -um
foreign, barbarian
bombus, -î, m.
a low, booming sound
canô, -ere, cecinî, cantus
sing; prophesy, foretell
cantus, -ûs, m.
song
celebrô (1)
throng; make famous, celebrate
cista, -ae, f.
a wicker box for sacred objects
cornû, -ûs, n.
horn (of an animal); wing (of an army)
cuspis, -idis, f.
spear point
dêcêdô, -ere, -cessî, -cessum
go away, leave; make way for
decorô (1)
embellish, adorn
dîvellô, -ere, -vellî, -vulsum (-volsum)
tear apart
efflô (1)
breathe out, emit, blast out
Euhoe or Euoe
the ecstatic cry of a Bacchante
exorior, -orîrî, -ortus
arise, appear, begin
expleô, -êre, -plêvî, -plêtum
fill up, satisfy
flâtus, -ûs, m.
a blowing; a wind
flôreô, -êre, -uî, —
bloom, flourish
frûstrâ
in vain
horrifîcô (1)
roughen, ruffle
Iacchus, -î, m.
Bacchus
iactô (1)
hurl, throw; shake, disturb; boast
incingô, -ere, -cinxî, -cinctum
wrap
incrêbescô, -ere, -crebuî
intensify
inflectô, -ere, -flexî, -flexum
bend
iuvencus, -î, m.
bullock
leviter
lightly
lymphâtus, a, um
crazy, mad
mâtûtînus, a, um
of the morning
Nysigena, -ae, m/ adj. (the y is long)
born at/on Nysa (birthplace of Bacchus)
obscûrus, -a, -um
dark, hidden, obscure
orgia, -ôrum, n. pl.
Bacchic rites
placidus, a, um
gentle, quiet
plangor, -ôris, m.
a beating, a slapping
prôcêdô, ere, -cessî, -cessum
proceed, advance; come forth
prôcêrus, a, um
tall, long
prôclîvus, a, um
downward sloping; tumbling forward
profânus, a, um
unconsecrated, ordinary; wicked, impious
pûbês, -is, f.
youth; young men
quaerô, -ere, quaesîvî (-iî), -îtus
seek, search for; ask, inquire
quâlis, -e
of what sort or kind
raucisonus, a, um
harsh-sounding
refulgeô, -êre, -fulsî
shine, gleam
regia, -ae, f.
palace
rêgius, a, um
of a king, regal
satyrus, -î, m.
a satyr (often a companion of Bacchus)
serpêns, -entis, m.
snake, serpent
serpô, -ere, serpsî, serptûrus
creep, glide
sîc
thus, so (in such a way)
Sîlênus, -î, m.
Silenus (an attendant of Bacchus)
strideô, -êre, strîdî, — / stridô, -ere, — , —
whistle, shreak; creak, rattle
tardê
slowly
têctum, -î, n.
roof; building, house
tectus, a, um
conceiled, secret; secretive
Thessalus, a, um
Thessalian
thiasus, -î, m.
an orgiastic dance; a group that performs such dances
Thyias, -adis, f.
a Maenad
thyrsus, -î, m.
the thyrsus, i.e a Bacchic staff, covered with vines and ivy
tîbia, -ae, f.
flute, pipe
tinnîtus, -ûs, m.
a ringing
vestibulum, -î, n.
forecourt