Catullus 40

Question 1

advocō advocāre advocāvī advocātus

Answer 1

call upon, summon

Question 2

agō agere ēgī āctus

Answer 2

drive, do, conduct, throw; draw (breath); be engaged in

Question 3

an

Answer 3

particle introducing questions with note of surprise or indignation: can it be that … ?; (after utrum) or

Question 4

bene; melius (comp.); optimē (superl.)

Answer 4

adv. well

Question 5

excitō excitāre excitāvī excitātus

Answer 5

rouse, wake; stir up, arouse, excite

Question 6

iambus iambī m.

Answer 6

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

Question 7

misellus –a –um

Answer 7

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

Question 8

nōtus –a –um

Answer 8

well-known, familiar, notable, famous, esteemed; notorious, of ill-repute

Question 9

optō optāre optāvī optātus

Answer 9

wish, choose, desire

Question 10

ōs ōris n.

Answer 10

mouth; face, countenance

Question 11

parō parāre parāvī parātus

Answer 11

furnish, supply; obtain

Question 12

perveniō pervenīre pervēnī perventus

Answer 12

come

Question 13

poena poenae f.

Answer 13

penalty

Question 14

praeceps praecipitis

Answer 14

plunging headfirst; headlong; sudden

Question 15

quandōquidem

Answer 15

rel. since

Question 16

quisnam (quīnam) quaenam quidnam

Answer 16

pron. & adj., who/what, tell me?, who/what, finally

Question 17

quālubet

Answer 17

by any means at all; somehow or other

Question 18

rixa –ae f.

Answer 18

quarrel, brawl

Question 19

Rāvidus –ī m.

Answer 19

cognomen of a rival of Catullus; not otherwise known

Question 20

volō velle voluī

Answer 20

wish, be willing

Question 21

vēcors –cordis

Answer 21

demented

Question 22

vulgus vulgī n.

Answer 22

the general public, the rabble, riffraff

Question 23

vēcors –cordis

Answer 23

demented