Catullus 25 Flashcards
aestuō aestuāre aestuāvī aestuātus
blaze; swelter; burn with pain or desire; toss about, seethe, writhe
ānser ānseris m.
goose
arāneosus –a –um
cobwebby
auricula (auricilla or oricilla) –ae f.
a little ear (dim. of auris)
avītus –a –um
of a grandfather; ancestral
capillus capillī m.
hair
catagraphus –a –um
a piece of embroidery, an embroidered cloth
cinaedus –a –um
a catamite or passive homosexual, one who submits to anal intercourse; an effeminate male
conscrībillō –āre –āvī –ātum
scrawl over, cover with scribbling, mark up
cunīculus –ī m.
rabbit
dēprehendō dēprehendere dēprehendī dēprehensus
seize, catch
dīva –ae f.
goddess; any female immortal, e.g., the sea nymph Thetis
flagellum –ī n.
whip, lash; the whiplike shoot of a vine
habeō habēre habuī habitus
have, hold
īmulus –a –um
lowest, deepest
ineptus –a –um
foolish, gauche, awkward
insolenter
contrary to custom; immoderately; arrogantly
involō –āre –āvī –ātum
fly at, swoop down upon (to steal)
inūrō inūrere inussī inūstus
burn, burn in, brand
languidus –a –um
weary, drooping, flaccid
latusculum –ī n.
side, flank (dim. of latus)
lāneus –a –um
woolly
medulla medullae f.
the marrow of the bones; the interior, inside, seat of the emotions
minūtus –a –um
small
molliculus (mollicellus) –a –um
somewhat voluptuous, unmanly, or erotic (dim. of mollis)
mollis molle
soft, mild, languid, voluptuous
mulierārius –a –um
belonging to a woman, sent by a woman
māgnus –a –um
superl. maximus: large, great
oscitō –āre –āvī –ātum
yawn
ostendō ostendere ostendī
show, display; reveal
palam
openly
pallium palli(ī) n.
a rectangular cloth worn as an outer garment, Gk. himation
procella –ae f.
storm, gale
pēnis –is m.
tail; penis
rapax –ācis
predatory, rapacious
reglūtinō –āre –āvī –ātum
unglue, unstick
remittō remittere remīsī remissum
send back, return
Saetabus –a –um
of or made in Saetabis, a town in Hispania Tarraconensis (cf. mod. Tarragona)
situs sitūs m.
stagnation, mold, rust, decrepitude
soleō solēre solitus sum
to be accustomed (to); (euphemistic, w/ acc.) to “know,” i.e., be sexually intimate with
sūdārium sūdāri(ī) n.
a cloth carried to wipe off sweat (sudor), also used as a napkin
tamquam
conj., as; just as if (it were)
Thallus –ī m.
a praenomen
Thÿnus –a um
Bithynian
turbidus –a –um
turbulent, stormy
turpiter
in an unbecoming or disgraceful manner
unguis –is m.
fingernail, claw, talon
vel
part., or; even
velut or velutī
just as
ventus ventī m.
wind
vēsāniō –īre
rage
