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Catullus 29 Flashcards

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Adōneus –ī m.

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archaic Latin form of Adonis, youth loved by Venus

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albulus –a –um

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white; transparent, clear, colorless (dim. of albus)

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āleō āleōnis m.

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a habitual gambler

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amnis amnis m.

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river

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an

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particle introducing questions with note of surprise or indignation: can it be that … ?; (after utrum) or

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aurifer aurifera auriferum

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gold-bearing

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bonum –ī n.

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any good thing or circumstance, boon, blessing, benefit; pl. “goods” as property, one’s estate

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cinaedus –a –um

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

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columbus columbī m.

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a male or cock pigeon

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comedō comedere (comesse) comēdī comēsum

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eat up; squander

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comō –āre –āvī –ātum

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be covered with hair or foliage

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cubīle cubīlis n.

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bed, couch

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diffutūtus –a –um

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subjected to widespread sexual demands; dissipated by sex; sexually overworked

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14
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ducentiēs or ducentiēns

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two hundred times

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dēvorō dēvorāre dēvorāvī dēvorātus

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eat up, devour

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elluor (heluor) elluārī elluatus sum

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overspend on food and luxury

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expatrō –āre

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waste, squander

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ferō ferre tulī lātus

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

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foveō fovēre fōvī fōtus

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keep warm; cherish, coddle

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20
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gener generī m.

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Son-in-law

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habeō habēre habuī habitus

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have, hold

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Hibērus –ī m.

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of Iberia, Spanish

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imperātor imperātōris m.

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ruler, commander

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impudīcus –a –um

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sexually immoral, licentious

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inde

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thence, from that point

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īnsula īnsulae f.

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island

27
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lancinō lanciānre lancinātus

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tear to pieces, mangle

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līberālitās līberālitātis f.

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generosity, munificence

29
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mentula mentulae f.

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penis

30
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mālum –ī n.

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trouble; wickedness; cause of mischief (applied to bad people)

31
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Māmurra –ae m.

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a notorious parvenu henchman of Caesar, often called “mentula” by Catullus

32
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nisi or nī

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unless, except if

33
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occidēns –entis

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the region where the sun sets, the west

34
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parum; minus; minimē

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too little; not at all

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paternus –a –um

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of a father; paternal

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patior patī passus sum

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undergo, suffer, be subjected to; bear, put up with, tolerate, let, allow

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patrimōnium patrimōni(ī) n.

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estate, fortune

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perambulō perambulāre perambulāvī perambulātus

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walk around in; make a tour of

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perdō perdere perdidī perditus

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ruin, spoil

40
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Ponticus –a –um

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of or on the Black Sea

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possum posse potuī

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to be able

42
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potis or pote (indecl.)

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indecl. adj., having the power, able; possible

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praeda praedae f.

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booty, prey

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prīmus –a –um

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first; the tip of

45
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sciō scīre scīvī/sciī scītus

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know

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secundus –a –um

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going along with, following; hence (of a wind) favorable; second

47
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sinister –a –um

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left; harmful, perverse, misguided

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socer socerī m.

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father-in-law

49
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superbus –a –um

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proud, haughty

50
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superfluō superfluere superflūxī superflūxus

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overflow; be or have more than enough

51
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Tagus –ī m.

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the Tagus (mod. Tajo) river, which flowes west through central Spain and empties into the Atlantic near mod. Lisbon, Portugal

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tertius –a –um

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third

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timeō timēre timuī

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be afraid; w/ dat., fear for

54
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trecentiēs

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300 times

55
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ulterior –ius; ultimus –a –um

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last, final, farthest

56
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ūnctus –a –um

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greasy, well-oiled, rich

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videō vidēre vīdī vīsus

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

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vorāx vorācis m.

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ravenous, insatiable

Catullus Vocabulary 1, Poems 1-60 (66 decks)

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