Catullus 64.38-42

Question 1

arātrum –ī n

Answer 1

a plow

Question 2

arbor (or arbos) arboris f.

Answer 2

tree; tree trunk; mast; oar; ship; gallows; spearshaft; beam; squid

Question 3

attenuō attenuāre attenuāvī attenuātus

Answer 3

to make thin; weaken

Question 4

collum collī n.

Answer 4

neck

Question 5

colō colere coluī cultus

Answer 5

to live in, inhabit; till, cultivate, promote growth; foster, maintain; honor, cherish, worship; tend, take care of; adorn, dress, decorate, embellish

Question 6

convellō –ere –vellī –vulsus

Answer 6

to pull violently; pluck, tear, pull up; wrench forth; cut off; p., convulsus, a, um, rent, shattered; convulsed

Question 7

curvus –a –um

Answer 7

curved, bent, bending; winding; crooked

Question 8

falx falcis f.

Answer 8

scythe, sickle

Question 9

frondātor –ōris m.

Answer 9

a foliage tender, pruner

Question 10

glaeba –ae f.

Answer 10

a lump of earth; a clod; soil

Question 11

humilis humile

Answer 11

humble

Question 12

īnferō īnferre intulī inlātus

Answer 12

to bring/carry in, import; advance, bring/march/step/move foward; impel, urge; inflict/cause/inflict/impose/inspire (w/DAT); [bellum inferre => make war on]; put/throw/thrust in/on, insert; bury/inter; pay; charge as expense; append

Question 13

iuvencus –ī m.

Answer 13

young bull, bullock

Question 14

mollescō –ere — —

Answer 14

to become soft

Question 15

nēmō nēminis m. or f.

Answer 15

no one

Question 16

prōnus –a –um

Answer 16

prone, stooping

Question 17

pūrgō pūrgāre pūrgāvī pūrgātus

Answer 17

to clean, purge

Question 18

rāstrum –ī n.; usually pl.: rāstrī rāstrōrum m.

Answer 18

a heavy pronged hoe, rake, mattock (> rado)

Question 19

rubigō rubiginis f.

Answer 19

rust; blight

Question 20

rūs rūris n.

Answer 20

country(side)

Question 21

squālidus –a –um

Answer 21

rough; filthy

Question 22

taurus taurī m.

Answer 22

bull

Question 23

umbra umbrae f.

Answer 23

shadow, shade

Question 24

vīnea –ae f.

Answer 24

grapevines

Question 25

vōmer –eris m.

Answer 25

a plowshare, plow