Catullus 28

Question 1

aptus –a –um

Answer 1

tied, prepared, ready; ready to hand

Question 2

bene; melius (comp.); optimē (superl.)

Answer 2

adv. well

Question 3

bonus –a –um

Answer 3

good; of “good” social standing

Question 4

cohors cohortis f.

Answer 4

retinue, staff, entourage

Question 5

comes comitis m. or f.

Answer 5

companion, friend, comrade (often in an inferior capacity or of humbler rank)

Question 6

cāsus cāsūs m.

Answer 6

fall; accident, chance, fortune, situation, plight

Question 7

datum, ī, n.

Answer 7

something given; a present; a debit

Question 8

diū

Answer 8

for a long time

Question 9

ecquisnam, ecquidnam

Answer 9

anyone? anything?

Question 10

expedītus –a –um

Answer 10

unencumbered; lightened, as for action or travel

Question 11

expendō –ere –pendī –pēnsus

Answer 11

weigh; pay out

Question 12

Fabullus –ī m.

Answer 12

a nomen gentile of the Roman gens Fabius (dim. of Fabius)

Question 13

famēs famis f.

Answer 13

hunger; famine

Question 14

farciō farcīre farsī fartum

Answer 14

stuff

Question 15

ferō ferre tulī lātus

Answer 15

bear, carry; endure, withstand; say; take, accept

Question 16

frīgus frīgoris n.

Answer 16

cold

Question 17

gerō gerere gessī gestus

Answer 17

bear, conduct, carry on, do; wear

Question 18

inānis inānis ināne

Answer 18

empty, empty-handed; foolish; vain, futile, unprofitable

Question 19

irrumō irrumāre irrumāvī irrumātus

Answer 19

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

Question 20

iste ista istud

Answer 20

pron. & pron. adj., this (which you have or see); this

Question 21

lentus –a –um

Answer 21

supple, pliant; slow, taking one’s time, unconcerned, at ease

Question 22

lucellum –ī n.

Answer 22

a small profit (dim. of lucrum)

Question 23

malum malī n.

Answer 23

trouble, misfortune, woe, aliment

Question 24

Memmius –iī m.

Answer 24

Roman nomen gentile

Question 25

nam

Answer 25

explanatory particle, for; as encl., for lively or impatient emphasis, indicating the point of a line of questioning

Question 26

nihilum/nīlum nihilī/nīlī n.

Answer 26

nothing; abl. w/ adv. Force, an emphatic form of non: not at all

Question 27

nōbilis nōbile

Answer 27

well-known, famous, illustrious

Question 28

opprobrium –ī n.

Answer 28

shame, disgrace

Question 29

parvus –a –um / minor –us / minimus –a –um

Answer 29

little

Question 30

pateō patēre patuī

Answer 30

be open; show as entered (in accounts)

Question 31

pār paris

Answer 31

equal, comparable; fitting

Question 32

petō petere petiī/petīvī petītus

Answer 32

seek

Question 33

praetor praetoris m.

Answer 33

commander; magistrate, governor

Question 34

Pīsō –onis m.

Answer 34

cognomen of the Gens Calpurnia

Question 35

quantum

Answer 35

rel. as much as

Question 36

referō referre rettulī relātus

Answer 36

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

Question 37

sarcinula –ae f.

Answer 37

a light knapsack

Question 38

satis or sat (comp. satius)

Answer 38

enough

Question 39

sequor sequī secūtus sum

Answer 39

follow

Question 40

supīnus –a –um

Answer 40

lying on the back; facing upwards; flat; helpless

Question 41

tabula tabulae f.

Answer 41

a flat piece of wood; a wax-coated writing tablet; pl., account books

Question 42

trabs trabis f.

Answer 42

tree trunk, timber; by metonymy, boat; penis, “shaft”

Question 43

tōtus –a –um

Answer 43

the whole, all

Question 44

vappa –ae f.

Answer 44

flat wine; masc., a person who had gone flat, a nerd or dud

Question 45

verpa –ae f.

Answer 45

penis with foreskin drawn back; erect penis

Question 46

Verānius –iī m.

Answer 46

friend of Catullus

Question 47

videō vidēre vīdī vīsus

Answer 47

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