Catullus 64.1-7 Flashcards
Introduction
These vocabulary “cards” were generated using the Haverford Bridge program created by Prof. Bret Mulligan, to whom I am very grateful.
In the lists that the follow words will normally given only once; I have also removed some of the most common words (ille, sum, et, bonus, -que etc.)
abiēgnus –a –um
made of silver fir; wooden
Aeēteus –a –um
of Aeëtes, king of Colchis and father of Medea
aequor aequoris n.
level surface; sea; plain
Argīvus –a –um
belonging to Argos; Argive; Greek; subst., Argivi, orum, Argives, Greeks
audeō audēre ausus sum
to dare
aurātus –a –um
golden
āvertō avertere avertī aversus
to turn away from/aside, divert, rout; disturb; withdraw; steal, misappropriate
caeruleus –a –um
like the sky, azure, blue, dark blue, dark green
citus –a –um
swift
Colchī –ōrum m.
the people of Colchis; the city of Colchis (plural for singular)
dēcurrō –ere –cucurrī (currī) –cursus
to run down, hasten down; descend; run completely round; sail over, sweep over
dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus
to say, speak, tell
fīnis fīnis m.
boundary, end, limit, goal; (pl.) country, territory, land
fluctus fluctūs m.
wave; disorder; flood, flow, tide, billow, surge; turbulence, commotion
iuvenis iuvenis m.
youth; young man
lēctus –a –um
gathered, collected; picked, culled; chosen, choice (> lego)
liquidus –a –um
clear, liquid, melodious
nō nāre nāvī
to swim
optō optāre optāvī optātus
to desire; choose
palma palmae f.
hand, palm
Pēliacus –a –um
of Peleus (the father of Achilles); of Mt. Pelion (a mountain in Thessaly, named from Peleus)
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 the river Phasis.; by metonymy, Colchis
pīnus –ūs or –ī f.
a pine tree, pine.; (meton.), a ship; a torch; a pine brand or torch
prognātus –a –um
born, produced
pūbēs –is f.
the groin, middle; the youthful population; youth, young men; youthful band; brood, offspring
puppis puppis f.
stern of a ship; (by metonymy) ship
quondam
formerly, once, at one time; some day, hereafter; on one occasion; at times, on occasion
rōbur rōboris n.
oak, strength; hardness, strength, firmness, vigor, power; authority
salsus –a –um
made salty; salted; salt–, briny (cf. sal); witty
unda undae f.
wave
vadum –ī n.
a ford; a shallow, shoal; sand–bank; shallow water; bottom, depth; water, tide, stream; water of the sea; wave, sea
verrō verrere verrī versum
to sweep
vertex verticis m.
whirlpool, eddy; crown of the head; peak, summit
