Catullus 64 vocabulary Flashcards
quondam
formerly, once, at one time; some day, hereafter
prognatus
sprung from; descended
vertex
peak, top, summit
pinus
pine/fir tree
liquidus
clear, pure, unmixed; liquid
fluctus
wave; disorder; flood, flow, tide
lectus
chosen, picked, selected; choice, excellent
robur
oak; tough
aurare
to gild, overlay with gold
optare
to opt- choose, select; wish
avertere
to avert- turn away from/aside, divert, rout
pellis
skin (cf. Piel)
salsus
salted, salty, preserved in salt; briny
citus
quick, swift, rapid
decurrere
to run, hurry, rush, flow
puppis
stern; deck; ship
caerulus
Sky-coloured; azure
verrere
sweep clean; skim
abiegnus
made of fir: wooden
aequor
level/smooth surface, plain; surface of the sea
palma
palm, width of the hand; Palm tree
levis
light, thin
volito
fly about; hover; be airborne
flamen
gust, blast; gale
currus
chariot, cart
pineus
of or relating to the pine; covered in pines
inflectere
to bend; curve; change
textum
woven fabric, cloth
carina
keel, hull
rudis
undeveloped, rough, wild; coarse
cursus
running; speed
imbuere
to wet, soak, dip
Amphitrite
metonymy for the sea
rostrum
beak, curved bow; speaker’s platform
proscindere
to cut, slit, gash; plough
remigium
rowing, oarage
incanescere
to grey
fretum
straits; narrow sea
candere
to shine, glow, be brilliant
gurges
whirlpool; raging abyss
vultus
face, expression; looks
aequoreus
of or pertaining to the sea; maritime
nutrix
wet nurse
tenus
as far as, to the extent of
exstare
to stand out; be extant
canus
white, gray; aged
incendere
to set on fire
despicere
to look down upon
optatus
desired
saepe
often
compellare
address, speak to, call upon; accost
eximius
select; extraordinary, special; excellent
taeda
pine torch
columen
height, peak, summit
concedere
to relinquish, give up, concede
amplecti
to surround, encircle, embrace
coetus
meeting, encounter, assembly, union
prae
before; in front of
linquere
to leave, quit, forsake
deserere
to leave, depart, quit, desert
coire
to fit together; have sex
rus
country, farm
juvencus
young bull; youth
vinea
vines in a vineyard; arranged in rows
gleba
clod, lump of earth; turf
pronus
leaning forward; prone
convellere
to shatter, batter, convulse, shake
vomer
plowshare; stylus
falx
sickle, scythe; pruning knife; hook
attenuare
to thin; weaken, lessen, diminish, shrink
frondator
pruner
rubigo
rust; mildew, blight
quacumque
wherever
candere
to be of brilliant whiteness, shine, gleam
ebur
ivory
solium
throne, seat
collucere
to shine brightly, light up
gaza
treasure
pulvinar
cushioned couch; couch for deity
genialis
nuptial
politus
refined, polished
tinguere
to wet, moisten, dip, soak; color, dye, tinge, tint
fucus
dye; rouge
priscus
ancient, early, former
variare
Mark with contrasting colors
fluentisonus
resounding with the sound of waves
prospectare
gaze out; look out on
tueri
to see, look at, watch
necdum
nor yet
utpote
in as much as; namely
fallax
deceitful, treacherous, misleading, deceptive
excitare
to stir, awaken
cernere
sift, separate, distinguish, discern
immemor
forgetful; lacking memory; heedless
vadum
shallow place, stream; ford, shoal; channel
irritus
ineffective, useless; invalid, void, of no effect
procella
storm, gale; tumult, commotion
alga
seaweed
maestus
sad, unhappy, mournful, gloomy
ocellus
eye; darling
effigies
effigy
prospicere
to foresee; see far off
cura
care; worry etc.
flavus
yellow, golden
retinere
hold back, restrain; uphold
papilla
teat
delabi
de + labor
passim
here and there; everywhere
alludo
frolic, play; sport about
fluitare
float; flow
amictus
cloak, mantle; outer garment
curare
to care for
perditus
destroyed, ruined
assiduus
constant, regular, incessant
luctus
grief, sorrow, lamentation, mourning
externare
to terrify
spinosus
thorny
perhibere
to give, present, bestow
cogere
to collect
pestis
pestilence
exsolvo
unfasten, loose
caedis
slaugher, massacre, murder
decus
splendor; honour, distinction
daps
sacrificial meal
angustus
narrow, steep, close
vexo
to shake, jolt, toss
proicio
to throw down, throw out
funus
burial, funeral
nitor ; niti
to press, lean upon; depend on;
magnanimus
brave, bold, noble in spirit
alere
to nourish, feed
qualis
of what kind?
praecingere
to gird, surround, encircle
vernus
of or pertaining to spring, vernal
colos
colour
prius
earlier, previously, first
flagrans
flaming, blazing
declinare
divert, deflect
concipere
take up; receive; catch
funditus
‘from the root’; utterly; without exception
imus
inmost, deepest
exardescere
to go up in flames
medulla
marrow; kernel
exagitare
drive out; stir up
miscere
to mix
flavus
yellow; golden
suspirare
to sigh
languere
to be tired, sluggish
timor
dread
fulgor
brightness, brilliance, radiance etc.
expallescere
to turn white
contendere
to stretch, make taut
appetere
to seek, grasp at
munusculum
small present; small favour
velut
just as if
quatere
to shake
quercus
oak
coniger
coniferous
sudare
to sweat
cortex
bark
turbo
whirling, whirlwind, whirlpool
contorquere
to stir up; agitate
eruere
to pluck, dig up, root up
radicitus
by the roots; completely
exturbare
to drive away
cadere
to fall, sink, drop
late
far and wide
cumque
at any time
obvius
in the way; hostile
frangere
to break, shatter