Catullus 64.1-7

Question 1

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.)

Question 2

abiēgnus –a –um

Answer 2

made of silver fir; wooden

Question 3

Aeēteus –a –um

Answer 3

of Aeëtes, king of Colchis and father of Medea

Question 4

aequor aequoris n.

Answer 4

level surface; sea; plain

Question 5

Argīvus –a –um

Answer 5

belonging to Argos; Argive; Greek; subst., Argivi, orum, Argives, Greeks

Question 6

audeō audēre ausus sum

Answer 6

to dare

Question 7

aurātus –a –um

Answer 7

golden

Question 8

āvertō avertere avertī aversus

Answer 8

to turn away from/aside, divert, rout; disturb; withdraw; steal, misappropriate

Question 9

caeruleus –a –um

Answer 9

like the sky, azure, blue, dark blue, dark green

Question 10

citus –a –um

Answer 10

swift

Question 11

Colchī –ōrum m.

Answer 11

the people of Colchis; the city of Colchis (plural for singular)

Question 12

dēcurrō –ere –cucurrī (currī) –cursus

Answer 12

to run down, hasten down; descend; run completely round; sail over, sweep over

Question 13

dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus

Answer 13

to say, speak, tell

Question 14

fīnis fīnis m.

Answer 14

boundary, end, limit, goal; (pl.) country, territory, land

Question 15

fluctus fluctūs m.

Answer 15

wave; disorder; flood, flow, tide, billow, surge; turbulence, commotion

Question 16

iuvenis iuvenis m.

Answer 16

youth; young man

Question 17

lēctus –a –um

Answer 17

gathered, collected; picked, culled; chosen, choice (> lego)

Question 18

liquidus –a –um

Answer 18

clear, liquid, melodious

Question 19

nō nāre nāvī

Answer 19

to swim

Question 20

optō optāre optāvī optātus

Answer 20

to desire; choose

Question 21

palma palmae f.

Answer 21

hand, palm

Question 22

Pēliacus –a –um

Answer 22

of Peleus (the father of Achilles); of Mt. Pelion (a mountain in Thessaly, named from Peleus)

Question 23

pellis pellis f.

Answer 23

skin, hide

Question 24

Phāsis –idos m.

Answer 24

a river in Colchis, flowing into the eastern end of the Black Sea; city at the mouth of the river Phasis.; by metonymy, Colchis

Question 25

pīnus –ūs or –ī f.

Answer 25

a pine tree, pine.; (meton.), a ship; a torch; a pine brand or torch

Question 26

prognātus –a –um

Answer 26

born, produced

Question 27

pūbēs –is f.

Answer 27

the groin, middle; the youthful population; youth, young men; youthful band; brood, offspring

Question 28

puppis puppis f.

Answer 28

stern of a ship; (by metonymy) ship

Question 29

quondam

Answer 29

formerly, once, at one time; some day, hereafter; on one occasion; at times, on occasion

Question 30

rōbur rōboris n.

Answer 30

oak, strength; hardness, strength, firmness, vigor, power; authority

Question 31

salsus –a –um

Answer 31

made salty; salted; salt–, briny (cf. sal); witty

Question 32

unda undae f.

Answer 32

wave

Question 33

vadum –ī n.

Answer 33

a ford; a shallow, shoal; sand–bank; shallow water; bottom, depth; water, tide, stream; water of the sea; wave, sea

Question 34

verrō verrere verrī versum

Answer 34

to sweep

Question 35

vertex verticis m.

Answer 35

whirlpool, eddy; crown of the head; peak, summit