Catullus 63.12-30 Flashcards
acūtus –a –um
sharp
adeō adīre adīvī/adiī aditus
approach, go to, visit
age agite
come!
agitō agitāre agitāvī agitātus
freq. of ago, shake
aliēnus –a –um
belonging to another person or people; foreign
altus –a –um
high, deep; loud
Attis –idis m.
in myth, a eunuch consort of the goddess Cybele
calamus –ī m.
a reed; reed pipe
canō canere cecinī cantus
sing
caput capitis n.
head
cavus –a –um
hollow; deep
celerō celerāre celerāvī celerātus
hurry
chorus –ī m.
a singing and dancing performance; a singing and dancing group, chorus, troupe
citus –a –um
moving quickly, rapid, swift
citātus –a –um
hurried, rapid
curvus –a –um
bent, curving
Cybelē (Cybēbē) –ēs or –ae f.
Phrygian goddess of nature, known also in Rome as the Magna Mater
cymbalum –ī n.
cymbal
cēdō cēdere cessī cessum
go; go away, depart
decet decēre decuīt
be suitable or fitting
Dindymēnē –ēs or –ae f.
of or belonging to Mt. Dindymon in Phrygia; Cybele
dux ducis m. or f.
leader
dīva –ae f.
goddess; any female immortal, e.g., the sea nymph Thetis
era –ae f.
a woman in relation to her sevants; mistress, i.e., the woman or goddess one serves (as opp. to a kept woman)
error errōris m.
a wandering; deviation, mistake
exsequor (exequor) exsequī exsecūtus sum
follow, pursue
exsul exsulis m.
an exile
eō īre iī/īvī itum
go
ferō ferre tulī lātus
bear, carry; endure, withstand; say; take, accept
Galla –ae f.
an emasculated priest of Cybele
gravis grave
heavy, grevious, severe; low-pitched
hederiger –era –erum
ivy-carrying, wearing ivy
hilarō –āre –āvī –ātum
cheer, gladden
iaciō iacere iēcī iactus
throw
levis –e
light in weight; light, gentle; trivial, shallow, insignificant
lingua linguae f.
tongue
locus locī m. or loca locōrum n. pl.
place, region, part
Maenas –adis f.
a “raver” or Maenad, female votary of Bacchis, Bacchante
mulier mulieris f.
woman
mōra mōrae f.
delay
nemus nemoris n.
a wood, forest
nimius –a –um
excessive
nothus –a –um
illegitimate; spurious, counterfeit
odium odiī n.
hatred
pecus pecoris n.
livestock, cattle
pelagus pelagī m.
the sea
petō petere petiī/petīvī petītus
seek
Phrygius –a –um
of Phrygia, Phrygian
Phryx –ygis
Phrygian
properō properāre properāvī properātus
hurry
pēs pedis m.
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
quō
where, whither
rapidus –a –um
strongly flowing, swiftly moving, rapid; scorching, consuming
reboō –āre –āvī –ātum
resound, reecho
recrepō –āre –āvī –ātum
ring or sound in answer
remūgiō –īre
boom or bellow in reply
repente or repens
suddenly, immediately
sacrum sacrī n.
a sacred object or observance, rite
salum –ī n.
swell, billow; the sea
sanctus –a –um
holy, sacred, inviolate
secta –ae f.
a line of movement or action; a line of teaching; way of life, occupation.
sequor sequī secūtus sum
follow
simul
at the same time, together, as well; conj., as soon as
sonō sonāre sonuī sonitum
make a sound
suēscō –ere suēvī suētus
become accustomed; in perf., be accustomed
tardus –a –um
slow, late, dull
thiasus –ī m.
an orgiastic dance; a group that performs such dances
trepidō trepidāre trepidāvī trepidātus
panic; bustle, burry; tremble with excitement
tripudium –iī n.
a ritual dance in three-step
truculentus –a –um
ferocious; n. pl. as subst., ferocity
tympanum –ī n.
a small drum or tom-tom, usu. as used in the worship of Cybele or Bacchus
tībīcen –inis m.
piper, a performer on the tibia
ululātus –ūs m.
ululation, a howling or wailing in which the tongue is moved rapidly up and down to form the sounds
ululō ululāre ululāvī ululātus
make an ululating sound with the mouth and tongue
vagus –a –um
roaming, wandering, rambling
velut or velutī
just as
viridis –e
green
volitō volitāre volitāvī volitātus
fly about; move about rapidly; dart swiftly
vīs vis f.
strength, force, violence
ēvirō –āre –āvī –ātum
unman, emasculate
Īda –ae or Īdē –ēs f.
Mount Ida, a range in the Troad (western Phrygia), a center of Cybele worship
