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
