Catullus 100

Question 1

Aufillēna –ae f.

Answer 1

name of a sister in poem 100

Question 2

Aufillēnus –ī m.

Answer 2

name of a brother in poem 100

Question 3

Caelius –iī m.

Answer 3

A Roman nomen gentile; according to Garrison this is NOT M. Caelius Rufus, the friend of Cicero and lover of Clodia Metelli

Question 4

dēpereō –perīre –periī

Answer 4

perish; (hyperbolic) love to death, love to distraction

Question 5

dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus

Answer 5

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

Question 6

faveō favēre fāvī fautus

Answer 6

be well-disposed, show favor to (w/dat.)

Question 7

flōs flōris m.

Answer 7

flower; youthful beauty; the finest specimen of a type or class

Question 8

medulla medullae f.

Answer 8

the marrow of the bones; the interior, inside, seat of the emotions

Question 9

nam

Answer 9

explanatory particle, for; as encl., for lively or impatient emphasis, indicating the point of a line of questioning

Question 10

perspiciō perspicere perspexī perspectus

Answer 10

inspect thoroughly; discern, recognize

Question 11

potius

Answer 11

more, more than, rather

Question 12

potēns

Answer 12

powerful

Question 13

Quintius –iī m.

Answer 13

Roman nomen gentile; this Quintius is apparently a native of Verona, and a rival for the love of Lesbia (see also poem 82)

Question 14

sodālicium –iī n.

Answer 14

club, fraternal organization; partnership

Question 15

torreō –ēre –uī tostus

Answer 15

scorch, parch

Question 16

ūnicus –a –um

Answer 16

one and only, singular, unique, special

Question 17

vērē

Answer 17

truly, really, actually, rightly

Question 18

Vērōnensis –e

Answer 18

belonging to, or native of, Verona; Veronese

Question 19

vēsānus –a –um

Answer 19

frenzied, mad, wild