Catullus 64.50-57

Question 2

arēna (harēna) –ae f.

Answer 2

sand, beach

Question 3

Ariadna (Ariadnē) –ae f.

Answer 3

Ariadne, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, and half-sister of the Minotaur

Question 4

ars artis f.

Answer 4

craftsmanship (cf. Gk. techne)

Question 5

cēdō cēdere cessī cessum

Answer 5

go; go away, depart

Question 6

celer celeris celere

Answer 6

swift

Question 7

cernō cernere crēvī certus

Answer 7

sift; distinguish; decide, determine; make out, perceive

Question 8

classis classis f.

Answer 8

any designated group or class; fleet

Question 9

cor cordis n.

Answer 9

heart

Question 10

crēdō crēdere crēdidī crēditus

Answer 10

entrust; believe

Question 11

cum

Answer 11

prep. w/abl., with; (archaic) by means of

Question 12

Dīa –ae f.

Answer 12

an Aegean island, usu. identified with Naxos

Question 13

etiam

Answer 13

still, yet, even now; (introducing a more extreme case) even, actually; etiam atque etiam, ever more urgently, more and more

Question 14

exciō (excieō) –īre –īvī (–iī) –ītus (–itus)

Answer 14

rouse (from sleep)

Question 15

fallax –ācis

Answer 15

treacherous, deceptive

Question 16

figūra figūrae f.

Answer 16

form, shape, aspect, appearance

Question 17

fluentisonus –a –um

Answer 17

resounding with the noise of the sea

Question 18

furor furōris m.

Answer 18

passion, rage, frenzy

Question 19

gerō gerere gessī gestus

Answer 19

bear, conduct, carry on, do; wear

Question 20

hic haec hoc

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this

Question 21

homō hominis m.

Answer 21

generic word for human; person, plur. people

Question 22

indicō indicāre indicāvī indicātus

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reveal, declare, disclose, show

Question 23

indomitus –a –um

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untamed; indomitable; violent

Question 24

lītus lītoris n.

Answer 24

shore

Question 25

mīrus –a –um

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extraordinary, remarkable

Question 26

miser misera miserum

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wretched, unhappy

Question 27

namque

Answer 27

explanatory conj., for

Question 28

necdum

Answer 28

conj., and not yet, but not yet

Question 29

prīmum

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first, for the first time; quam primum: as soon as possible

Question 30

priscus –a –um

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ancient, olden, old-fashioned, archaic

Question 31

prōspectō prōspectāre prōspectāvī prōspectātus

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gaze out

Question 32

sōlus –a –um

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only, alone, lonely

Question 33

somnus somnī m.

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sleep, sts. personified as Somnus

Question 34

Thēseus –ī m.

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son of Aegeus, seducer of Ariadne (later husband of her sister Phaedra), slayer of the Minotaur

Question 35

tueor tuērī tūtus sum

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look at, view, observe

Question 36

utpote

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part., as one might expect, as is natural

Question 37

variō variāre variāvī variātus

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adorn with contrasting colors; embroider; mottle, bruise

Question 38

vestis vestis f.

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clothing; any drapery, such as a bedspread or sail

Question 39

virtūs virtūtis f.

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manliness, manly excellence (cf. Gk. arete)

Question 40

vīsō vīsere vīsī vīsus

Answer 40

go to see; look at, gaze at, view