Catullus 64.76-84 Flashcards
Androgeōnēus –a –um
of Androgeos, son of Minos and Pasiphaë
angustus –a –um
narrow, steep, close, confined; scanty, poor; low, mean; narrowminded, petty
Athēnae Athēnārum f.
Athens
caedēs caedis f.
murder, slaughter, massacre; assassination; feuding; slain, victims; blood, gore
cārus –a –um
precious; dear (to) (+ dat.)
Cecropia –ae f.
Athens, the city of Cecrops, first king of Attica
cōgō cogere coēgī coāctus
to collect, gather, round up, restrict, confine; force, compel; convene; congeal
Crēta –ae (or Crētē –ēs) f.
Crete, a large island south of the Aegean Sea, now Candia
crūdēlis crūdēle
cruel, hardhearted, unmerciful, severe, bloodthirsty, savage, inhuman; harsh, bitter
daps dapis f.
a feast, banquet; food, viands; flesh of sacrificial victims; usually found in the pl., but the gen. pl. is not used.
decus decoris n.
beauty, grace; ornament, glory, honor
dō dare dedī datus
to give; dedicate; sell; pay; grant/bestow/impart/offer/lend; devote; allow; make; surrender/give over; send to die; ascribe/attribute; give birth/produce; utter
ēlectus –a um superl. electissimus
select, choice
exsolvō –ere –ī –solūtus
to loosen completely, w. acc. and abl.; disengage; set free, deliver
fūnus fūneris n.
burial, funeral; funeral rites; ruin; corpse; death
innūptus –a –um
not veiled; unmarried, virgin–
malum malī n.
evil, misfortune, calamity
Mīnōtaurus –ī m.
the Minotaur, the offspring of Pasiphae, born with the head of a bull and body of a man, and confined by Minos in the Cretan Labyrinth
nam
for
nec
nor; and not, not, neither, not even
olim
formerly; once, once upon a time; in the future
perhibeō –ēre –uī –itus
to hold persistently; maintain, assert; say, report (> per and habeo)
pestis pestis f.
plague, disaster
poena poenae f.
punishment, penalty
portō portāre portāvī portātus
to carry a load, transport
potius
rather, more
prō
on behalf of, for, instead of, in accordance with (+ abl.); in order to (LL)
prōiciō –icere iēcī –iectum
to cast forth, throw out, fling to the ground
quam
than; as, how; (+ superlative) as…as possible
soleō solēre solitus sum
to be accustomed; be in the habit of; become accustomed to
tālis tāle
such, of such a sort
vexō vexāre vexāvī vexātus
to annoy, vex, attack; afflict
