Catullus 1

Question 1

libellus

Answer 1

, ī, m. (Diminutive of liber, librī, m., papyrus roll)

Little papyrus roll

Question 2

āridus

Answer 2

, a, um

Dry

Question 3

pūmex

Answer 3

, pūmicis, f. here though usually masculine

pumice-stone

Question 4

expoliō

Answer 4

, īre, īvī, ītus

To polish, refine

Question 5

nūgae

Answer 5

, ārum, f.pl.

nonsense, trifles, frivolities

Question 6

aevum

Answer 6

, ī, n.
Age, generation, time
omne aevum = all recorded history

Question 7

explicō

Answer 7

, āre, āvī, ātus

To unfold, unroll; to make known, explain, give an account of

Question 8

Carta

Answer 8

, ae, f.

Sheet of papyrus, papyrus roll, volume (of written work)

Question 9

doctus

Answer 9

, a, um

Learned, full of learning

Question 10

labōriōsus

Answer 10

, a, um

Involving much work, laborious, painstaking

Question 11

quisquis

Answer 11

quisquis, quidquid; indefinite pronoun/adj.

whoever, whatever

Question 12

quāliscumque

Answer 12

, quāliscumque, quālecumque; indefinite adj.

of whatever sort

Question 13

patrōna

Answer 13

, ae, f.

Patroness

Question 14

Perennis

Answer 14

, is, e

Lasting through the years, enduring

Question 15

saeclum

Answer 15

, ī, n.

age, lifetime, generation, century

Question 16

lepidus

Answer 16

a, um

Charming, delightful, nice, witty, amusing