Catullus 35 Flashcards
accipiō accipere accēpī acceptus
receive, accept; hear
ambō ambae ambō
pl. adj. & pron., both
Caecilius –ī m.
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
candidus –a –um
bright; white; fair-skinned (implying beauty); gorgeous (of a woman)
collum collī n.
neck
cōgitātiō cōgitātiōnis f.
a thought
Dindymus –ī m.
mountain in Phrygia sacred to the goddess Cybele
doctus –a –um
learned
dēpereō –perīre –periī
perish; (hyperbolic) love to death, love to distraction
dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus
talk; say, declare; sing, recite; name, call
edō ēsse ēdī ēsus
eat/consume/devour
enim
postpos. part., emphasizing prec. word: for
eō īre iī/īvī itum
go
ignis ignis m.
fire; funeral pyre; any luminous object in the sky, such as a star; love’s fire
īgnōscō īgnōscere īgnōvī īgnōtus
forgive (w/ dat.)
impotens –entis
powerless; lacking in self-control, hence headstrong, wild, violent, intemperate
incohō –āre –āvī –ātum
start work on, begin
iniciō –ere –iēcī –iectum
throw in or on
interior –ius
inner
legō legere lēgī lēctus
gather; remove; pick out; read, read about
Lārius -a -um
of the Larius Lacus (modern Lake Como)
lītus lītoris n.
shore
manus manūs f.
hand
medulla medullae f.
the marrow of the bones; the interior, inside, seat of the emotions
misellus –a –um
poor little; wretchedly in love (dim. of miser)
moenia moenium n. pl.
town walls
moror morārī morātus sum
delay, stay, wait
Māgna Mater
the goddess Cybele
mīliēs
1000 times
Mūsa –ae f.
a muse, divine patroness of poetry
nam
explanatory particle, for; as encl., for lively or impatient emphasis, indicating the point of a line of questioning
Novum Cōmum –ī n.
town in Cisalpine Gaul (mod. Como)
nūntiō nuntiāre nuntiāvī nuntiātus
announce, communicate, tell
papȳrus –ī f.
an Egyptian reed used in making paper; paper made from the papyris reed
poēta poētae m.
poet
quamvīs
rel. to any degree you like, as much as can be; concessive w/ subjunctive, even tough
quārē
interr. & rel. how? for what reason? on account of which thing; wherefore, therefore
quīdam quaedam quiddam
a particular - , a certain
relinquō relinquere relīquī relictus
quit, leave, forsake
revocō revocāre revocāvī revocātus
call back
rogō rogāre rogāvī rogātus
ask, ask for
sapiō sapere sapivī
have a taste; have taste, sense, discernment
Sapphicus –a –um
of Sappho, the 7-6th cent. lyric poet
sodālis sodālis m.
crony, buddy, comrade
suus –a –um
reflex. possesive adj., his/her/its own
tempus temporis n.
time
tener tenera tenerum
soft, tender, delicate; romantically tender (with ref. to love poetry)
veniō venīre vēnī ventum
come
venustus –a –um
lovely, attractive, charming; graceful, pretty, neat
volō velle voluī
wish, be willing
vorō vorāre vorāvī vorātus
devour, eat up
vērum –ī n.
but in fact, but, actually
Vērōna –ae f.
town in Gallia Transpadana, birthplace of Catullus
