Catullus 56 Flashcards
auris auris f.
ear
cachinnus cachinnī m.
laugh, guffaw; metaph. of rippling waves
caedō caedere cecīdī caesus
strike, strike dead; to “bang” (in sexual intercourse)
Catō –ōnis m.
Roman cognomen; here either Valerius Cato (neoteric poet) or M. Porcius Cato Uticensis / the Younger (famous stoic and political conservative) or an obscene poet mentioned by Ovid
Diōnē –ēs f.
the goddess Dione, mother of Aphrodite / Venus; (by metonymy) Venus
dēprehendō dēprehendere dēprehendī dēprehensus
seize, catch
dīgnus –a –um
appropriate, worthy
iocōsus –a –um
full of laughs, jolly, happy
modo
just, only
nimis
too much; very much
placeō placēre placuī placitum
be pleasing to
prōtēlum –ī n.
a team of draft animals such as oxen
pūpulus –ī m.
a little boy
quisquis quidquid or quicquid
each one
rigida –ae f.
the erect penis
rīdeō rīdēre rīsī rīsus
laugh
rīdiculus –a –um
funny
trūsō –āre –āvī –ātum
keep pushing or thrusting; w/ dat., of sexual intercourse
