Catullus 51

Question 1

adversus or adversum + acc.

Answer 1

facing, opposite, against, opposed (to) (adv. and prep. + acc.)

Question 2

artus artūs m.

Answer 2

joint; limb; part of the body, member

Question 3

aspiciō aspicere aspēxī aspectus

Answer 3

look upon; look

Question 4

audiō audīre audīvī audītus

Answer 4

hear, pay attention to

Question 5

auris auris f.

Answer 5

ear

Question 6

beātus –a –um

Answer 6

happy, blessed; rich, well-to-do

Question 7

dulcis dulce

Answer 7

sweet

Question 8

dēmānō dēmānāre

Answer 8

run or drip down

Question 9

ēripiō ēripere ēripuī ēreptus

Answer 9

snatch away, remove

Question 10

exsultō (exultō) –are –āvī –ātus

Answer 10

spring up; let oneself go, run riot; show unrestrained pleasure, exult

Question 11

flamma flammae f.

Answer 11

flame, fire

Question 12

fās n.

Answer 12

indecl. n., that which is right or permissible by divine law; meet and right, fitting, proper

Question 13

geminus –a –um

Answer 13

double, twin

Question 14

gestiō gestīre

Answer 14

desire eagerly; act without restraint, exult

Question 15

identidem

Answer 15

repeatedly, continually

Question 16

Lesbia –ae f.

Answer 16

poetic name given the main love interest in the poems Catullus, traditionally identified as Clodia Metelli

Question 17

lingua linguae f.

Answer 17

tongue

Question 18

lūmen luminis n.

Answer 18

radiance, light; day; the light of life; by metonymy, eye; a light-giving body in the heavens

Question 19

miser misera miserum

Answer 19

wretched, unhappy

Question 20

molestus –a –um

Answer 20

troublesome, annoying

Question 21

nam

Answer 21

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

Question 22

nihil or nīl or nihilo n.

Answer 22

indecl. n., nothing; w/ adv. force, an emphatic form of non; not at all

Question 23

nimium (nimiō)

Answer 23

too much, very much

Question 24

ōtium –iī n.

Answer 24

unoccupied spare time, leisure, rest, idleness

Question 25

pār paris

Answer 25

equal, comparable; fitting

Question 26

perdō perdere perdidī perditus

Answer 26

ruin, spoil

Question 27

prius

Answer 27

before, earlier

Question 28

rīdeō rīdēre rīsī rīsus

Answer 28

laugh

Question 29

sedeō sedēre sēdī sessus

Answer 29

sit

Question 30

simul

Answer 30

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

Question 31

sonitus –ūs m.

Answer 31

sound

Question 32

spectō spectāre spectāvī spectātus

Answer 32

look at, watch

Question 33

sub

Answer 33

prep. w/ acc. or abl., under

Question 34

super

Answer 34

over, above; more; besides; prep. w/ acc., over

Question 35

superō superāre superāvī superātus

Answer 35

surpass

Question 36

suus –a –um

Answer 36

reflex. possesive adj., his/her/its own

Question 37

sēnsus sēnsūs m.

Answer 37

sensation; any of the senses; consciousness

Question 38

sī

Answer 38

conj., if

Question 39

tegō tegere tēxī tēctus

Answer 39

cover

Question 40

tenuis tenue

Answer 40

thin

Question 41

tintinō –āre –āvī –ātum

Answer 41

make a ringing sound

Question 42

torpeō torpēre

Answer 42

be numb or paralyzed

Question 43

videō vidēre vīdī vīsus

Answer 43

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