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aes aeris n.

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copper, bronze, or brass; coin, money

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an

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particle introducing questions with note of surprise or indignation: can it be that … ?; (after utrum) or

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bene; melius (comp.); optimē (superl.)

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adv. well

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beātus –a –um

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happy, blessed; rich, well-to-do

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Bīthȳnia –ae f.

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Roman province on the northwest coast of Asia Minor, where Catullus served on the administrative staff of Memius in 57-56 B.C.

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caput capitis n.

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head

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certō or certē (certius)

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certainly, surely

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cinaedus –a –um

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a catamite or passive homosexual, one who submits to anal intercourse; an effeminate male

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Cinna –ae m.

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a Roman cognomen; C. Helvius Cinna was a poet (author of the Zmyrna) and friend of Catullus

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cohors cohortis f.

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retinue, staff, entourage

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collocō collocāre collocāvī collocātus

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set, place; set out, arrange on a marriage bed

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collum collī n.

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neck

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commodō commodāre commodāvī commodātus

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lend

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comparō comparāre comparāvī comparātus

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prepare; acquire, obtain

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cūr

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why

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decet decēre decuīt

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be suitable or fitting

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dēferō dēferre dētulī dēlātus

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carry, bring, fetch; carry off or away, take

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dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus

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talk; say, declare; sing, recite; name, call

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dūcō dūcere dūxī ductus

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lead, take; take as one’s wife; consider, reckon

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faciō facere fēcī factus

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do, make, achieve, attain, reach

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forum forī n.

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a public square, piazza

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frangō frangere frēgī frāctus

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break

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fugiō fugere fūgī fugitus

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run away, flee, escape, slip off

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grabātus –ī m.

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a low, cheap bed, pallet, cot

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Gāius –iī m.

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a Roman praenomen, regularly abbr. to C.

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habeō habēre habuī habitus

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have, hold

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hīc

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here, in this place; in the present case or circumstances

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hūc

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to this place or point; to this total or amount

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iam

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now

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illepidus –a –um

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unbecoming, ungraceful, awkward

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illīc or illī

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there, at that place

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incidō incidere incidī

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fall or impinge upon, occur

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inquam inquis inquit inquiunt

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say

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insulsus –a –um

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witless, stupid

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invenustus –a –um

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not venustus, unlovely, unattractive

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irrumātor –ōris m.

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a man who compels others to perform fellatio (oral sex); hence, one who treats others with contempt

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iste ista istud

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pron. & pron. adj., this (which you have or see); this

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lectīca –ae f.

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litter, a covered and curtained couch used for carrying a person

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licet licēre licuit/licitum est

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impers., it is permitted

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male

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badly, improperly

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malignus –a –um

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ungenerous, spiteful; grudging, poor, mean, scanty

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maneō manēre mānsī mānsus

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remain, stay, wait

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modo

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just, only

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molestus –a –um

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troublesome, annoying

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neglegēns neglegentis

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careless

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nāscor nāscī nātus sum

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to be born; originate

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octō; octāvus –a –um

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indecl. adj., eight

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ōtiōsus –a –um

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full of otium, at leisure, idle

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parō parāre parāvī parātus

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furnish, supply; obtain

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paulum or paululum

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for a little while

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pilus –ī m.

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a hair; something of no value or significance

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possum posse potuī

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to be able

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praesertim

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especially, particularly

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praetor praetoris m.

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commander; magistrate, governor

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prōsum prōdesse prōfuī prōfutūrus

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to be of use, help, or profit

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prōvincia prōvinciae f.

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province, a unit of Roman colonial administration, e.g., Bithynia

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puella puellae f.

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girl; young woman; girlfriend

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pēs pedis m.

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foot; (poet.) a metrical foot; (naut.) the line or sheet by which each of the two lower corners of a square sail is made fast to the ship

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quaesō quaesere

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ask, pray, request; w/ imper., please

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quam

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interr. & rel. to which extent or degree; how; as, than

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quis quid

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interr. and indef. pronoun: who? what? anyone, anything

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quisnam (quīnam) quaenam quidnam

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pron. & adj., who/what, tell me?, who/what, finally

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quisquam quicquam

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indef. pron., anyone, anything

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quod

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because, the fact that

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quōmodō or separately quō modō

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in what way, manner? how?; in the same manner as; just as; as

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ratiō ratiōnis f.

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account, reason; exercise of faculty of reason; business, matter, affair; method, means

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referō referre rettulī relātus

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bring back; report; (reflexive) return; w/ in + abl., write down; w/ acc. & dat., put something down to, assign to a category

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repente or repens

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suddenly, immediately

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respondeō respondēre respondī respōnsus

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answer, reply

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rēctus –a –um

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straight, erect, straight-limbed

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scortillum –ī n.

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chippy, little bimbo (dim. of scortum)

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sermō sermōnis m.

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talk, informal speech, conversation; topic of conversation

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Serāpis –is m.

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Egyptian god popular in the Roman world; the temple of Serapis, where Romans went for faith healing

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sodālis sodālis m.

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crony, buddy, comrade

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suus –a –um

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reflex. possesive adj., his/her/its own

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suī sibi sē sē

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him-/her-/itself

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sānē

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surely, decidedly

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tam

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to such a degree, so

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tamen

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however, nevertheless

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tum or tunc

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then, at that time

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ūnctus –a –um

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greasy, well-oiled, rich

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ūtor ūtī ūsus sum

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dep. w/ abl., use

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utrum

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whether … or

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varius –a –um

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different, various; many-colored; dappled

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veniō venīre vēnī ventum

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come

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vetus veteris

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old

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videō vidēre vīdī vīsus

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see, perceive; pass. seem, seem good or proper

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volō velle voluī

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wish, be willing

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Vārus –ī m.

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a Roman cognomen; a friend of Catullus (either Alfenus Varus, a jurist, or Quintilius Varus, a literary critic

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vērum

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adversative conj., assenting to what has been said but adding a qualification: but in fact, but, actually

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vīvō vīvere vīxī vīctus

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live

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