Catullus 21 (Poems 18-20 are considered spurious)

Question 1

ā

Answer 1

expletive of distress, pity, or entreaty

Question 2

alius alia aliud (archaic: alis alid)

Answer 2

other, another

Question 3

Aurēlius –iī m.

Answer 3

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

Question 4

clam

Answer 4

secretly, on they sky

Question 5

cupiō cupere cupiī/cupīvī cupītus

Answer 5

want, desire

Question 6

discō discere didicī

Answer 6

learn

Question 7

doleō dolēre doluī dolitus

Answer 7

suffer pain, grieve, hurt; impers., cause pain, rankle

Question 8

dum

Answer 8

conj., as long as; (w. historical pres.) while; (w/ subjunctive) provided that; (w/ ind. or subj.) until

Question 9

dēsinō dēsinere dēsiī dēsitus

Answer 9

cease, leave off, stop

Question 10

ēsuriō –īre –ītum

Answer 10

feel hunger; (metaph.) feel desire

Question 11

ēsurītiō ēsurītiōnis f.

Answer 11

hunger, appetite

Question 12

experior experīrī expertus sum (experiscor)

Answer 12

try out

Question 13

faciō facere fēcī factus

Answer 13

do, make, achieve, attain, reach

Question 14

frūstrā

Answer 14

in vain

Question 15

fīnis fīnis m.

Answer 15

boundary; end; (pl.) territory

Question 16

haereō haerēre haesī haesus

Answer 16

stick, cling

Question 17

īnsidiae īnsidiārum f. pl.

Answer 17

ambush, plot

Question 18

īnstruō īnstruere īnstrūxī īnstrūctus

Answer 18

construct, arrange

Question 19

iocor iocārī iocātus sum

Answer 19

joke

Question 20

irrumātiō –ōnis f

Answer 20

the act of forcing another person to give oral sex

Question 21

irrumō irrumāre irrumāvī irrumātus

Answer 21

to force a man to perform fellatio, as a means of humiliating him

Question 22

latus latēris n.

Answer 22

side, flank

Question 23

licet licēre licuit/licitum est

Answer 23

impers., it is permitted

Question 24

modo

Answer 24

just, only

Question 25

prior priōris

Answer 25

former

Question 26

pudīcus –a –um

Answer 26

chaste, decent, sexually modest

Question 27

puer puerī m.

Answer 27

boy; colloq., of a friend; slave

Question 28

pēdīcō –āre –āvī –ātum

Answer 28

inflict anal sex upon a man (usually as a way of humiliating him)

Question 29

quod

Answer 29

because, the fact that

Question 30

quot

Answer 30

indecl. adj., how many, as many

Question 31

quārē

Answer 31

interr. & rel. how? for what reason? on account of which thing; wherefore, therefore

Question 32

satur –a –um

Answer 32

well-fed; full

Question 33

simul

Answer 33

at the same time, tohether, as well; conj., as soon as

Question 34

sitiō sitīre sitīvī

Answer 34

be thirsty

Question 35

taceō tacēre tacuī tacitus

Answer 35

be silent, say nothing

Question 36

tangō tangere tetigī tāctus

Answer 36

touch

Question 37

ūnā

Answer 37

together; at the same time