25. Catullus 64. 38-75 vocabulary Flashcards
alga, -ae, f.
seaweed
allûdô, -ere, -lûsî, -lûsum
play, joke; (of waves) play against
amictus, -ûs, m.
garment, robe
arâtrum, -î, n.
plow
arbor, -oris, f.
tree
argentum, -î, n.
silver
Ariadna, -ae, f.
Ariadne (daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë)
ars, artis, f.
skill, art
assiduus, a, um
tireless, busy; m. taxpayer
attenuô (1)
weaken, make thin
attingô, -ere, attigî, -tâctus
touch, touch upon; reach
aurum, -î, n.
gold
Bacchans, -antis, f.
a Bacchant, a Maenad
bacchor, -ârî
celebrate the rites of Bacchus; act like a Bacchant
candeô, -êre
be shining white, glitter, glow
cêdô, -ere, cessî, cessûrus
go (away); give way; yield
celer, -eris, -ere
swift
cernô, -ere, crêvî, crêtus
distinguish, behold
classis, -is, f.
fleet
colô, -ere, coluî, cultus
cultivate; inhabit; cherish; worship
collum, -î, n.
neck
collûceô, -êre, -luxî
shine
conchylium, -î, n. (the y is long)
mollusc; the shellfish that gives purple dye; purple dye
contegô, -ere, -texî, -tectum
cover up; shelter
convellô, -ere, -vellî, -volsum
tug at; plow up, dislodge, uproot
cor, cordis, n.
heart
corpus, -oris, n.
body
crêdô, -ere, crêdidî, crêditus
believe; entrust (+ dat.)
cûrô (1)
take care, see to it; cause (to be done)
cûra, -ae f.
care
curvus, -a, -um
curved, bent
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
ebur, eboris, n.
ivory
effigiês, -êî, f.
statue, effigy
êgredior, -gredî, -gressus
go beyond; come out, put to sea
eheu
oh!, alas!
Erycîna, -ae, f.
Venus (as goddess of Mt. Eryx, in Sicily)
exciô, -îre, -îvî or -iî, -îtum or excieô, -êre
call, summon; disturb, excite; produce
externô (1)
drive out of one’s wits, madden
fallax, -âcis
deceptive, fallacious
falx, falcis, f.
pruning hook
ferôx, -ôcis
wild, fierce
figûra, -ae, f.
form, shape, aspect, appearance
flâvus, -a, -um
yellow
fluctuô (1)
surge like a wave; be in turmoil
fluctus, -ûs, m.
wave, billow
fluentisonus, a, um
resounding with the noise of the sea
fluitô (1)
flow; float, drift
frondâtor, -ôris, m.
a tender of foliage, pruner
fûcus, -î, m.
rock-lichin; red or purple; rouge; dross, adulteration; pretense,deceit
fugiô, -ere, fûgî, fugitûrus
flee
fulgeô, -êre, fulsî, — / fulgô, -ere, — , —
flash, gleam
furor, -ôris, m.
madness, rage, frenzy
gaudeô, -êre, gâvîsus sum
rejoice, be glad
gâza, -ae, f.
treasure
geniâlis, -e
of a person’s genius; of marriage
gerô, -ere, gessî, gestus
carry; carry on, wage
glêba, -ae, f.
a lump of earth, clod
Gortynius, a, um (the y is long)
of Gortyn (a city of Crete); Cretan
hic, haec, hoc
this
harêna, -ae, f.
sand
hêrôs, hêrôis, m.
hero, demigod
homô, -inis, m.
man, human being
humilis, -e
low, humble
ille, illa, illud
that (yonder)
immemor, -oris
forgetful
in (+ acc. or abl.)
into (+ acc.); in, on (+ abl.)
indicô, -ere, -dîxî, -dîctus
proclaim, declare
Indus, a, um
Indian
indomitus, a, um
untamed
inferô, -ferre, -tûlî, illâtum (inlatum)
bring in, introduce; incite
iniustus, a, um
unjust
ipse, ipsa, ipsum
oneself, himself, herself etc. (intensive)
irritus (inritus), a, um
not ratified; null and void; empty
iuvenca, ae, f.
heifer
iuvencus, -î, m.
bullock
iuvenis, -e
young; (subst.) young man
lactens, lactentis, adj.
full of milk; tender
levis, -e
light
lêvis, -e
smooth, polished
linquô, -ere, lîquî
leave, quit
lîtus, -oris, n.
shore
locô (1)
place, lay; set up, marry off
luctus, -ûs, m.
grief, lamentation; sorrow
maestus, -a, -um
sad
magnus, -a, -um
large
medius, -a, -um
middle (of)
mênsa, -ae, f.
