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accipiō accipere accēpī acceptus

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receive, accept; hear

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ambō ambae ambō

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pl. adj. & pron., both

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Caecilius –ī m.

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a friend of Catullus, from Como; unknown outside of Catullus 35, though he may have been an ancestor of the Pliny the Younger (C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus); apparently author of a poem about the goddess Cybele

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candidus –a –um

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bright; white; fair-skinned (implying beauty); gorgeous (of a woman)

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collum collī n.

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neck

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cōgitātiō cōgitātiōnis f.

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a thought

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Dindymus –ī m.

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mountain in Phrygia sacred to the goddess Cybele

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doctus –a –um

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learned

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dēpereō –perīre –periī

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perish; (hyperbolic) love to death, love to distraction

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dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus

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talk; say, declare; sing, recite; name, call

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edō ēsse ēdī ēsus

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eat/consume/devour

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enim

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postpos. part., emphasizing prec. word: for

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eō īre iī/īvī itum

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go

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ignis ignis m.

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fire; funeral pyre; any luminous object in the sky, such as a star; love’s fire

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īgnōscō īgnōscere īgnōvī īgnōtus

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forgive (w/ dat.)

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impotens –entis

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powerless; lacking in self-control, hence headstrong, wild, violent, intemperate

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incohō –āre –āvī –ātum

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start work on, begin

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iniciō –ere –iēcī –iectum

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throw in or on

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interior –ius

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inner

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legō legere lēgī lēctus

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gather; remove; pick out; read, read about

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Lārius -a -um

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of the Larius Lacus (modern Lake Como)

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lītus lītoris n.

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shore

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manus manūs f.

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hand

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medulla medullae f.

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

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misellus –a –um

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poor little; wretchedly in love (dim. of miser)

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moenia moenium n. pl.

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town walls

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moror morārī morātus sum

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delay, stay, wait

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Māgna Mater

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the goddess Cybele

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mīliēs

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1000 times

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Mūsa –ae f.

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a muse, divine patroness of poetry

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nam

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

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Novum Cōmum –ī n.

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town in Cisalpine Gaul (mod. Como)

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nūntiō nuntiāre nuntiāvī nuntiātus

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announce, communicate, tell

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papȳrus –ī f.

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an Egyptian reed used in making paper; paper made from the papyris reed

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poēta poētae m.

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poet

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quamvīs

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rel. to any degree you like, as much as can be; concessive w/ subjunctive, even tough

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quārē

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interr. & rel. how? for what reason? on account of which thing; wherefore, therefore

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quīdam quaedam quiddam

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a particular - , a certain

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relinquō relinquere relīquī relictus

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quit, leave, forsake

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revocō revocāre revocāvī revocātus

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call back

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rogō rogāre rogāvī rogātus

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ask, ask for

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sapiō sapere sapivī

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have a taste; have taste, sense, discernment

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Sapphicus –a –um

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of Sappho, the 7-6th cent. lyric poet

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sodālis sodālis m.

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crony, buddy, comrade

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suus –a –um

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reflex. possesive adj., his/her/its own

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tempus temporis n.

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time

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tener tenera tenerum

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soft, tender, delicate; romantically tender (with ref. to love poetry)

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veniō venīre vēnī ventum

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come

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venustus –a –um

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lovely, attractive, charming; graceful, pretty, neat

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volō velle voluī

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wish, be willing

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vorō vorāre vorāvī vorātus

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devour, eat up

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vērum –ī n.

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but in fact, but, actually

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Vērōna –ae f.

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town in Gallia Transpadana, birthplace of Catullus

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