Catullus 64.11-15 Flashcards
admīror admirārī admirātus sum
to admire, respect; regard with wonder, wonder at; be surprised at, be astonished
aequoreus –a –um
of the sea, maritime
Amphitrītē –ēs f.
Amphitrite, wife of Neptune; the sea
candeō candēre –uī
to be of pure whiteness; p., candens, entis, white; at white heat; glowing
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
ēmergō –gere –sī –sum
to come out of the water, emerge
fretum fretī n.
straight, channel; (sing. or pl. by metonymy) the sea
gurges –itis m.
a whirlpool, gulf; flood; wave, billow; rolling, raging sea, abyss; sea, ocean
imbuō –ere –uī –ūtus
to drench; permeate; wet, moisten; stain
incānescō –cānere –canuī —
to become white
mōnstrum mōnstrī n.
omen, prodigy
Nērēīs –idis (–idos) f.
a Nereid, any one of the daughters of Nereus and Doris, a sea–nymph (> Nereus)
prīmus –a –um
first, foremost, best, chief, principal; nearest, next
proscindō –scindere –scidī –scissum
to plow, plow through, split by plowing
rēmigium –iī n.
a rowing; oarage, rowing movement
