Catullus 25

Question 1

aestuō aestuāre aestuāvī aestuātus

Answer 1

blaze; swelter; burn with pain or desire; toss about, seethe, writhe

Question 2

ānser ānseris m.

Answer 2

goose

Question 3

arāneosus –a –um

Answer 3

cobwebby

Question 4

auricula (auricilla or oricilla) –ae f.

Answer 4

a little ear (dim. of auris)

Question 5

avītus –a –um

Answer 5

of a grandfather; ancestral

Question 6

capillus capillī m.

Answer 6

hair

Question 7

catagraphus –a –um

Answer 7

a piece of embroidery, an embroidered cloth

Question 8

cinaedus –a –um

Answer 8

a catamite or passive homosexual, one who submits to anal intercourse; an effeminate male

Question 9

conscrībillō –āre –āvī –ātum

Answer 9

scrawl over, cover with scribbling, mark up

Question 10

cunīculus –ī m.

Answer 10

rabbit

Question 11

dēprehendō dēprehendere dēprehendī dēprehensus

Answer 11

seize, catch

Question 12

dīva –ae f.

Answer 12

goddess; any female immortal, e.g., the sea nymph Thetis

Question 13

flagellum –ī n.

Answer 13

whip, lash; the whiplike shoot of a vine

Question 14

habeō habēre habuī habitus

Answer 14

have, hold

Question 15

īmulus –a –um

Answer 15

lowest, deepest

Question 16

ineptus –a –um

Answer 16

foolish, gauche, awkward

Question 17

insolenter

Answer 17

contrary to custom; immoderately; arrogantly

Question 18

involō –āre –āvī –ātum

Answer 18

fly at, swoop down upon (to steal)

Question 19

inūrō inūrere inussī inūstus

Answer 19

burn, burn in, brand

Question 20

languidus –a –um

Answer 20

weary, drooping, flaccid

Question 21

latusculum –ī n.

Answer 21

side, flank (dim. of latus)

Question 22

lāneus –a –um

Answer 22

woolly

Question 23

medulla medullae f.

Answer 23

the marrow of the bones; the interior, inside, seat of the emotions

Question 24

minūtus –a –um

Answer 24

small

Question 25

molliculus (mollicellus) –a –um

Answer 25

somewhat voluptuous, unmanly, or erotic (dim. of mollis)

Question 26

mollis molle

Answer 26

soft, mild, languid, voluptuous

Question 27

mulierārius –a –um

Answer 27

belonging to a woman, sent by a woman

Question 28

māgnus –a –um

Answer 28

superl. maximus: large, great

Question 29

oscitō –āre –āvī –ātum

Answer 29

yawn

Question 30

ostendō ostendere ostendī

Answer 30

show, display; reveal

Question 31

palam

Answer 31

openly

Question 32

pallium palli(ī) n.

Answer 32

a rectangular cloth worn as an outer garment, Gk. himation

Question 33

procella –ae f.

Answer 33

storm, gale

Question 34

pēnis –is m.

Answer 34

tail; penis

Question 35

rapax –ācis

Answer 35

predatory, rapacious

Question 36

reglūtinō –āre –āvī –ātum

Answer 36

unglue, unstick

Question 37

remittō remittere remīsī remissum

Answer 37

send back, return

Question 38

Saetabus –a –um

Answer 38

of or made in Saetabis, a town in Hispania Tarraconensis (cf. mod. Tarragona)

Question 39

situs sitūs m.

Answer 39

stagnation, mold, rust, decrepitude

Question 40

soleō solēre solitus sum

Answer 40

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

Question 41

sūdārium sūdāri(ī) n.

Answer 41

a cloth carried to wipe off sweat (sudor), also used as a napkin

Question 42

tamquam

Answer 42

conj., as; just as if (it were)

Question 43

Thallus –ī m.

Answer 43

a praenomen

Question 44

Thÿnus –a um

Answer 44

Bithynian

Question 45

turbidus –a –um

Answer 45

turbulent, stormy

Question 46

turpiter

Answer 46

in an unbecoming or disgraceful manner

Question 47

unguis –is m.

Answer 47

fingernail, claw, talon

Question 48

vel

Answer 48

part., or; even

Question 49

velut or velutī

Answer 49

just as

Question 50

ventus ventī m.

Answer 50

wind

Question 51

vēsāniō –īre

Answer 51

rage