Catullus 63.1-11

Question 1

acūtus –a –um

Answer 1

sharp

Question 2

adeō adīre adīvī/adiī aditus

Answer 2

approach, go to, visit

Question 3

adorior adorīrī adortus sum

Answer 3

attack; begin

Question 4

altus –a –um

Answer 4

high, deep; loud

Question 5

animus animī m.

Answer 5

the mind

Question 6

Attis –idis m.

Answer 6

in myth, a eunuch consort of the goddess Cybele

Question 7

canō canere cecinī cantus

Answer 7

sing

Question 8

capiō capere cēpī captus

Answer 8

catch, snatch

Question 9

cavus –a –um

Answer 9

hollow; deep

Question 10

celer celeris celere

Answer 10

swift

Question 11

citātus –a –um

Answer 11

hurried, rapid

Question 12

cupidē

Answer 12

eagerly

Question 13

Cybelē (Cybēbē) –ēs or –ae f.

Answer 13

Phrygian goddess of nature, known also in Rome as the Magna Mater

Question 14

digitus digitī m.

Answer 14

finger

Question 15

dēvellō –vellere –vellī (–volsī) –volsum

Answer 15

to pluck out

Question 16

etiam

Answer 16

still, yet, even now; (introducing a more extreme case) even, actually; etiam atque etiam, ever more urgently, more and more

Question 17

furō furere

Answer 17

be mad or crazed; rage with passion, rave

Question 18

ibī

Answer 18

there, in that place; then, there and then

Question 19

īlia –ium n. or īle –is

Answer 19

groin, genitals

Question 20

initium initi(ī) n.

Answer 20

beginning; pl. rites, mysteries, and objects used in such rites

Question 21

itaque

Answer 21

accordingly, in consequence, so

Question 22

levis –e

Answer 22

light in weight; light, gentle; trivial, shallow, insignificant

Question 23

locus locī m. or loca locōrum n. pl.

Answer 23

place, region, part

Question 24

maculō maculāre maculāvī maculātus

Answer 24

spot, spatter, stain

Question 25

membrum membrī n.

Answer 25

any part of the body; limb

Question 26

nemus nemoris n.

Answer 26

a wood, forest

Question 27

niveus –a –um

Answer 27

snowy, white

Question 28

opācus –a –um

Answer 28

dark

Question 29

Phrygius –a –um

Answer 29

of Phrygia (a region of NW Asia Minor), Phrygian

Question 30

pondus ponderis n.

Answer 30

weight

Question 31

pēs pedis m.

Answer 31

foot; (poet.) a metrical foot; (naut.) the line or sheet by which each of the two lower corners of a square sail is made fast to the ship

Question 32

quatiō quatere quassī quassum

Answer 32

shake

Question 33

rabiēs –em –ē f.

Answer 33

savageness, ferocity; uncontrolled emotion, frenzy

Question 34

ratis ratis f.

Answer 34

raft; boat, ship

Question 35

recēns recentis

Answer 35

recent, fresh

Question 36

redimiō –imīre –imiī –imītum

Answer 36

wreathe, encircle

Question 37

relinquō relinquere relīquī relictus

Answer 37

quit, leave, forsake

Question 38

sanguis sanguinis m. or sanguen –inis n.

Answer 38

blood

Question 39

sentiō sentīre sēnsī sēnsus

Answer 39

perceive, sense, feel

Question 40

silex silicis n.

Answer 40

any hard rock; flint

Question 41

silva silvae f.

Answer 41

forest, wood

Question 42

sine

Answer 42

prep. w/ abl., without

Question 43

solum –ī n.

Answer 43

base, floor; (sts. pl.) soil, earth, ground

Question 44

stimulō stimulāre stimulāvī stimulātus

Answer 44

to goad on; incite, rouse, excite

Question 45

sum esse fuī futūrus

Answer 45

to be

Question 46

super

Answer 46

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

Question 47

tangō tangere tetigī tāctus

Answer 47

touch

Question 48

taurus taurī m.

Answer 48

a bull

Question 49

tener tenera tenerum

Answer 49

soft, tender, delicate; romantically tender (with ref. to love poetry)

Question 50

tergum tergī n. or tergus –oris n.

Answer 50

back; hide from an animal’s back

Question 51

tremebundus –a –um

Answer 51

shaking, trembling

Question 52

tympanum –ī n.

Answer 52

a small drum or tom-tom, usu. as used in the worship of Cybele or Bacchus

Question 53

vagus –a –um

Answer 53

roaming, wandering, rambling

Question 54

vehō vehere vēxī vectus

Answer 54

convey, carry, transport