Catullus 108 Flashcards
arbitrium arbitrī(ī) n.
arbitration; authority; will
āter atra atrum
black, dark-complexioned
avidus –a –um
greedy; ardently desirous, passionate
bonī –ōrum m. pl.
men of substance and social standing
canis canis m. or f.
dog; (f.) bitch
cānus –a –um
white or gray; whitened.
Cominius –a um
Roman nomen gentile; here apparently an informer / prosecutor (delator), but not otherwise known
corvus –ī m.
raven
cēterus –a –um; often pl. cēterī –ae –a
the rest of, the other; (as pron.) the rest
dubitō dubitāre dubitāvī dubitātus
be in doubt; hesitate, scruple
dō dare dedī datus
give, pay
effodiō –ere –fōdī –fossus
dig or gouge out
equidem
part., I for my part
exsecō exsecāre exsecuī exsectus or execror –ārī
cut out
guttur –uris n.
throat
impūrus –a –um
dirty; morally foul, impure
inimīcus –a –um
unfriendly; as m. or f. subst. w/ gen., enemy, opponent
intereō interīre interīvī/interiī interitus
die
intestīnus –a –um
internal, personal
lingua linguae f.
tongue
lupus lupī m.
wolf
membrum membrī n.
any part of the body; limb
mōs mōris m.
custom; manner, (pl.) morals
nōn
not
prīmum
first, for the first time; quam primum: as soon as possible
quīn
why not; conj., (w/ expr. of no objection) that not; so as to prevent; (w/ expr. of no doubt) that, but that
senectūs senectūtis f.
old age
spurcātus –a –um
morally contaminated, depraved
volturius –iī m.
vulture
vorō vorāre vorāvī vorātus
devour, eat up
