Catullus 56

Question 1

auris auris f.

Answer 1

ear

Question 2

cachinnus cachinnī m.

Answer 2

laugh, guffaw; metaph. of rippling waves

Question 3

caedō caedere cecīdī caesus

Answer 3

strike, strike dead; to “bang” (in sexual intercourse)

Question 4

Catō –ōnis m.

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Diōnē –ēs f.

Answer 5

the goddess Dione, mother of Aphrodite / Venus; (by metonymy) Venus

Question 6

dēprehendō dēprehendere dēprehendī dēprehensus

Answer 6

seize, catch

Question 7

dīgnus –a –um

Answer 7

appropriate, worthy

Question 8

iocōsus –a –um

Answer 8

full of laughs, jolly, happy

Question 9

modo

Answer 9

just, only

Question 10

nimis

Answer 10

too much; very much

Question 11

placeō placēre placuī placitum

Answer 11

be pleasing to

Question 12

prōtēlum –ī n.

Answer 12

a team of draft animals such as oxen

Question 13

pūpulus –ī m.

Answer 13

a little boy

Question 14

quisquis quidquid or quicquid

Answer 14

each one

Question 15

rigida –ae f.

Answer 15

the erect penis

Question 16

rīdeō rīdēre rīsī rīsus

Answer 16

laugh

Question 17

rīdiculus –a –um

Answer 17

funny

Question 18

trūsō –āre –āvī –ātum

Answer 18

keep pushing or thrusting; w/ dat., of sexual intercourse