Catullus 22

Question 1

abhorreō abhorrēre abhoruī

Answer 1

shrink back from; be inconsistent

Question 2

aequō aequāre aequāvī aequātus

Answer 2

make level, even, or smooth

Question 3

aliquis aliquid and aliquī aliqua aliquod

Answer 3

indef. pron., someone, something; indef. adj., some

Question 4

attingō attingere attigī attāctus

Answer 4

touch; touch upon (in speaking), mention

Question 5

attribuō attribuere attribuī attribūtus

Answer 5

assign, allot

Question 6

bellus –a –um

Answer 6

pretty, nice, fine, charming

Question 7

beātus –a –um

Answer 7

happy, blessed; rich, well-to-do

Question 8

caprimulgus caprimulgī m.

Answer 8

goat milker

Question 9

charta chartae f.

Answer 9

a sheet or roll of papyrus

Question 10

decem; decimus –a –um

Answer 10

ten

Question 11

dicāx –ācis

Answer 11

well-spoken, quick with repartee

Question 12

dīrigō (dērigō) –ere –rēxī –rēctus

Answer 12

align, make straight, aim

Question 13

faciō facere fēcī factus

Answer 13

do, make, achieve, attain, reach

Question 14

fallō fallere fefellī falsus

Answer 14

trick, deceive, mislead; pass., err

Question 15

fiō fierī factus sum

Answer 15

to take place, happen; to be made or done, become

Question 16

fossor –ōris m.

Answer 16

a digger, agricultural laborer, ditchdigger

Question 17

gaudeō gaudēre gāvīsus sum

Answer 17

rejoice, take pleasure

Question 18

idem

Answer 18

similarly

Question 19

īdem eadem idem

Answer 19

pron. & adj., the same, the same person; w/ adverbial & sts. adversative force, likewise, at the same time

Question 20

īnfacētus –a –um

Answer 20

boorish, gauche

Question 21

legō legere lēgī lēctus

Answer 21

gather; remove; pick out; read, read about

Question 22

liber librī m.

Answer 22

the inner bark of a tree; book, volume, roll

Question 23

longē

Answer 23

far, for a great distance or time; by far, to a considerable degree

Question 24

lōrum lōrī n. or lorus –ī m.

Answer 24

a leather strap for tying

Question 25

mantica manticae f.

Answer 25

knapsack

Question 26

membrāna membrānae f.

Answer 26

sheepskin or goatskin used as parchment or as a cover for manuscripts

Question 27

modo

Answer 27

just, only

Question 28

mīlle; mīllēsimus –a –um

Answer 28

a thousand

Question 29

mīror mīrārī mīrātus sum

Answer 29

be amazed, wonder, marvel

Question 30

mūtō mūtāre mūtāvī mūtātus

Answer 30

change; in pass., w/ acc. of thing received in exchange & abl. of price paid, buy; exchange, take in exchange

Question 31

nīmīrum

Answer 31

part., no wonder, doubtless

Question 32

nōscō nōscere nōvī nōtus

Answer 32

know

Question 33

palimpsēstus palimpsēstī m.

Answer 33

a palimpsest, papyrus recycled by erasure to make a low-cost writing material

Question 34

perscrībō perscrībere perscrīpsī perscrīptum

Answer 34

write out in full, finish writing

Question 35

plumbum plumbī n.

Answer 35

lead, used for drawing lines

Question 36

possum posse potuī

Answer 36

to be able

Question 37

poēma –atis n.

Answer 37

poem

Question 38

probē

Answer 38

well

Question 39

putō putāre putāvī putātus

Answer 39

think

Question 40

pūmex pūmicis m. (f. in Catullus)

Answer 40

pumice or any similar volcanic rock, used to smooth the ends of book-rolls

Question 41

quisquam quicquam

Answer 41

indef. pron., anyone, anything

Question 42

quisque quidque/quīcque

Answer 42

whoever, whatever

Question 43

referō referre rettulī relātus

Answer 43

bring back; report; (reflexive) return; w/ in + abl., write down; w/ acc. & dat., put something down to, assign to a category

Question 44

ruber rubra rubrum

Answer 44

red

Question 45

rēgius –a –um

Answer 45

royal; princely, splendid

Question 46

rēs reī f.

Answer 46

property, wealth; thing, matter

Question 47

rūrsus or rūrsum

Answer 47

back again; contrariwise

Question 48

rūs rūris n.

Answer 48

country, boondocks

Question 49

scrībō scrībere scrīpsī scrīptus

Answer 49

write; mark up, inscribe with drawings

Question 50

scurra scurrae f.

Answer 50

a fashionable man about town

Question 51

simul

Answer 51

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

Question 52

Suffēnus –ī m.

Answer 52

name of a Roman poet

Question 53

sum esse fuī futūrus

Answer 53

to be

Question 54

suus –a –um

Answer 54

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

Question 55

suī sibi sē sē

Answer 55

him-/her-/itself

Question 56

sīc

Answer 56

in this way, so, thus

Question 57

tam

Answer 57

to such a degree, so

Question 58

tantum

Answer 58

pron. such a quantity, so much; acc. as to such a degree; only; tantum ... quantum: as much .. as

Question 59

tergum tergī n. or tergus –oris n.

Answer 59

back; hide from an animal's back

Question 60

trītus –a –um

Answer 60

worn

Question 61

tū tuī tibi tē tē

Answer 61

nom. tute, acc. & abl. tete): second person sing. pronoun; you

Question 62

umbilīcus umbilīcī m.

Answer 62

navel; the ornamental end of the cylinder on which a papyrus roll is wound

Question 63

umquam

Answer 63

ever

Question 64

urbānus –a –um

Answer 64

of the city, esp. Rome; having city manners, urbane

Question 65

Vārus –ī m.

Answer 65

friend of Catullus; perhaps Alfenus Varus the jurist or Quintilius Varus the literary critic

Question 66

venustus –a –um

Answer 66

lovely, attractive, charming; graceful, pretty, neat

Question 67

versus versūs m.

Answer 67

a line of verse; verse, poetry

Question 68

videō vidēre vīdī vīsus

Answer 68

see, perceive; pass. seem, seem good or proper