Catullus 14

Question 1

abeō abīre abiī abitum

Answer 1

go away or out; come off, turn out; escape criticism or other consequences

Question 2

afferō afferre attulī allātus

Answer 2

bring along, come with

Question 3

Aquīnus –ī m.

Answer 3

name of a Roman poet.

Question 4

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

Answer 4

adv. well

Question 5

beātus –a –um

Answer 5

happy, blessed; rich, well-to-do

Question 6

caesius –a –um

Answer 6

having gray or gray-blue eyes; gray-eyed

Question 7

Calvus –ī m.

Answer 7

a Roman cognomen; C. Licinius Macer Calvus was a fellow poet and close friend of Catullus

Question 8

cliēns clientis m.

Answer 8

a person attached to a patronus for legal and other protection in a semi-feudal relationship

Question 9

colligō colligere collēgī collēctus

Answer 9

gather

Question 10

continuus –a –um

Answer 10

uninterrupted, in a row, continuous

Question 11

currō currere cucurrī cursus

Answer 11

run

Question 12

cūr

Answer 12

why

Question 13

dispereō –īre –iī

Answer 13

perish; go for nothing, be wasted

Question 14

diēs diēī m. or f.

Answer 14

day

Question 15

dō dare dedī datus

Answer 15

give, pay

Question 16

faciō facere fēcī factus

Answer 16

do, make, achieve, attain, reach

Question 17

falsus –a –um

Answer 17

untrue; deceitful

Question 18

hinc

Answer 18

from this place or point

Question 19

horribilis horribile

Answer 19

fearful, dreadful; rough, uncouth

Question 20

illūc

Answer 20

thither, to that place

Question 21

impius –a –um

Answer 21

wicked, irreligious, without pietas

Question 22

incommodum –ī n.

Answer 22

detriment, harm; pl., misfortune

Question 23

intereā

Answer 23

in the meantime; with adversative force, in these circumstances

Question 24

iūcundus –a –um

Answer 24

pleasant, delightful

Question 25

labor labōris m.

Answer 25

labor, effort, toil

Question 26

libellus libellī m.

Answer 26

little book; book-shop (dim. of liber)

Question 27

librārius –iī m.

Answer 27

scribe; book dealer

Question 28

litterātor –ōris m.

Answer 28

schoolteacher

Question 29

loquor loquī locūtus sum

Answer 29

speak; tell

Question 30

lūceō lūcēre lūxī

Answer 30

shine; dawn

Question 31

male

Answer 31

badly, improperly

Question 32

malum malī n.

Answer 32

trouble, misfortune, woe, aliment

Question 33

mittō mittere mīsī missus

Answer 33

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

Question 34

multum

Answer 34

adj. & more

Question 35

mūnus mūneris n.

Answer 35

function, duty, task; gift; favor

Question 36

oculus oculī m.

Answer 36

eye

Question 37

ōdī ōdisse

Answer 37

hate; repudiate, have no patience for

Question 38

odium odiī n.

Answer 38

hatred

Question 39

perdō perdere perdidī perditus

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ruin, spoil

Question 40

pereō perīre periī peritūs

Answer 40

vanish; be done in,perish, die; (hyperb.) suffer intensely, be in big trouble

Question 41

poēta poētae m.

Answer 41

poet

Question 42

pēs pedis m.

Answer 42

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

Question 43

quis quid

Answer 43

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

Question 44

quod

Answer 44

because, the fact that

Question 45

remūneror –ārī –ātus sum

Answer 45

repay

Question 46

reperiō reperīre repperī repertus

Answer 46

find, discover

Question 47

sacer sacra sacrum

Answer 47

sacred, holy; accursed, detestable

Question 48

saeculum saeculī n.

Answer 48

a generation

Question 49

scrīnium –iī n.

Answer 49

a cylindrical wooden box for holding rolled books (volumina)

Question 50

scīlicet

Answer 50

clearly, evidently, no doubt

Question 51

Suffēnus –ī m.

Answer 51

name of a Roman poet

Question 52

Sulla –ae m.

Answer 52

a Roman cognomen

Question 53

supplicium supplici(ī) n.

Answer 53

compensation offered to placate a person who has been wronged; reparation; punishment

Question 54

suspicor suspicārī suspicātus sum

Answer 54

guess, infer; suspect

Question 55

Sāturnālia –ium n. pl.

Answer 55

the festival of Saturn, beginning Dec. 17, a period of merriment and license

Question 56

sīc

Answer 56

in this way, so, thus

Question 57

tantum

Answer 57

pron. such a quantity, so much; acc. as to such a degree; only; tantum ... quantum: as much .. as

Question 58

tot

Answer 58

indecl. adj., so many

Question 59

unde

Answer 59

rel. from which, whence

Question 60

valeō valēre valuī valitus

Answer 60

have strength or health; be effective

Question 61

Vatīniānus –ī m.

Answer 61

of or pertaining to Publius Vatinius (a supporter of Caesar attacked by Calvus and defended by Cicero

Question 62

ve

Answer 62

or (encl. conj.)

Question 63

venēnum venēnī n.

Answer 63

poison