Catullus 16 Flashcards
Aurēlius –iī m.
a member of the Roman gens Aurelia; in Catullus often paired with Furius, and possibly Catullus’ sexual rival for Juventius
bāsium bāsī(ī) n.
a kiss
castus –a –um
free from vice, pure, chaste
cinaedus –a –um
a catamite or passive homosexual, one who submits to anal intercourse; an effeminate male
decet decēre decuīt
be suitable or fitting
dēnique
finally
dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus
talk; say, declare; sing, recite; name, call
dūrus –a –um
hard; harsh, pitiless; dull; wooden, heavy, solid
Fūrius –iī m.
member of the Roman gens Furia; in Catullus possibly the poet Furius Bibaculus
habeō habēre habuī habitus
have, hold
incitō incitāre incitāvī incitātus
incite, provoke, stir
irrumō irrumāre irrumāvī irrumātus
to force someone to give oral sex (fellatio), as a means of humiliating him
legō legere lēgī lēctus
gather; remove; pick out; read, read about
lepor lepōris m.
charm, grace, wit; term of endearment
lumbus lumbī m.
groin, pl. loins
male
badly, improperly
molliculus (mollicellus) –a –um
somewhat voluptuous, unmanly, or erotic (dim. of mollis)
moveō movēre mōvī mōtus
move
mās maris
a male
mīlle; mīllēsimus –a –um
a thousand
necesse
essential, necessary
nequeō nequīre nequiī/nequīvī nequitum
to be unable (to)
parum; minus; minimē
too little; not at all
pathicus –a –um
a pathic or catamite, one who submits to anal sex
pilōsus –a –um
hairy, shaggy
pius –a –um
dutiful, conscientious, upright
possum posse potuī
to be able
poēta poētae m.
poet
prūriō prūrīre
itch, tingle; have a sexual craving, be sexually excited
pudīcus –a –um
chaste, decent, sexually modest
putō putāre putāvī putātus
think
pēdīcō –āre –āvī –ātum
sodomize, bugger, or inflict anal sex upon a person (sts. as a way of humiliating him)
quod
because, the fact that
sāl salis m.
salt; fig., of a quality that gives character and flavor, wit; by metonymy, the sea
tum or tunc
then, at that time
versiculus versiculī m.
light verse, a short line of verse, epigrammatic verse (dim. of versus)
