Catullus 12

Question 1

aestimātiō aestimatiōnis f.

Answer 1

price, monetary value

Question 2

Asinius –a –um

Answer 2

belonging to the Roman gens Asinia; Asinius Marrucinus was brother of C. Asinius Pollio

Question 3

bellus –a –um

Answer 3

pretty, nice, fine, charming

Question 4

crēdō crēdere crēdidī crēditus

Answer 4

entrust; believe

Question 5

disertus –a –um

Answer 5

skilled in speaking, articulate

Question 6

enim

Answer 6

postpos. part., emphasizing prec. word: for

Question 7

exspectō exspectāre exspectāvī exspectātus

Answer 7

anticipate, expect, look out for

Question 8

Fabullus –ī m.

Answer 8

a nomen gentile of the Roman gens Fabius (dim. of Fabius)

Question 9

facētia –ae f.

Answer 9

cleverness, wit

Question 10

fugiō fugere fūgī fugitus

Answer 10

run away, flee, escape, slip off

Question 11

fūrtum fūrtī n.

Answer 11

theft; any sneaky act

Question 12

hendecasyllabus hendecasyllabī m.

Answer 12

eleven-syllable verses of poetry, esp. lines of poetry in the Phalaecian meter; cutting or sarcastic verses

Question 13

Hibērus –a –um

Answer 13

Iberian (relating to the valley of the Hiberius, the modern Ebro); (as masc. subst.) a Spaniard; (ex Hiberis = from the country of the Spaniards)

Question 14

ineptus –a –um

Answer 14

foolish, gauche, awkward

Question 15

invenustus –a –um

Answer 15

not venustus, unlovely, unattractive

Question 16

iocus iocī m.

Answer 16

joke, jest

Question 17

lepor lepōris m.

Answer 17

charm, grace, wit; term of endearment

Question 18

linteum –ī n.

Answer 18

linen cloth; napkin; sail

Question 19

manus manūs f.

Answer 19

hand

Question 20

Marrūcīnus –a –um

Answer 20

a Roman cognomen; of or belonging to a people living on the east coast of central Italy

Question 21

mittō mittere mīsī missus

Answer 21

send, send forth; (of weapons) throw, cast, hurl; emit, utter; cease, desist, omit; let go, release, abandon, discard; give

Question 22

mnēmosynum mnēmosynī n.

Answer 22

keepsake, souvenir

Question 23

moveō movēre mōvī mōtus

Answer 23

move

Question 24

mūnus mūneris n.

Answer 24

function, duty, task; gift; favor

Question 25

mūtō mūtāre mūtāvī mūtātus

Answer 25

change; in pass., w/ acc. of thing received in exchange & abl. of price paid, buy; exchange, take in exchange

Question 26

nam

Answer 26

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

Question 27

necesse

Answer 27

essential, necessary

Question 28

neglegēns neglegentis

Answer 28

careless

Question 29

Polliō –ōnis m.

Answer 29

a Roman cognomen, e.g., of C. Asinius Pollio

Question 30

putō putāre putāvī putātus

Answer 30

think

Question 31

quamvīs

Answer 31

rel. to any degree you like, as much as can be; concessive w/ subjunctive, even tough

Question 32

quārē

Answer 32

interr. & rel. how? for what reason? on account of which thing; wherefore, therefore

Question 33

remittō remittere remīsī remissum

Answer 33

send back, return

Question 34

rēs reī f.

Answer 34

property, wealth; thing, matter

Question 35

Saetabus –a –um

Answer 35

of or made in Saetabis, a town in Hispania Tarraconensis (near modern Tarragona)

Question 36

salsus –a –um

Answer 36

salty, briny; witty, clever

Question 37

sinister –a –um

Answer 37

left; harmful, perverse, misguided

Question 38

sodālis sodālis m.

Answer 38

crony, buddy, comrade

Question 39

sordidus –a –um

Answer 39

dirty, squalid, shabby, unbecoming, tacky, sordid

Question 40

sūdārium sūdāri(ī) n.

Answer 40

a cloth carried to wipe off sweat (sudor), also used as a napkin

Question 41

talentum talentī n.

Answer 41

a weight of silver used as a Greek unit of currency; a large sum of money

Question 42

tollō tollere sustulī sublātus

Answer 42

pick up, raise, tke, carry off, steal

Question 43

trecentī –ae –a; trecentēsimus –a –um

Answer 43

three hundred

Question 44

ūtor ūtī ūsus sum

Answer 44

dep. w/ abl., use

Question 45

Verāniolus –ī m.

Answer 45

dim. of Veranius

Question 46

Verānius –iī m.

Answer 46

friend of Catullus

Question 47

volō velle voluī

Answer 47

wish, be willing

Question 48

vērum

Answer 48

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

Question 49

vīnum vīnī n. or vīnus vīnī m.

Answer 49

wine