9. Catullus 2-3 vocabulary Flashcards
ab, â, abs (+ abl.)
from, away from; by (agency)
âcer, âcris, âcre
sharp, keen, eager
acuiescô, -ere, -quiêvî
rest, relax, subside
ad (+ acc.)
to, toward; for; near
amô (1)
love
animus, -î, m.
mind; spirit, courage
appetô, -ere, îvî (iî), -îtus
seek after; desire; try to reach; attack
ardor, ardôris, m.
flame, heat; passion
at (ast)
but
* auferô, -ferre, -abstulî, ablâtus *
bear off, carry away, remove
aureolus, a, um
golden
bellum, -î, n.
war
bellus, -a, -um
pretty, handsome
bene
well (adv.)
cârus, -a, -um
dear
circumsiliô, -îre
spring around, leap around
* crêdô, -ere, crêdidî, crêditus *
believe; entrust (+ dat.)
cum (+ abl.)
with
cum
when; since; although
cupidô, -inis, f.
desire, passion; Cupid
cûra, -ae f.
care
cûrô (1)
take care, see to it; cause (to be done)
dêliciae, -ârum, f. pl.
delight, pleasure; darling
dêsiderium, -iî, n.
longing, ardent desire; want, necessity; request,
dêvorô (1)
eat up, devour
digitus, -î, m.
finger
diû
long, a long time
* dô, dare, dedî, datus *
give
dolor, dolôris, m.
pain
domina (domna), -ae, f.
mistress
ego; nôs
I; we
* eô, îre, iî, itûrus *
go
* faciô, -ere, fêcî, factus *
do, make
* fiô, fierî, factus sum *
be made, be done; become, happen
* ferô, ferre, tulî, lâtus *
bear, endure; carry, bring
* fleô, -êre, flêvî, flêtus *
weep
grâtus, -a, -um
pleasing; grateful
gravis, -e
heavy; severe; serious
gremium, -î, n.
bosom, lap
homô, -inis, m.
man, human being
hûc
to this place
illuc
to that place, thither
incitô (1)
incite, rouse
iocor (1)
joke
iter, itineris, n.
journey, march; route, road
levô (1)
lighten, relieve
libet (lubet), -ere, -uit (libitum est)
it is nice, it is pleasant (to do something)
ligô (1)
tie together, bind
* lûdô, -ere, lûsî, lûsus *
play; mock
* lûgeô, -êre, lûxî, lûctus *
mourn, grieve
male (adv.)
badly, cruelly
malus, -a, -um
bad
mâter, matris, f.
mother
mellîtus, a, um
honey-sweet
misellus, a, um
miserable (dim. of miser)
modo
only; lately, just now
modus, -î, m.
manner, way; measure
* morior, morî, mortuus (moritûrus) *
die
mortuus, -î, m.
a dead person
morsus, -ûs, m.
bite; jaws, fluke (of an anchor)
* moveô, -êre, môvî, môtus *
move
nam
for
negô (1)
say … not, deny
neque, nec
and not, neither, nor
nesciô, -îre, -îvî (-iî), —
not know, be ignorant
nîtor, -î, nîxus or nîsus
struggle; lean on, rely on
nitens, -entis, adj.
shining, radiant
* nôscô, -ere, nôvî, nôtus *
(perfect) know
nunc
now (at this time)
ocellus, -î, m.
eye (diminutive of oculus); darling
oculus, -î, m.
eye
omnis, -e
all, every
opera, -ae, f.
effort; services, agency; (esp. pl.) laborer, hired rowdy
opus, -eris, n.
work
Orcus, i, m.
Dis, god of the underworld; the underworld
passer, eris, m.
“sparrow” (prob. a blue thrush)
pernix, pernîcis
nimble, brisk
pîpiô (1)
chirp
plûs, plûris
more, too much (comp. of multus)
* possum, posse, potuî, — *
be able, can
prîmus, -a, -um
first
prîmum
first, in the first place; at first
quam
how; as, than (also from quî, quae, quod)
quantus, -a, -um
how great, how much, (as great) as
quantum
as much as; (with comparatives) the more
quid
why?
quisquam, cuiusquam
any one (at all)
quod
because; (as to) the fact that, that
* redeô, redîre, rediî, reditum *
go back, return
rubeô, -êre, — , —
be red, redden
sê or sêsê, suî, sibî or sibi, sê or sêsê
himself, herself, itself, themselves (reflex.)
sîcut (sîcutî)
as if, just as
sinus, -ûs, m.
fold, curve; bosom; bay; tract of remote land
sôlâciolum, -î, n.
consolation, comfort (dim. of sôlâcium)
* soleô, -êre, solitus sum *
be wont, be accustomed
sôlus, a, um
only, alone
solvô, -ere, solvî, solûtus
loosen; set (i.e. loosen) sail; pay
suus, -a, -um
his, her, its; their (all reflex.)
tam
so (to such a degree)
tenebrae, -ârum, f.
darkness
tenebricôsus, a, um
shadowy, dark, tenebrous
teneô, -êre, tenuî, tentus
hold
tenerê
softly
trîstis, -e
sad, gloomy
tum
at that time
turgidulus, a, um
swollen (dim. of turgidus)
unde
whence; from which (what) place, from where
ûsque (ad)
all the way (to), even (to), as far as
ut, utî
that; as
Venus, Veneris, f.
Venus; love
venustus, -a, -um
charming
zôna, -ae, f.
girdle, belt
