Catullus 4 Flashcards by William Turpin

aequor aequoris n.

a smooth expanse; hence water, the sea

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āiō

say

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Amastris –is f.

the capital of Paphlagonia (in modern Turkey, on the central Black Sea coast)

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anteā

adv. (ante + ea), previously

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aura aurae f.

breeze, wind

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buxifer –era –erum

producing box-trees (the Buxus yields boxwood, a close-grained, heavy, tough hardwood)

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cacūmen –inis n.

peak, tip

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Castor –oris m.

son of Leda and Tyndareus, twin brother of Pollux; one of a twin constellation used in navigation; patron (with his brother Pollux) of seafarers and ships

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celer celeris celere

swift

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coma comae f.

hair, lock of hair; foliage

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comō –āre –āvī –ātum

be covered with hair or foliage

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Cyclades –um f.

an island of the Cyclades; pl. the Cyclades, islands in the Aegean surrounding Delos

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Cytōrius –a –um

of Cytorus, a mountain in Paphlagonia east of Amastris, part of the coastal ridge along the southern shore of the Black Sea

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Cytōrus –ī m.

a mountain in Paphlagonia east of Amastris, part of the coastal ridge along the southern shore of the Black Sea

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cōgnitus –a –um

known; sexually intimate

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dextera dextera f.

the right hand

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dēdicō dēdicāre dēdicāvī dēdicātus

dedicate, consecrate

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dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus

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

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ēdō ēdere ēdidī ēditus

emit, bring forth, yield; publish

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erus –ī m.

master

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faciō facere fēcī factus

do, make, achieve, attain, reach

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ferō ferre tulī lātus

bear, carry; endure, withstand; say; take, accept

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fretum fretī n.

any place where the sea boils up; sea

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gemellus –a –um

twin (adj. or subst.)

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(H)adriāticum –ī n.

Adriatic, as neut, subst., the Adriatic Sea

horridus –a –um

rough, rugged, wild, uncouth, harsh

hospes hospitis m.

guest, visitor; stranger

imbuō –ere –uī –ūtus

drench, steep; dip or wet for the first time; inaugurate, give first experience

impetus impetūs m.

forceful or rapid movement; attack

impotens –entis

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

incidō incidere incidī

fall or impinge upon, occur

inde

thence, from that point

īnsula īnsulae f.

island

iugum iugī n.

yoke; ridge

Iuppiter Iovis m.

Juppiter or Zeus, chief of the Olympian gods; by metonymy, the weather, wind, sky

lacus lacūs m.

lake

laevā

on the left

limpidus –a –um

clear, transparent

linteum –ī n.

linen cloth; napkin; sail

loquor loquī locūtus sum

speak; tell

lītorālis –e

of the shore

lītus lītoris n.

shore

mare maris n.

sea

mināx –ācis

menacing, threatening

nam

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

natō natāre natāvī natātus

swim; float

negō negāre negāvī negātus

deny, refuse, say that... not

nequeō nequīre nequiī/nequīvī nequitum

to be unable (to)

novus –a –um

latest, last

nāvis nāvis f.

ship

nōbilis nōbile

well-known, famous, illustrious

opus n. (indeclinable)

need, necessity, w. abl. of the thing needed

orīgō –inis f.

origin, beginning

palmula –ae f.

the palm of the hand; oar; palm tree or leaf

phasēlus –ī m.

a light ship, so-called because of its resemblance to a green bean

Ponticus –a –um

of or on the Black Sea

praetereō praeterīre praeterīvī/praeteriī praeteritus

go beyond, pass

prius

before, earlier

Propontis –idis f.

the Propontis or Sea of Marmora, between the Black Sea and the Aegean

pēs pedis m.

foot; (poet.) a metrical foot; (naut.) the line or sheet by which each of the two lower corners of a square sail is made fast to the ship

quiēs quiētis f.

sleep, repose

reconditus –a –um

hidden away, secluded

Rhodus –ī f.

the island of Rhodes

saepe

often

secundus –a –um

going along with, following; hence (of a wind) favorable; second

seneō –ēre

to be old

sibilus –ī m.

any sibilant sound; hissing, whistling

silva silvae f.

forest, wood

simul

at the same time, together, as well; conj., as soon as

sinus sinūs m.

the cavity or fold produced by the looping of a garment (OLD); breast; bosom, refuge; a curved indentation in the coastline such as a bay or gulf

stō stāre stetī statum

stand

suī sibi sē sē

him-/her-/itself

sīve or seu

or if; whether ... or (see sive)

Thrācia –ae f.

Thrace (roughly modern Bulgaria and European Turkey)

tot

indecl. adj., so many

trabs trabis f.

tree trunk, timber; by metonymy, boat; penis, "shaft"

trux trucis

harsh, fierce, cruel, savage

ūllus –a –um

any

ulterior –ius; ultimus –a –um

last, final, farthest

ūsque

all the way (to), continuously, constantly

uterque utraque utrumque

indef. adj. & pron., each (of two)

or (encl. conj.)

veniō venīre vēnī ventum

come

videō vidēre vīdī vīsus

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

vocō vocāre vocāvī vocātus

call, summon, invite

volō volāre volāvī volātus

fly

vōtum vōtī n.

vow, prayer

āiō

say