Catullus 15

Question 1

ā

Answer 1

ah, alas (expletive of distress, pity, or entreaty)

Question 2

animus animī m.

Answer 2

the mind

Question 3

attrahō –ere –trāxī –trāctus

Answer 3

draw with force; draw up

Question 4

Aurēlius –iī m.

Answer 4

a member of the Roman gens Aurelia; in Catullus often paired with Furius, and possibly Catullus’ sexual rival for Juventius

Question 5

caput capitis n.

Answer 5

head

Question 6

castus –a –um

Answer 6

free from vice, pure, chaste

Question 7

commendō commendāre commendāvī commendātus

Answer 7

commit, entrust

Question 8

culpa culpae f.

Answer 8

fault, wrongdoing

Question 9

cupiō cupere cupiī/cupīvī cupītus

Answer 9

want, desire

Question 10

cōnservō cōnservāre cōnservāvī cōnservātus

Answer 10

save or keep from danger, preserve

Question 11

dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus

Answer 11

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

Question 12

excipiō excipere excēpī exceptus

Answer 12

take out, exclude, except; receive

Question 13

expetō expetīre expetiī/expetīvī expetītus

Answer 13

request, desire

Question 14

forīs

Answer 14

outside, away from home

Question 15

furor furōris m.

Answer 15

passion, rage, frenzy

Question 16

fātum –ī n. or fātus –ī m.

Answer 16

a prophetic utterance; fate

Question 17

hūc

Answer 17

to this place or point; to this total or amount

Question 18

illūc

Answer 18

thither, to that place

Question 19

impellō impellere impulī impulsum

Answer 19

beat against, drive, compel

Question 20

īnfestus –a –um

Answer 20

hostile, warlike; troublesome

Question 21

īnsidiae īnsidiārum f. pl.

Answer 21

ambush, plot

Question 22

integellus –a –um

Answer 22

untouched, uninjured, safe (dim. of integer)

Question 23

lacēssō lacēssere lacēssīvī lacēssītus

Answer 23

challenge, provoke, harass

Question 24

libet (libēre) libuit libitum est

Answer 24

intr. w/ dat. of person pleased: to be pleasing

Question 25

metuō metuere metuī

Answer 25

fear; w/ a, ab, fear danger (from)

Question 26

miser misera miserum

Answer 26

wretched, unhappy

Question 27

modo

Answer 27

just, only

Question 28

moveō movēre mōvī mōtus

Answer 28

move

Question 29

mūgilis –is m.

Answer 29

a sea fish, the gray mullet (used in punishing adulterers)

Question 30

occupātus –a –um

Answer 30

grasp; occupy; engross, preoccupy

Question 31

parātus –a –um

Answer 31

ready, prepared

Question 32

pateō patēre patuī

Answer 32

be open; show as entered (in accounts)

Question 33

percurrō –ere –cucurrī (–currī) –cursus

Answer 33

run through quickly

Question 34

petō petere petiī/petīvī petītus

Answer 34

seek

Question 35

platēa –ae f.

Answer 35

street

Question 36

porta portae f.

Answer 36

city gate; place of entry or exit

Question 37

praetereō praeterīre praeterīvī/praeteriī praeteritus

Answer 37

go beyond, pass

Question 38

pudens –entis

Answer 38

proper, decent, modest

Question 39

pudenter

Answer 39

properly, decently, modestly

Question 40

pudīcus –a –um

Answer 40

chaste, decent, sexually modest

Question 41

putō putāre putāvī putātus

Answer 41

think

Question 42

pēnis –is m.

Answer 42

tail; penis

Question 43

pēs pedis m.

Answer 43

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 44

quantum

Answer 44

rel. as much as

Question 45

quisquam quicquam

Answer 45

indef. pron., anyone, anything

Question 46

quod

Answer 46

because, the fact that

Question 47

quā

Answer 47

indef. adv. w/lubet, in whatever way; wherever

Question 48

raphanus –ī m.

Answer 48

radish

Question 49

rēs reī f.

Answer 49

property, wealth; thing, matter

Question 50

scelestus –a –um

Answer 50

lying under a curse; (applied pityingly) wretched; wicked

Question 51

suus –a –um

Answer 51

reflex. possesive adj., his/her/its own

Question 52

tantus –a –um

Answer 52

so much, pl. so many; so great, such

Question 53

tum or tunc

Answer 53

then, at that time

Question 54

venia veniae f.

Answer 54

a favor, kindness

Question 55

vereor verērī veritus sum

Answer 55

show respect for; fear

Question 56

volō velle voluī

Answer 56

wish, be willing

Question 57

vēcors –cordis

Answer 57

demented

Question 58

vērum

Answer 58

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