Catullus 64.85-93

Question 1

alō alere aluī altus

Answer 1

to feed, nourish, rear, nurse, suckle; cherish; support, maintain, develop

Question 2

aura aurae f.

Answer 2

breeze, breath (of air), wind; gleam; odor, stench; vapor; air (pl.), heaven

Question 3

castus –a –um

Answer 3

pure, spotless, chaste

Question 4

color colōris m.

Answer 4

color; shade, quality (of style or diction)

Question 5

complexus –ūs m.

Answer 5

embrace

Question 6

concipiō concipere concēpī conceptum

Answer 6

to hold, conceive, become fertilized, germinate, commit; verba concepta, “a solemn utterance”

Question 7

cōnspiciō cōnspicere cōnspexī cōnspectus

Answer 7

to observe, see, witness; notice; watch; gaze on, stare; catch sight of, be in sight of; face; have appearance; attract attention; discern

Question 8

cūnctus –a –um

Answer 8

all, entire, all together

Question 9

cupidus –a –um

Answer 9

desirous (+ gen.)

Question 10

dēclīnō dēclīnāre dēclīnāvī dēclīnātus

Answer 10

to turn down or away; of the eyes, to close in sleep; (intrans.) turn aside (to), be inclined (towards)

Question 11

distinctus –a –um

Answer 11

separate, different, distinct

Question 12

ēdūcō ēdūcere ēdūxī ēductus

Answer 12

to bring up; train; educate; rear; lead forth

Question 13

Eurōtas –ae m.

Answer 13

Eurotas, the river of Sparta

Question 14

exardescō –ardescere –arsī –arsum

Answer 14

to catch fire, blaze up

Question 15

exspīrō exspīrāre exspīrāvī exspīrātus

Answer 15

to breathe out; to expire, die

Question 16

flagrans –ntis

Answer 16

flaming, burning, intense

Question 17

flamma flammae f.

Answer 17

flame, blaze; ardor, fire of love; object of love

Question 18

flūmen flūminis n.

Answer 18

river, stream; any flowing fluid; flood; onrush [adverso ~ => against current]

Question 19

funditus

Answer 19

completely, utterly, entirely

Question 20

īnferus –a –um

Answer 20

below, beneath, underneath; of hell; vile; lower, further down; lowest, last; inferī, inferōrum or inferum, m.pl. the inhabitants of the underworld (the dead and the gods of the underworld)

Question 21

ita

Answer 21

in this manner, thus, so; nōn ita (with adjs. etc.) ‘not so much’

Question 22

lectulus –ī m.

Answer 22

bed, couch (dim. of lectus)

Question 23

lēnis –e

Answer 23

gentle, kind, mild

Question 24

lūmen luminis n.

Answer 24

light; lamp, torch; eye (of a person); life; day, daylight; ad lumina: by torchlight

Question 25

magnanimus –a –um

Answer 25

noble–spirited, brave, bold

Question 26

medulla medullae f.

Answer 26

marrow, kernel; innermost part

Question 27

Mīnōs –ōis m.

Answer 27

Minos, king of Crete, son of Jupiter and Europa, grandfather of Minos, the husband of Pasiphae, one of the judges of Hades

Question 28

mollis molle

Answer 28

soft (cushion/grass); flexible; mild, tolerable; easy; calm; weak; cowardly; unmanly; pathic; tender (women/youths); peaceful; kindly; impressionable

Question 29

myrtus –ī m./f.

Answer 29

myrtle

Question 30

nāvis nāvis f.

Answer 30

ship

Question 31

nītor nītī nīxus sum

Answer 31

to press/lean upon; struggle; advance; depend on (with abl.); strive, labor

Question 32

odor –ōris m.

Answer 32

scent, smell, odor, fragrance; disagreeable odor, stench; foul fumes

Question 33

praecingō –cingere –cinxī –cinctum

Answer 33

to encircle, stand around; to be with the tunic hitched up high, gird one’s clothes up (for action)

Question 34

priusquam or prius quam

Answer 34

before; until; sooner than

Question 35

quālis quāle

Answer 35

what sort of; of which sort, as

Question 36

rēgius –a –um

Answer 36

royal, of a king, regal

Question 37

suāvis suāve

Answer 37

agreeable, pleasant, gratifying, sweet; charming, attractive

Question 38

superbus –a –um

Answer 38

arrogant, overbearing, haughty, proud

Question 39

ve

Answer 39

or (postpositive enclitic)

Question 40

veniō venīre vēnī ventum

Answer 40

to come

Question 41

vernus –a –um

Answer 41

of spring, vernal

Question 42

virgō virginis f.

Answer 42

maiden, young woman, girl of marriageable age; virgin