Catullus 63.74-93 Flashcards
abeō abīre abiī abitum
go away or out; come off, turn out; escape criticism or other consequences
adeō adīre adīvī/adiī aditus
approach, go to, visit
adhortor –ārī –ātus sum
urge on
age agite
come!
agedum
come!
agitō agitāre agitāvī agitātus
freq. of ago, shake
agō agere ēgī āctus
drive, do, conduct, throw; draw (breath); be engaged in
āiō
say
albicō –āre –āvī –ātus
have a whitish tinge
auris auris f.
ear
caedō caedere cecīdī caesus
strike, strike dead; to “beat” with sexual intercourse; cut through, hew
cauda –ae f.
tail
cervīx cervīcis f.
the neck
citus –a –um
moving quickly, rapid, swift
cupiō cupere cupiī/cupīvī cupītus
want, desire
Cybelē (Cybēbē) –ēs or –ae f.
Phrygian goddess of nature, known also in Rome as the Magna Mater
cūnctus –a –um
the whole of, all
dea deae f.
goddess
deus deī m.
god
Dindymus –ī m.
mountain in Phrygia sared to the goddess Cybele
doleō dolēre doluī dolitus
suffer pain, grieve, hurt; impers., cause pain, rankle
domina dominae f.
mistress
domus domī f.
home; house, family
dēmēns dēmentis
out of one’s mind, maddened, crazy
era or hera –ae f.
a woman in relation to her sevants; mistress, i.e., the woman or goddess one serves (as opp. to a kept woman)
eō īre iī/īvī itum
go
faciō facere fēcī factus
do, make, achieve, attain, reach
famula –ae f.
servant, slave
ferus –a –um
fierce, wild, savage; inhuman, cruel
ferō ferre tulī lātus
bear, carry; endure, withstand; say; take, accept
ferōx ferōcis
fierce
fremitus –ūs m.
a low roar, rumble, growl
fremō fremere fremuī
roar, rumble, growl
fugiō fugere fūgī fugitus
run away, flee, escape, slip off
furor furōris m.
passion, rage, frenzy
geminus –a –um
double, twin
hic haec hoc
this
iam
now
ibī
there, in that place; then, there and then
ictus ictūs m.
stroke, blow, impact
imperium imperiī n.
command
impetus impetūs m.
forceful or rapid movement; attack
incitō incitāre incitāvī incitātus
incite, provoke, stir
inquam inquis inquit inquiunt
say
ita
so
iuba –ae f.
mane
iugum iugī n.
yoke; ridge
iungō iungere iūnxī iūnctus
yoke, join, unite
labellum labellī n.
lip (dim. of labrum)
laevus –a –um
left; the left hand
leō leōnis m.
lion
loquor loquī locūtus sum
speak; tell
lībere līberius līberrime
freely
lītus lītoris n.
shore
marmor –oris n.
marble; the marblelike surface of the sea
mināx –ācis
menacing, threatening
mūgiō –īre –īvī (–iī)
low, moo, bellow, roar
nemus nemoris n.
a wood, forest
nimis
too much; very much
novus –a –um
latest, last
nūntium –ī n.
message, communication
paenitet paenitēre paenituit
cause dissatisfaction or regret (impers. const. w/ acc. of person affected & gen. of cause)
patior patī passus sum
undergo, suffer, be subjected to; bear, put up with, tolerate, let, allow
pecus pecoris n.
livestock, cattle
pelagus pelagī m.
the sea
procul
far off; to a great distance
prope propius proximē
adv. & prep. w/ acc., near
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
quatiō quatere quassī quassum
shake
rapidus –a –um
strongly flowing, swiftly moving, rapid; scorching, consuming
reditus reditūs m.
return
referō referre rettulī relātus
bring back; report; (reflexive) return; w/ in + abl., write down; w/ acc. & dat., put something down to, assign to a category
refringō –ere –frēgī –frāctus
break
religō religāre religāvī religātus
tie back, tie up; untie
resolvō –ere –solvī –solūtus
loosen, undo
retonō –āre –āvī –ātum
resound, reverberate
roseus –a –um
rosy, red
rutilus –a –um
reddish, ruddy (inclining to gold or orange)
semper
always, forever
sonitus –ūs m.
sound
spatium spati(ī) n.
racetrack; area, space, extent
stimulō stimulāre stimulāvī stimulātus
to goad on; incite, rouse, excite
tener tenera tenerum
soft, tender, delicate; romantically tender (with ref. to love poetry)
tergum tergī n. or tergus –oris n.
back; hide from an animal’s back
torosus –a –um
knotty, bulging, muscular, brawny
ūmidus –a –um
damp
vagus –a –um
roaming, wandering, rambling
verber –eris n.
pl., an instrument used for flogging; blows, lashes
videō vidēre vīdī vīsus
see, perceive; pass. seem, seem good or proper
virgultum –ī n.
brushwood, undergrowth
vādō vādere vāsī vāsum
advance (esp. with rapid or violent movement)
