Catullus 64.76-84

Question 1

Androgeōnēus –a –um

Answer 1

of Androgeos, son of Minos and Pasiphaë

Question 2

angustus –a –um

Answer 2

narrow, steep, close, confined; scanty, poor; low, mean; narrowminded, petty

Question 3

Athēnae Athēnārum f.

Answer 3

Athens

Question 4

caedēs caedis f.

Answer 4

murder, slaughter, massacre; assassination; feuding; slain, victims; blood, gore

Question 5

cārus –a –um

Answer 5

precious; dear (to) (+ dat.)

Question 6

Cecropia –ae f.

Answer 6

Athens, the city of Cecrops, first king of Attica

Question 7

cōgō cogere coēgī coāctus

Answer 7

to collect, gather, round up, restrict, confine; force, compel; convene; congeal

Question 8

Crēta –ae (or Crētē –ēs) f.

Answer 8

Crete, a large island south of the Aegean Sea, now Candia

Question 9

crūdēlis crūdēle

Answer 9

cruel, hardhearted, unmerciful, severe, bloodthirsty, savage, inhuman; harsh, bitter

Question 10

daps dapis f.

Answer 10

a feast, banquet; food, viands; flesh of sacrificial victims; usually found in the pl., but the gen. pl. is not used.

Question 11

decus decoris n.

Answer 11

beauty, grace; ornament, glory, honor

Question 12

dō dare dedī datus

Answer 12

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

Question 13

ēlectus –a um superl. electissimus

Answer 13

select, choice

Question 14

exsolvō –ere –ī –solūtus

Answer 14

to loosen completely, w. acc. and abl.; disengage; set free, deliver

Question 15

fūnus fūneris n.

Answer 15

burial, funeral; funeral rites; ruin; corpse; death

Question 16

innūptus –a –um

Answer 16

not veiled; unmarried, virgin–

Question 17

malum malī n.

Answer 17

evil, misfortune, calamity

Question 18

Mīnōtaurus –ī m.

Answer 18

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

Question 19

nam

Answer 19

for

Question 20

nec

Answer 20

nor; and not, not, neither, not even

Question 21

olim

Answer 21

formerly; once, once upon a time; in the future

Question 22

perhibeō –ēre –uī –itus

Answer 22

to hold persistently; maintain, assert; say, report (> per and habeo)

Question 23

pestis pestis f.

Answer 23

plague, disaster

Question 24

poena poenae f.

Answer 24

punishment, penalty

Question 25

portō portāre portāvī portātus

Answer 25

to carry a load, transport

Question 26

potius

Answer 26

rather, more

Question 27

prō

Answer 27

on behalf of, for, instead of, in accordance with (+ abl.); in order to (LL)

Question 28

prōiciō –icere iēcī –iectum

Answer 28

to cast forth, throw out, fling to the ground

Question 29

quam

Answer 29

than; as, how; (+ superlative) as…as possible

Question 30

soleō solēre solitus sum

Answer 30

to be accustomed; be in the habit of; become accustomed to

Question 31

tālis tāle

Answer 31

such, of such a sort

Question 32

vexō vexāre vexāvī vexātus

Answer 32

to annoy, vex, attack; afflict