Catullus 12 & 13 notes Flashcards
Marrucine Asini
case?
vocative
manu sinistra
case?
ablative
line 8 and 9: leporum…facetiarum
case?
plural genitive
line 10: quare…trecentos
literary device?
hyperbole
line 12: quod
antecedent?
linteum
line 12: movet
subject?
quod
line 12: aestimatione
case?
ablative - by
what are sudaria and lintea?
synonyms
line 15: miserunt mihi muneri
literary device?
alliteration
line 17: Veraniolum..Fabullum
case?
diminutive
mi Fabulle
case?
vocative
line 2: tibi
case?
dative
line 3: attuleris
tense?
future perfect
non sine
literary device?
litotes
line 4: puella
case?
ablative
et vino et sal et…
literary device?
polysyndeton
line 6: haec
antecedent?
everything he lists for Fabullus to bring
line 6: venuste
case?
vocative
line 7: tui Catulli
case?
genitive - possession
line 8: sacculus
case?
diminutive
line 9: accipies
tense?
future
line 9: what modifies amores?
meros (pure)
seu
definition?
or
what in suavius and elegantiusve makes it comparative?
the “ius”
what is suavius and elegantiusve (line 10) referring to?
the perfume
what does the “ve” in elegantiusve mean?
or
unguentum
literary device? symbol of?
metonymy (word that evokes something else through close association, like symbolism), symbol of love
line 11: dabo
tense?
future
line 11 and 13: quod
antedecent?
unguentum
what is donarunt an example of and what is its equivalent?
syncope, donaverunt
purpose of line 9-end in Catullus 13?
purpose is to say that true love/his girl is the most important thing, compares materialistic things and love and says they pale in comparison to love
is Catullus 13 a real invitation?
no, it’s a mock invitation
what are the jokes in Catullus 13?
Fabullus must bring everything (lines 1-7), wallet is full of cobwebs (line 8), Fabullus will want to be one big nose (line 14)
