Catullus 64.103-111

Question 1

brachium brachī(ī) n.

Answer 1

arm

Question 2

cacūmen –inis n.

Answer 2

a point, peak; summit

Question 3

cadō cadere cecidī cāsum

Answer 3

to fall, sink; die, be killed; derive from, proceed from (a source)

Question 4

coniger –gera –gerum

Answer 4

coniferous, e.g., a pine tree

Question 5

contorqueō –ēre –torsī –tortus

Answer 5

to turn round entirely, twist; turn; hurl, cast, lance

Question 6

cornū cornūs f.

Answer 6

horn; hoof; beak/tusk/claw; bow; horn/trumpet; end, wing of army; mountain top; the tip of a ship’s sail-yard, yard-arm

Question 7

cortex –icis m.

Answer 7

bark, shell, cork

Question 8

domō domāre domuī domitus

Answer 8

to subdue, dominate

Question 9

eō īre iī/īvī itum

Answer 9

to go, walk; march, advance; pass; flow; pass (time); ride; sail

Question 10

ēruō ēruere ēruī ērutus

Answer 10

to cast out or up; to overthrow; remove, unearth, dig up

Question 11

exturbō –āre –āvī –ātum

Answer 11

to drive out, remove by force

Question 12

frangō frangere frēgī frāctus

Answer 12

to break, shatter, crush; dishearten, subdue, weaken; move, discourage

Question 13

frūstrā

Answer 13

in vain; for nothing, to no purpose

Question 14

ingrātus –a –um

Answer 14

unpleasant, displeasing; ungrateful, displeased

Question 15

labellum labellī n.

Answer 15

lip; small basin

Question 16

lātus –a –um

Answer 16

broad, wide

Question 17

mūnusculum –ī n.

Answer 17

a small gift or favor

Question 18

nēquīquam

Answer 18

in vain

Question 19

obvius obvia obvium

Answer 19

in the way, easy; hostile; exposed (to)

Question 20

prōmittō prōmittere prōmīsī prōmissus

Answer 20

to send forth, let loose; let (hair etc) grow long; promise

Question 21

prosternō prosternere prostrāvī prostrātum

Answer 21

to lay low, knock down; debase

Question 22

quatiō quatere quassī quassum

Answer 22

to shake

Question 23

quercus –ūs f.

Answer 23

an oak tree; (meton.), an oak leaf crown

Question 24

rādīcitus

Answer 24

by, from, or at the roots; roots and all

Question 25

sīc

Answer 25

thus, so, in this way, in such a way

Question 26

succipiō –cipere –cēpī –ceptum

Answer 26

to take up, take on, undertake (a vow or oath)

Question 27

sūdō sūdāre sūdāvī sūdātus

Answer 27

to sweat, w. abl.; ooze out, distill

Question 28

tacitus –a –um

Answer 28

silent

Question 29

tamen

Answer 29

nevertheless, however

Question 30

Taurus –ī m.

Answer 30

a mountain range in the south of Asia Minor, directly north of Cyprus; a Roman cognomen

Question 31

turbō (turben) turbinis m.

Answer 31

whirlpool, whirlwind; spinning top (child’s toy or magic bull-roarer, rhombus)

Question 32

vānus –a –um

Answer 32

empty; false, deceitful; containing nothing, empty; devoid of truth, deceitful, false, ignorant; (adv.), vana, vainly

Question 33

velut or velutī

Answer 33

even as, just as, like as, like (in a comparison)

Question 34

ventus ventī m.

Answer 34

wind

Question 35

vōtum vōtī n.

Answer 35

solemn promise, vow; hope