Catullus 64.1-21 Flashcards
abiēgnus –a –um
made of silver fir; poet., wooden
admīror admirārī admirātus sum
to admire, respect; regard with wonder, wonder at; be surprised at, be astonished
Aeēteus –a –um
of Aeëtes, king of Colchis and father of Medea
aequor aequoris n.
level surface; sea; plain
aequoreus –a –um
of the sea, maritime
Amphitrītē –ēs f.
Amphitrite, wife of Neptune; the sea
Argīvus –a –um
belonging to Argos; Argive; Greek; subst., Argivi, orum, Argives, Greeks
arx arcis f.
citadel, stronghold, city; height, hilltop; Capitoline hill; defense, refuge
āvertō avertere avertī aversus
to turn away from/aside, divert, rout; disturb; withdraw; steal, misappropriate
aurātus –a –um
golden
caeruleus –a –um
like the sky, azure, blue, dark blue, dark green
candeō –uī
to be of pure whiteness; p., candens, entis, white; at white heat; glowing
cānus –a –um
white, of the hair and beard; whitened, hoary, of frost and cold; of the sea, foaming, hoary; gray–haired, venerable; hoary
carīna –ae f.
keel; ship
citus –a –um
swift
Colchī –ōrum m.
a coming together, meeting
coniungō coniungere coniūnxī coniūnctus
to connect, join/yoke together; marry; connect/compound (words) (w/conjunctions); unite (sexually); place/bring side–by–side; juxtapose; share; add; associate
currus currūs m.
chariot
cursus cursūs m.
running; speed, zeal; charge, onrush; forward movement, march; revolution (wheel); course, direction, line of advance, orbit; voyage, passage; race; career; series; lesson
dēcurrō –ere –cucurrī or currī –cursus
to run down, hasten down; descend; run completely round; sail over, sweep over
dēspiciō –ere –spēxī –spectum
to look down upon, despise
dīva –ae f.
a goddess
ēmergō –gere –si –sum
to come out of the water, emerge
exstō exstāre exstāvī exstātus
to stand forth or out; rise above
flāmen –inis n.
gust, blast (of wind)
fluctus fluctūs m.
wave; disorder; flood, flow, tide, billow, surge; turbulence, commotion
fretum fretī n.
straight, channel
gurges –itis m.
a whirlpool, gulf; flood; wave, billow; rolling, raging sea, abyss; sea, ocean
hūmānus –a –um
human; kind; humane, civilized, refined [~ hostiae => human sacrifice]
Hymenaeus –ī m.
the Greek wedding refrain, hymeneal; personified as god of marriage; pl. marriage
imbuō –ere –uī –ūtus
to wet, moisten; stain
incānescō –cānere –canui
to become white or hoary
incendō incendere incendī incensus
to set on fire; set fire to, kindle, burn; cause to flame/burn; keep fire burning; scorch; make fiery hot (fever/thirst); light up; cause to glow; intensify; inspire, fire, rouse, excite, inflame; provoke, incense, aggravate
īnflectō –ere –flexī –flexus
to bend; (fig.), move, sway, change; (pass.), to be bent or swayed
iugō iugāre iugāvī iugātus
to yoke; (fig.), join in marriage, unite (> iugum)
lēctus –a –um
gathered, collected; picked, culled; chosen, choice (> lego)
liquidus –a –um
clear, liquid, melodious
marīnus –a –um
of the sea (> mare)
mōnstrum mōnstrī n.
omen, monster
mortālis –e
subject to death, mortal; of mortal nature, lineage, or descent; earthly, human; made by man, mortal; subst., mortales, ium, c., mortals, men, mankind; mortalia, ium, n., human affairs; fortunes, woes (> mors)
Neptūnus –ī m.
Neptune, one of the sons of Saturn, and brother of Jupiter, Juno, and Pluto; identified by the Romans, as god of the sea, with the Greek Poseidon
Nērēīs –idis or idos f.
a Nereid, any one of the daughters of Nereus and Doris, a sea–nymph (> Nereus)
nō nāre nāvī
to swim
nūdō nūdāre nūdāvī nūdātus
to bare, uncover, strip
nūtrīx nūtrīcis f.
nurse
nympha nymphae f.
nymph, newly–wed
optō optāre optāvī optātus
to desire; choose
palma palmae f.
hand, palm
Pēleus (disyllabic) –eī acc. Pēlea voc. Pēleu
son of Aeacus, mortal spouse of Thetis, father of Achilles
Pēliacus –a –um
of Peleus; of Mt. Pelion
pellis pellis f.
skin, hide
Phāsis –idos m.
a river in Colchis, flowing into the eastern end of the Black Sea; city at the mouth of Phasis R.; by metonymy, Colchis
pīneus –a –um
of pine, made of pine, produced from pine, piny; pine–; piny, pine–growing (> pinus)
pīnus –ūs or –ī
a pine tree, pine.; (meton.), a ship; a torch; a pine brand or torch
prognātus –a –um
born, produced
proscindō –scindere –scidi –scissum
to plow
pūbēs –is f.
the groin, middle; the youthful population; youth, young men; youthful band; brood, offspring
puppis puppis f.
stern of a ship
quondam
formerly, once, at one time; some day, hereafter
rēmigium –iī n.
a rowing; oarage, rowing movement; body of rowers, oarsmen; a crew; remigium alarum = alae, wings (> remex)
retineō retinēre retinuī retentus
to hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain, preserve
rōbur rōboris n.
oak, strength
rōstrum rōstrī n.
beak, prow, speaker’s platform
rudis –e
uncultivated; rough
salsus –a –um
made salty; salted; salt–, briny (cf. sal)
sentiō sentīre sēnsī sēnsus
to perceive; feel
spūma –ae f.
froth, foam, spray; pl., spray (> spuo, spit)
tenus
(prep. w. gen. or abl., placed after its case), as far as; up to; down to, to; to; hac tenus, separated by tmesis, thus far
texō –ere –texuī –textus
to weave; to build cunningly; form, fashion, fabricate, construct; make intricate movements, interweave; p., textus, a, um, woven, constructed, made
Thetis –idis or idos f.
Thetis, daughter of Nereus and Doris, married to Peleus, of Thessaly, by whom she became the mother of Achilles
torqueō torquēre torsī tortum
to twist, torture
vadum –ī n.
a ford; a shallow, shoal; sand–bank; shallow water; bottom, depth; water, tide, stream; water of the sea; wave, sea
ventōsus –a –um
windy, stormy; fleeting, unreal, inflated, windy, noisy; empty, vain boasting; fleet as the wind (> ventus)
verrō verrere verrī versum
to sweep
vertex verticis m.
whirlpool, eddy
volitō volitāre volitāvī volitātus
to fly around
