Catullus 64.154-167 Flashcards
attamen
nevertheless
candidus –a –um
shining white, clear, bright; fair; kind
Charybdis –is f.
Charybdis, a whirlpool near the Sicilian coast, in the Straits of Messina, opposite the rock of Scylla; personified as a monster
conqueror –querī –questus sum
to complain, lament
cōnsternō –ere –strāvī –strātus
to strew over; cover, strew
cubīle cubīlis n.
place of rest, couch, bed
exspuō –uere –uī –ūtum
to spit out
famulor –ārī –ātus sum
to be a servant
gignō gignere genuī genitus
to create, bring forth, beget, bear
horreō horrēre horruī
to dread, shrink from, shudder at; stand on end, bristle; have rough appearance
ignārus –a –um
ignorant; unaware, having no experience of; senseless; strange
iūcundus –a –um
pleasant, delightful, agreeable, pleasing
labor labōris m.
work; effort, hardship
leaena –ae f.
lioness
lympha –ae f.
clear spring water; water
mittō mittere mīsī missus
to send; release, let go; omit, leave off (+ inf.)
parēns parentis m. or f.
parent, father, mother
permulceō –ēre –mulsī –mulsus (–mulctus)
to stroke; calm, soothe, cheer
praeceptum praeceptī n.
teaching, lesson, precept; order, command
queō quīre quīvī/quiī quitus
to be able
quisnam (quīnam) quaenam quidnam
who, pray? what, pray? who? what?
rapax –ācis
predatory, rapacious
reddō reddere reddidī redditus
to return; restore; deliver; hand over, pay back, render, give back; translate; reproduce, render; repeat
rūpēs –is f.
a rock, cliff, crag, ledge
Scylla –ae f.
Scylla, dangerous rock on the Italian side of the Straits of Messana opposite Charybdis; personified as a monster, half woman and half fish; Scylla, one of the ships of Aeneas
sēnsus sēnsūs m.
perception, feeling; sense
spūmō spūmāre spūmāvī spūmātus
to foam (> spuma)
Syrtis –is f.
shoals on the N. African coast between Carthage and Cyrene
