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