Catullus 2 and 2b

Question 1

adquiēscō adquiescere adquiēvī adquietus

Answer 1

rest, relax, subside

Question 2

animus animī m.

Answer 2

the mind

Question 3

appetō appetere appetīvī appetītus

Answer 3

try to reach; seek; attack

Question 4

ācer ācris ācre

Answer 4

sharp, bitter, vehement, intense

Question 5

ārdor ārdōris m.

Answer 5

conflagration; passion

Question 6

crēdō crēdere crēdidī crēditus

Answer 6

entrust; believe

Question 7

cārus –a –um

Answer 7

dear

Question 8

cūra cūrae f.

Answer 8

care, concern, anxiety

Question 9

digitus digitī m.

Answer 9

finger

Question 10

diū

Answer 10

for a long time

Question 11

dolor dolōris m.

Answer 11

pain, distress

Question 12

dēlicia dēliciae f. (often plural) or delici(ōl)um –ī m.

Answer 12

pleasure; pl. pet, darling

Question 13

dēsīderium dēsīderi(ī) n.

Answer 13

desire (esp. for someone absent), longing; an object of desire, darling

Question 14

dō dare dedī datus

Answer 14

give, pay

Question 15

ferō ferre tulī lātus

Answer 15

bear, carry; endure, withstand; say; take, accept

Question 16

gravis grave

Answer 16

heavy, grevious, severe; low-pitched

Question 17

grātus –a –um

Answer 17

pleasing

Question 18

incitō incitāre incitāvī incitātus

Answer 18

incite, provoke, stir

Question 19

iocor iocārī iocātus sum

Answer 19

joke

Question 20

levō levāre levāvī levātus

Answer 20

lighten

Question 21

libet (libēre) libuit libitum est

Answer 21

intr. w/ dat. of person pleased: to be it it is pleasing (+ infinitive).

Question 22

lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus

Answer 22

play

Question 23

morsus morsūs m.

Answer 23

bite

Question 24

mālum mālī n.

Answer 24

apple

Question 25

negō negāre negāvī negātus

Answer 25

deny, refuse, say that… not

Question 26

nescioquis –qua –quid (also written as two words)

Answer 26

indef. pron. or adj., someone, something (The o of nescio scans as a short syllable.)

Question 27

nitēns –entis

Answer 27

shining, radiant

Question 28

passer passeris m.

Answer 28

sparrow or blue rock-thrush, a common domestic pet in Italy

Question 29

pernīx pernīcis

Answer 29

leggy, long-legged

Question 30

possum posse potuī

Answer 30

to be able

Question 31

quam

Answer 31

interr. & rel. to which extent or degree; how; as, than

Question 32

sinus sinūs m.

Answer 32

the cavity or fold produced by the looping of a garment (OLD); chest ,breast, bosom; refuge; a curved indentation in the coastline such as a bay or gulf

Question 33

soleō solēre solitus sum

Answer 33

to be accustomed (to); (euphemistic, w/ acc.) to “know,” i.e., be sexually intimate with

Question 34

solvō solvere solvī solūtus

Answer 34

loosen, untie, dislodge, cast off; discharge, fulfill (a vow)

Question 35

solāciolum –ī n.

Answer 35

solace, comfort (dim. of solacium)

Question 36

suus –a –um

Answer 36

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

Question 37

sīcut or sīcutī

Answer 37

conj., in the same way as

Question 38

tam

Answer 38

to such a degree, so

Question 39

teneō tenēre tenuī tentus

Answer 39

hold

Question 40

trīstis trīste

Answer 40

grim, fierce, gloomy; unhappy, sad

Question 41

zōna –ae f.

Answer 41

a girdle or belt; as worn by unmarried girls, its removal signified loss of virginity