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accipiō accipere accēpī acceptus

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receive, accept; hear

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Amathūs –ūntis f.

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acc. Amathunta, a town in Cyprus

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Ancōn, ōnis, f.

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Ancona, a town on the Adriatic coast

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annālis –is m.

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a book of annals or chronicles; (pl.) a chronicle in several books

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apertus -a um

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open; exposed to the elements

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cacō cacāre cacāvī cacātus

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defecate

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caerulus (caeruleus) –a –um

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sea-blue

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charta or carta, -ae f.

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a sheet or roll of papyrus

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Cnidus –ī f.

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Cnidus, town on the coast of Caria, in SW Asia Minor, where Venus/Aphrodite was worshipped

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colō colere coluī cultus

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inhabit; till; look after

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creō creāre creāvī creātus

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beget, give birth to, produce

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Cupīdō –inis m.

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desire; object of desire (as term of affection); Cupid or Eros, companion of Venus/Aphrodite, personification of sexual desire

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deus deī m.

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god

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Durrachium –ī n.

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a town on the coast of Illyria, mod. Durazzo / Durresi, in Albania

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dēsinō dēsinere dēsiī dēsitus

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cease, leave off, stop

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dō dare dedī datus

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give, pay

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ēlectus –a um superl. electissimus

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select, choice

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faciō facere fēcī factus

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do, make, achieve, attain, reach

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Golgī –ōrum m. pl.

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a town in Cyprus noted for the worship of Aphrodite / Venus

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Hadria –ae f.

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the Adriatic Sea

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harūndinōsus –a –um

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reedy

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iambus iambī m.

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an iamb or iambic verse; (pl.) invective verse, esp. that written in iambic meter

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Īdalium –iī n.

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town in Cyprus sacred to Aphrodite/Venus

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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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illepidus –a –um

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unbecoming, ungraceful, awkward

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infacētiae –ārum f.

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clumsiness, gaucheries, blunders

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īnfēlīx īnfēlīcis

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infertile, disastrous, unlucky

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intereā

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in the meantime; with adversative force, in these circumstances

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invenustus –a –um

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not venustus, unlovely, unattractive

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iocōsus –a –um

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full of laughs, jolly, happy

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lepidus –a –um

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charming, witty

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līgnum lignī n.

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wood, firewood

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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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pontus pontī m.

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sea

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poēta poētae m.

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poet

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prō

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prep. w/ abl., in front of; on behalf of; in return for; in capacity of

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reddō reddere reddidī redditus

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give back, restore; repay (a debt, obligation, or vow); pay (honor, tribute, etc.); render, turn something or someone into

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restituō restituere restituī restitūtus

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rebuild; restore, cure; give back unharmed or in its original state

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rūs rūris n.

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country, boondocks; country qualities, rusticity

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sanctus –a –um

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holy, sacred, inviolate

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scripta –ōrum n. pl.

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writings, works (in poetry or prose)

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solvō solvere solvī solūtus

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loosen, untie, dislodge, cast off; discharge, fulfill (a vow)

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sum esse fuī futūrus

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to be

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suī sibi sē sē

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him-/her-/itself

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taberna tabernae f.

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hut; inn, hostel

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tardipēs

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slow-footed, lame; epithet of the god Vulcan

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trux trucis

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harsh, fierce, cruel, savage

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Ūriī –ōrum m. pl.

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Italian town associated with the cult of Venus; pos. = Urium, on the Adriatic Coast

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ustulō –āre –āvī –ātum

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char, burn

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veniō venīre vēnī ventum

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come

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Venus –eris f.

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Venus or Aphrodite, goddess of love and charm

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vibrō vibrāre vibrāvī vibrātus

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shake, brandish

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videō vidēre vīdī vīsus

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

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Volusius –(i)ī, m.

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author, from near Padua, of a historical poem called Annales; known only from Catullus

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voveō vovēre vōvī vōtus

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promise, vow

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vōs vestrum/vestrī

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you

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ēlectus –a um superl. electissimus

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select, choice

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Īdalium –iī n.

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town in Cyprus sacred to Aphrodite/Venus

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

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