Catullus 64.58-67

Question 1

adlūdō –ere –lūsī –lūsus

Answer 1

to speak playfully; sport, mock, jest

Question 2

alga –ae f.

Answer 2

seaweed

Question 3

amictus –ūs m.

Answer 3

a veiling or draping of the person; an upper garment, covering; cloak, mantle, veil (> amicio)

Question 4

ante

Answer 4

before, earlier, previously; in front of (+ acc.)

Question 5

bacchor bacchārī bacchātus

Answer 5

to revel, rant, rave, rage

Question 6

contegō –ere –tēxī –tēctus

Answer 6

to cover

Question 7

cūra cūrae f.

Answer 7

care, concern; anxiety

Question 8

dēlābor –lāpsus sum

Answer 8

to glide, slip, or fall down; descend; fall in with or upon

Question 9

effigiēs –eī or effigia –ae f.

Answer 9

a portrait, image, effigy, statue; a ghost

Question 10

ēheu

Answer 10

alas! oh no!

Question 11

flāvus –a –um

Answer 11

golden, yellow

Question 12

fluctuō fluctuāre fluctuāvī fluctuātus

Answer 12

to wave, fluctuate; (fig.), toss; rage, boil (> fluctus)

Question 13

fugiō fugere fūgī fugitus

Answer 13

to flee, escape; avoid (+inf.)

Question 14

immemor –oris

Answer 14

unmindful, forgetful

Question 15

irritus (inritus) –a –um

Answer 15

invalid, void

Question 16

lactēns –entis

Answer 16

milky

Question 17

maestus –a –um

Answer 17

sad, sorrowful; depressing

Question 18

māgnus –a –um

Answer 18

large, big; great; vast/huge; much; powerful; tall/long/broad; extensive/spacious; great (achievement); mighty; distinguished; skilled; bold/confident; proud; full/complete/utter/pure; intense; loud; at high price; notable/famous; old

Question 19

Mīnōis –idis f.

Answer 19

a female descendant of Minos

Question 20

mitra –ae f.

Answer 20

headband; turban, cap

Question 21

ocellus ocellī m.

Answer 21

little eye; eyelet; darling

Question 22

omnis omne

Answer 22

every; all

Question 23

papilla –ae f.

Answer 23

nipple, breast

Question 24

passim

Answer 24

here and there, indiscriminately

Question 25

pectus pectoris n.

Answer 25

chest, breast; heart

Question 26

pellō pellere pepulī pulsus

Answer 26

to push, drive (off)

Question 27

pēs pedis m.

Answer 27

foot [pedem referre => to retreat]

Question 28

procella –ae f.

Answer 28

a gale, storm, squall, tempest

Question 29

procul

Answer 29

away; at distance, far off

Question 30

prōmissum –ī n.

Answer 30

a promise; a thing promised; prize

Question 31

prōspiciō prōspicere prōspexī prōspectum

Answer 31

to forsee; see in front; have a view

Question 32

rēmus rēmī m.

Answer 32

oar

Question 33

sāl salis m.

Answer 33

salt, wit

Question 34

saxeus –a –um

Answer 34

rocky, stony (> saxum)

Question 35

strophium –iī n.

Answer 35

a twisted band supporting a woman’s breast

Question 36

subtīlis –e

Answer 36

fine–textured, delicate

Question 37

teres –etis

Answer 37

rubbed or rounded off smooth; tapering; polished; well twisted, strong (> tero); close-twisted; delicate

Question 38

ut or utī

Answer 38

in order that (introduces purpose clause); as, like; when; (introduces indirect command) that; (introduces negative fear clause) that…not; (interregotative) how?; (rel. adverb) to what extent

Question 39

vinciō vincīre vīnxī vīnctum

Answer 39

to bind, tie up