Catullus 21 (Poems 18-20 are considered spurious) Flashcards
ā
expletive of distress, pity, or entreaty
alius alia aliud (archaic: alis alid)
other, another
Aurēlius –iī m.
member of the Roman gens Aurelia; in Catullus often paired with Furius, and possibly Catullus’ sexual rival for Juventius
clam
secretly, on they sky
cupiō cupere cupiī/cupīvī cupītus
want, desire
discō discere didicī
learn
doleō dolēre doluī dolitus
suffer pain, grieve, hurt; impers., cause pain, rankle
dum
conj., as long as; (w. historical pres.) while; (w/ subjunctive) provided that; (w/ ind. or subj.) until
dēsinō dēsinere dēsiī dēsitus
cease, leave off, stop
ēsuriō –īre –ītum
feel hunger; (metaph.) feel desire
ēsurītiō ēsurītiōnis f.
hunger, appetite
experior experīrī expertus sum (experiscor)
try out
faciō facere fēcī factus
do, make, achieve, attain, reach
frūstrā
in vain
fīnis fīnis m.
boundary; end; (pl.) territory
haereō haerēre haesī haesus
stick, cling
īnsidiae īnsidiārum f. pl.
ambush, plot
īnstruō īnstruere īnstrūxī īnstrūctus
construct, arrange
iocor iocārī iocātus sum
joke
irrumātiō –ōnis f
the act of forcing another person to give oral sex
irrumō irrumāre irrumāvī irrumātus
to force a man to perform fellatio, as a means of humiliating him
latus latēris n.
side, flank
licet licēre licuit/licitum est
impers., it is permitted
modo
just, only
prior priōris
former
pudīcus –a –um
chaste, decent, sexually modest
puer puerī m.
boy; colloq., of a friend; slave
pēdīcō –āre –āvī –ātum
inflict anal sex upon a man (usually as a way of humiliating him)
quod
because, the fact that
quot
indecl. adj., how many, as many
quārē
interr. & rel. how? for what reason? on account of which thing; wherefore, therefore
satur –a –um
well-fed; full
simul
at the same time, tohether, as well; conj., as soon as
sitiō sitīre sitīvī
be thirsty
taceō tacēre tacuī tacitus
be silent, say nothing
tangō tangere tetigī tāctus
touch
ūnā
together; at the same time
