Catullus 17 Flashcards
adservō adservāre adservāvī adservātus
keep safe, guard
alnus –ī f.
an alder tree
an
particle introducing questions with note of surprise or indignation: can it be that … ?; (after utrum) or
animus animī m.
the mind
assula –ae f. (diminutive of axis –is m.)
board, plank (dim. of axis)
audiō audīre audīvī audītus
hear, pay attention to
bīmulus –a –um
two years old (dim. of bimus)
caenum –ī n.
mud, filth, slime
caput capitis n.
head
cavus –a –um
hollow; deep
colōnia colōniae f.
a colony; name of a town in poem 17
crūs –ūris n.
leg
cupiō cupere cupiī/cupīvī cupītus
want, desire
dormiō dormīre dormīvī dormītum
sleep
dē
prep. with abl., away from down from, off,; of, out from, from, immediately after; [diem] de die: day after day; about, concerning
dēlicātus –a –um
given to luxury or pleasure; pampered; frisky, wanton, frivolous; elegant
dērelinquō dērelinquere dēreliquī dērelīctus
leave behind
dīligēns –ntis
comp. more carefully
dō dare dedī datus
give, pay
excitō excitāre excitāvī excitātus
rouse, wake; stir up, arouse, excite
eō īre iī/īvī itum
go
faciō facere fēcī factus
do, make, achieve, attain, reach
ferreus –a –um
made of iron; hard, harsh; shameless, brazen
fiō fierī factus sum
to take place, happen; to be made or done, become
flōs flōris m.
flower; youthful beauty; the finest specimen of a type or class
fossa –ae f.
ditch
gravis grave
heavy, grevious, severe; low-pitched
habeō habēre habuī habitus
have, hold
haedus –ī m.
a young goat, kid
iaceō iacēre iacuī
lie, recline
in
prep. w/ abl., in, on; w/acc., into, onto, against
ineptus –a –um
foolish, gauche, awkward
instar n.
(indecl.): the equivalent or equal; adverbial w/ gen., to the extent (of)
insulsus –a –um
witless, stupid
lacus lacūs m.
lake
libet (libēre) libuit libitum est
intr. w/ dat. of person pleased: to be pleasing
libīdō libidinis f.
desire; sexual craving
Ligus –uris
Ligurian, from Liguria, in NW Italy
līvidus –a –um
a dull, grayish-blue color
lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus
play
lūtum lutī n.
mud
magis or mage
more
mittō mittere mīsī missus
send, send forth; (of weapons) throw, cast, hurl; emit, utter; cease, desist, omit; let go, release, abandon, discard; give
mūla –ae f.
a she mule, a molly
mūniceps –ipis m.
citizen of a municipium; townsman
mūnus mūneris n.
function, duty, task; gift; favor
nesciō nescīre nescīvī/nesciī nescītus
not to know
niger nigra nigrum
dark, black
nūbō nūbere nūpsī nūptum
get married
ō
interjection, expressing grief, pleasure, indignation, or adjuration
palūs –ūdis f.
swamp
pars partis f.
part; some; standpoint, side
parō parāre parāvī parātus
furnish, supply; obtain
pilus –ī m.
a hair; something of no value or significance
ponticulus –ī m.
bridge (dim. of pons)
potis or pote (indecl.)
indecl. adj., having the power, able; possible
praeceps praecipitis
plunging headfirst; headlong; sudden
profundus –a –um
deep, bottomless
prōnus –a –um
leaning forward, angling or sloping toward the ground; sloping; face down, prone; flat
pēs pedis m.
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
pōns pontis m.
bridge
pūtidus –a –um
rotten; foul, stinking
quam
interr. & rel. to which extent or degree; how; as, than
quis quid
interr. and indef. pronoun: who? what? anyone, anything
quoque
also
quīdam quaedam quiddam
a particular - , a certain
recumbō –ere –cubuī
recline; settle
redivīvus –a –um
reused, second-hand
repente or repens
suddenly, immediately
rīsus –ūs m.
laugh
sacrum sacrī n.
a sacred object or observance, rite
saliō salīre saluī saltus
jump, leap; mount for sexual intercourse
salum –ī n.
swell, billow; the sea
sapiō sapere sapivī
have a taste; have taste, sense, discernment
secūris secūris f.
axe
sentiō sentīre sēnsī sēnsus
perceive, sense, feel
sinō sinere sīvī situs
leave alone; allow
solea –ae f.
sandal
stolidus –a –um
dull, stupid, inert
stupor –oris m.
numbness, lethargy, paralysis, torpor; by metonymy, an insensate person, clod
stō stāre stetī statum
stand
sublevō sublevāre sublevāvī sublevātus
raise, lift
subsellium subselliī n.
a courtroom bench
suppernātus –a –um
having the leg cut from below; hamstrung; (transf,) felled
supīnus –a –um
lying on the back; facing upwards; flat; helpless
suscipiō suscipere suscēpī susceptus
undertake; perform
suus –a –um
reflex. possesive adj., his/her/its own
suī sibi sē sē
him-/her-/itself
sīc
in this way, so, thus
tantundem
just as much
tenellulus –a –um
soft, tender, delicate; romantically tender (with ref. to love poetry) (dim. of tener)
tenāx –ācis
clinging, tenacious
tremulus –a –um
shaky, trembling; shaking (voluntarily, as one dandling an infant)
tālis tāle
such a, such
tōtus –a –um
the whole, all
ulna –ae f.
forearm, esp. the crook of the arm
usquam
anywhere
utrum
whether … or
ūva –ae f.
a bunch of grapes
vel
part., or; even
velut or velutī
just as
vereor verērī veritus sum
show respect for; fear
vērum
adversative conj., assenting to what has been said but adding a qualification: but in fact, but, actually
veternus –ī m.
torpor, senility
videō vidēre vīdī vīsus
see, perceive; pass. seem, seem good or proper
viridis –e
green
volō velle voluī
wish, be willing
vorāgō –inis f.
a deep hole or watery chasm
