Catullus 29 Flashcards
Adōneus –ī m.
archaic Latin form of Adonis, youth loved by Venus
albulus –a –um
white; transparent, clear, colorless (dim. of albus)
āleō āleōnis m.
a habitual gambler
amnis amnis m.
river
an
particle introducing questions with note of surprise or indignation: can it be that … ?; (after utrum) or
aurifer aurifera auriferum
gold-bearing
bonum –ī n.
any good thing or circumstance, boon, blessing, benefit; pl. “goods” as property, one’s estate
cinaedus –a –um
a catamite or passive homosexual, one who submits to anal intercourse; an effeminate male
columbus columbī m.
a male or cock pigeon
comedō comedere (comesse) comēdī comēsum
eat up; squander
comō –āre –āvī –ātum
be covered with hair or foliage
cubīle cubīlis n.
bed, couch
diffutūtus –a –um
subjected to widespread sexual demands; dissipated by sex; sexually overworked
ducentiēs or ducentiēns
two hundred times
dēvorō dēvorāre dēvorāvī dēvorātus
eat up, devour
elluor (heluor) elluārī elluatus sum
overspend on food and luxury
expatrō –āre
waste, squander
ferō ferre tulī lātus
bear, carry; endure, withstand; say; take, accept
foveō fovēre fōvī fōtus
keep warm; cherish, coddle
gener generī m.
Son-in-law
habeō habēre habuī habitus
have, hold
Hibērus –ī m.
of Iberia, Spanish
imperātor imperātōris m.
ruler, commander
impudīcus –a –um
sexually immoral, licentious
inde
thence, from that point
īnsula īnsulae f.
island
lancinō lanciānre lancinātus
tear to pieces, mangle
līberālitās līberālitātis f.
generosity, munificence
mentula mentulae f.
penis
mālum –ī n.
trouble; wickedness; cause of mischief (applied to bad people)
Māmurra –ae m.
a notorious parvenu henchman of Caesar, often called “mentula” by Catullus
nisi or nī
unless, except if
occidēns –entis
the region where the sun sets, the west
parum; minus; minimē
too little; not at all
paternus –a –um
of a father; paternal
patior patī passus sum
undergo, suffer, be subjected to; bear, put up with, tolerate, let, allow
patrimōnium patrimōni(ī) n.
estate, fortune
perambulō perambulāre perambulāvī perambulātus
walk around in; make a tour of
perdō perdere perdidī perditus
ruin, spoil
Ponticus –a –um
of or on the Black Sea
possum posse potuī
to be able
potis or pote (indecl.)
indecl. adj., having the power, able; possible
praeda praedae f.
booty, prey
prīmus –a –um
first; the tip of
sciō scīre scīvī/sciī scītus
know
secundus –a –um
going along with, following; hence (of a wind) favorable; second
sinister –a –um
left; harmful, perverse, misguided
socer socerī m.
father-in-law
superbus –a –um
proud, haughty
superfluō superfluere superflūxī superflūxus
overflow; be or have more than enough
Tagus –ī m.
the Tagus (mod. Tajo) river, which flowes west through central Spain and empties into the Atlantic near mod. Lisbon, Portugal
tertius –a –um
third
timeō timēre timuī
be afraid; w/ dat., fear for
trecentiēs
300 times
ulterior –ius; ultimus –a –um
last, final, farthest
ūnctus –a –um
greasy, well-oiled, rich
videō vidēre vīdī vīsus
see, perceive; pass. seem, seem good or proper
vorāx vorācis m.
ravenous, insatiable
