28. Catullus 29, 57-58, 113-115 Flashcards
Adoneus, -i, m.
Adonis
adulter, adulteri, m.
adulterer
adulterium, i, n.
adultery
albulus, a, um
white, transparent (dim. of albus)
aleo, -onis, m.
habitual gambler
ambô, -ae, -ô (dat/abl. pl. ambôbus / ambâbus)
both
amnis, -is, m.
river
angiportus, -ûs, m (angiportum), -î, n.
narrow street, lane, alley
arvum, -î, n.
plowed land, field
aucupium, iî n.
the sport of fowling; game birds, wild fowl
aurifer, aurifera, auriferum
gold-bearing
caelum, -î, n.
sky, heavens
Caelius, i, m.
M. Caelius Rufus (87 – 48 BC)
Caesar, Caesaris, m.
Caesar
cinaedus, i, m.
sodomite, catamite
Cinna, ae, m.
a Roman cognomen, esp. C. Helvius Cinna (a friend of Catullus)
columbus, i, m.
dove
comâtus, a, um
long-haired
comedô, -edere, -êdî, -êsum
eat, consume
concêdô, -ere, -cessî, -cessus
yield, grant, concede
cônsul, -is, m.
consul
cônsulô, -ere, cônsuluî, cônsultus
plan; consult
conveniô, -venîre, -vênî, -ventum
meet; come to an agreement
* crêscô, -ere, crêvî, crêtus *
increase, grow (intrans.)
Croesus, -î, m.
Croesus (6th cent. king of Lydia, famous for his wealth)
cubîle, -is, n.
bed, couch; lair, nest
* dêsinô, -ere, -siî, -situs *
cease, stop
dêvorô (1)
eat up, devour
diffututus, a, um
exhausted by sex
dîves, -itis (also dîs, dîte, hence gen. sing. dîtis)
rich
dîvitiae, -ârum, f.
riches, wealth
ducenties or ducentiens
two hundred times
egeô, -êre, eguî, —
lack, be in want
êgregius, -a, -um
uncommon, extraordinary
elluor, -ârî
spend too much on luxury or food
êluô, êluere, êluî, êlûtum
wash clean, wash out
êrudîtulus, a, um
well instructed, learned
expatro (1)
waste, squander
exsuperô (1)
surmount, exceed
factum, î, n.
deed
* faciô, -ere, fêcî, factus *
do, make
fallô, -ere, fefellî, falsus
deceive, disappoint, prove false
falsus, a, um
mistaken, deceitful, wrong (n. error, lie)
fêcundus, a, um
rich, fertile
ferus, -a, -um
wild, fierce
Firmânus, a, um
of Firmum (the home town of Mentula / Mamurra)
Formiânus, a, um
of Formiae
foveô, -êre, fôvî, fôtus
cherish, foster
frûctus, -ûs, m.
fruit; enjoyment, profit
Gallia, -ae, f.
Gaul
gemellus, a, um
twin
gener, -erî, m.
son-in-law
genus, -eris, n.
birth, origin; descendant; race; class, order
glûbo, glûbere
deprive of its bark, peel; gratify a man sexually
Hibêrus, a, um
Spanish
Hyperboreî, ôrum, m. pl.
the Hyperboreans (legendary people of the far north)
imperâtor, -ôris, m.
general
imprimô (inprimô), -imere, -essî, -essum
press on, imprint; drive in, inflict; imprint with
improbus (inprobus) -a, -um
depraved, evil
impudîcus (inpudîcus), -a , -um
shameless
inde
from there, thence, then