Catullus 51 Flashcards
adversus or adversum + acc.
facing, opposite, against, opposed (to) (adv. and prep. + acc.)
artus artūs m.
joint; limb; part of the body, member
aspiciō aspicere aspēxī aspectus
look upon; look
audiō audīre audīvī audītus
hear, pay attention to
auris auris f.
ear
beātus –a –um
happy, blessed; rich, well-to-do
dulcis dulce
sweet
dēmānō dēmānāre
run or drip down
ēripiō ēripere ēripuī ēreptus
snatch away, remove
exsultō (exultō) –are –āvī –ātus
spring up; let oneself go, run riot; show unrestrained pleasure, exult
flamma flammae f.
flame, fire
fās n.
indecl. n., that which is right or permissible by divine law; meet and right, fitting, proper
geminus –a –um
double, twin
gestiō gestīre
desire eagerly; act without restraint, exult
identidem
repeatedly, continually
lingua linguae f.
tongue
lūmen luminis n.
radiance, light; day; the light of life; by metonymy, eye; a light-giving body in the heavens
miser misera miserum
wretched, unhappy
molestus –a –um
troublesome, annoying
nam
explanatory particle, for; as encl., for lively or impatient emphasis, indicating the point of a line of questioning
nihil or nīl or nihilo n.
indecl. n., nothing; w/ adv. force, an emphatic form of non; not at all
nimium (nimiō)
too much, very much
nox noctis f.
night
ōtium –iī n.
unoccupied spare time, leisure, rest, idleness
pār paris
equal, comparable; fitting
perdō perdere perdidī perditus
ruin, spoil
prius
before, earlier
rīdeō rīdēre rīsī rīsus
laugh
sedeō sedēre sēdī sessus
sit
simul
at the same time, together, as well; conj., as soon as
sonitus –ūs m.
sound
spectō spectāre spectāvī spectātus
look at, watch
sub
prep. w/ acc. or abl., under
super
over, above; more; besides; prep. w/ acc., over
superō superāre superāvī superātus
surpass
suus –a –um
reflex. possesive adj., his/her/its own
sēnsus sēnsūs m.
sensation; any of the senses; conciousness
tegō tegere tēxī tēctus
cover
tenuis tenue
thin
tintinō –āre –āvī –ātum
make a ringing sound
torpeō torpēre
be numb or paralyzed
videō vidēre vīdī vīsus
see, perceive; pass. seem, seem good or proper