table
mêns, mentis, f.
mind
Mînôïs, -idis, f.
a daughter of Minos; Ariadne
mîrus, -a, -um
strange, wonderful
miser, -a, -um
wretched
mitra, -ae, f.
a miter, a turban
mollescô, -ere
become soft, soften
namque
for, for indeed
necdum
and not yet; but not yet
nêmô, acc. nêminem, m.
no one
neque (or nec)
and not, nor
nôn
not
ocellus, -î, m.
eye (diminutive of oculus); darling
omnis, -e
all, every
opulentus, a, um
wealthy, opulent
papilla, -ae, f.
nipple; breast
passim
here and there, in all directions
pectus, -oris, n.
breast, chest
pedes, -itis, m.
foot-soldier; (pl.) infantry
pellô, -ere, pepulî, pulsus
drive; repulse, rout
pendô, -ere, pependî, pênsus
pay; weigh
pendeô, -êre, pependî, —
hang, be suspended
* perdô, -ere, -didî, -ditus *
destroy, lose
perditus, a, um
ruined, depraved
Pîraeus, -î, m.
The Piraeus, the main harbor of Athens
pôculum, -î, n.
cup
poliô, -îre, -îvî, -îtum
polish
prîmus, -a, -um
first
prîmum
first; in the first place; at first
priscus, a, um
ancient, olden, old-fashioned
procella, -ae, f.
storm, gale
procul
afar, at a distance
prômittô, -ere, -mîsî, -missum
promise
prômissum, -î, n.
promise, assurance
prônus, -a, -um
leaning or sloping forward, easy
prospectô (1)
gaze out
prospiciô, -ere, -spexî, -spectum
see far off; forsee
pulvinar, -âris, n.
a couch on which statues of the gods were placed for ritual banquets
purgô (1)
cleanse; refute a charge
purpura, -ae, f.
crimson, purple
quîcumque, quaecumque, quodcumque
whoever, whatever
quô
whither, to which (what) place (cf. also qui, quae, quod etc.)
rastrum, -î, n. (pl usually rastri, i.e. masc.)
a hoe
recêdô, -ere, -cessî, -cessum
withdraw; disappear
rêgâlis, -e
royal, kingly
rêgius, a, um
of a king, regal
regia, -ae, f.
palace
rêx, rêgis, m.
king
regô, -ere, rêxî, rêctus
direct, rule
rêmus, -î, m.
oar
retineô, -êre, -tinuî, -tentum
hold back, restrain; preserve
roseus, a, um
rosy, red
rûbîgô (rôbîgô), -inis, f.
rust; blight
rûs, rûris, n.
the countryside
sal, salis, n.
salt; sea
saxeus, a, um
made of stone
sêdês, -is, f.
seat, abode, home
sedeô, -êre, sêdî, sessûrus
sit
serô, -ere, sêvî, satus
sow
sôlus, a, um
only, alone
solium, -î or -iî, n.
seat, throne; dominion
somnus, -î, m.
sleep
spînôsus, a, um
thorny, prickly
splendeô, -êre
shine, be bright, glitter
splendidus, a, um
bright, gleaming; noble
squâlidus, a, um
rough, filthy
strophium, -iî, n.
a breast-band
subtîlis, e
fine-textured, delicate
taurus, -î, m.
bull
tegô, -ere, têxî, têctus
cover; protect
tempestâs, -âtis, f.
weather, storm
templum, -î, n.
temple, consecrated place
tempus, -oris, n.
time
teres, teretis
smooth, rounded
Thêseus (two syllables), -î, m. (acc. Thêsea; voc. Thêseu)
Theseus
tingô (or tinguô), -ere, tînxî, tînctus
wet, dip, dye
tôtus, a, um
whole, all, entire
tueor, tuêrî, tuitus or tûtus
watch over, guard, protect
tum
then, at that time
vadum, -î, n.
ford, shallows
variô (1)
vary, diversify; (intrans.) change
vêlô (1)
veil, cover over
ventôsus, a, um
windy
vêrus, -a, -um
true, real
vêrô
in truth, in fact
vertex, -icis, m.
whirlpool; the top of the head; top, peak
vestis, -is, f.
clothing
vicis, -is, f.
alternation, change; change of fate
* vinciô, -îre, vînxî, vînctus *
bind
vînea, -ae, f.
grapevines
virtûs, -ûtis, f.
valor, courage; (pl.) virtues
vîsô, -ere, vîsî, vîsus
go to see, visit
umbra, -ae, f.
shadow, shade
unda, -ae, f.
wave, billow
vômer or vômis, -eris, m.
plowshare, plow
utpote
as one might expect, as is natural
