Catullus 64.251-264

Question 1

aes aeris n.

Answer 1

copper, bronze; money

Question 2

alacer alacris alacre

Answer 2

lively

Question 3

barbarus –a –um

Answer 3

foreign, barbarous, savage

Question 4

bombus –ī m.

Answer 4

a low, booming sound

Question 5

cantus –ūs m.

Answer 5

singing or playing; melody; song

Question 6

caput capitis n.

Answer 6

head, one’s life; capital punishment

Question 7

cavus –a –um

Answer 7

hollow

Question 8

<p>celebrō celebrāre celebrāvī celebrātus</p>

Answer 8

<p>to frequent; celebrate; honor</p>

Question 9

cista –ae f.

Answer 9

wicker box for sacred objects in mystery cults

Question 10

<p>cuspis –idis f.</p>

Answer 10

<p>sharp point, spear; pointed stick</p>

Question 11

dīvellō –ere –vellī –vulsus

Answer 11

to tear asunder; tear in pieces

Question 12

efflō efflāre efflāvī efflātus

Answer 12

to blow or breathe out

Question 13

<p>euhoe</p>

Answer 13

<p>a Bacchic cry (untranslatable)</p>

Question 14

flōreō flōrēre flōruī

Answer 14

to bloom

Question 15

horribilis horribile

Answer 15

dreadful

Question 16

<p>Iaachus –ī m.</p>

Answer 16

<p>a cult name for Bacchus</p>

Question 17

incingō –ere –cīnxī –cīnctus

Answer 17

to gird on

Question 18

lymphātus (lymphāticus) –a –um

Answer 18

frenzied, frantic

Question 19

membrum membrī n.

Answer 19

limb

Question 20

<p>Nÿsigena –ae</p>

Answer 20

<p>born on Mt. Nysa (in myth a legendary mountain in the East, birthplace of Dionysus</p>

Question 21

multī –ōrum m.

Answer 21

subst.

Question 22

obscūrus –a –um

Answer 22

covered, dark

Question 23

orgia –ōrum n.

Answer 23

the rites of Bacchus

Question 24

pars partis f.

Answer 24

part, portion

Question 25

plangō –ere –plānxī –planctus

Answer 25

to beat

Question 26

<p>profānus –a –um</p>

Answer 26

<p>outside the shrine, profane, not sacred</p>

Question 27

procērus –a –um

Answer 27

tall, long

Question 28

quaerō quaerere quaesiī/quaesīvī quaesītus

Answer 28

to seek

Question 29

raucisonus –a –um

Answer 29

harsh–sounding

Question 30

Satyrus –ī m.

Answer 30

a Satyr, demigod of wild places

Question 31

serpēns –entis (gen. pl. serpentum) m./f.

Answer 31

creeping thing; snake

Question 32

<p>Sīlēnus –ī m.</p>

Answer 32

<p>Silenus; an old man attending Dionysus / Bacchus</p>

Question 33

strīdeō strīdēre or strīdō strīdere strīdī

Answer 33

to produce a grating or shrill sound; to creak

Question 34

<p>thyrsus –ī m.</p>

Answer 34

<p>the stalk of a plant; a staff wreathed with ivy and vine–leaves, carried by Bacchantes</p>

Question 35

thiasus –ī m.

Answer 35

dance in honor of Bacchus; wild dance

Question 36

tinnītus –ūs m.

Answer 36

jingling

Question 37

tympanum –ī n.

Answer 37

drum

Question 38

tībia tībiae f.

Answer 38

the larger of the shinbones; a pipe or flute