Catullus 7 Flashcards
aestuōsus –a –um
hot, sweltering
arēna (harēna) –ae f.
sand, beach
Battus –ī m.
Battus, legendary founder of Cyrene
bāsium bāsī(ī) n.
a kiss
bāsiātiō –ōnis f.
a kissing, kissification
bāsiō bāsiāre bāsiāvī bāsiātus
kiss
cūriōsus –a –um
excessively careful, meddlesome; as subst., a busybody
Cȳrēnae –ārum f.
Cyrene, a town in northwest Lybia; the province of Cyrene
fascinō fascināre
to cast a fascinum or spell upon; bewitch
furtīvus –a –um
secret, furtive
iaceō iacēre iacuī
lie, recline
inter
prep. w/ acc., between, among
Iuppiter Iovis m.
Juppiter or Zeus, chief of the Olympian gods; by metonymy, the weather, wind, sky
Lesbia –ae f.
poetic name given the woman loved by Catullus
Libys –yos m.
a Libyan
lingua linguae f.
tongue
lāsarpīcifer –era –erum
silphium-bearing; producing silphium, used as a contraceptive
numerus numerī m.
number; verse, meter
ōrāculum –ī n.
oracle
pernumerō pernumerāre pernumerāvī pernumerātus
fully enumerate, count out
possum posse potuī
to be able
quaerō quaerere quaesiī/quaesīvī quaesītus
ask, ask for, seek
quam
interr. & rel. to which extent or degree; how; as, than
quot
indecl. adj., how many, as many
sacer sacra sacrum
sacred, holy; accursed, detestable
satis or sat (comp. satius)
enough
sepulcrum sepulcrī n.
tomb, sepulcher
sum esse fuī futūrus
to be
super
over, above; more; besides; prep. w/ acc., over
sīdus sīderis n.
star, planet, constellation
taceō tacēre tacuī tacitus
be silent, say nothing
tam
to such a degree, so
vetus veteris
old
videō vidēre vīdī vīsus
see, perceive; pass. seem, seem good or proper
vēsānus –a –um
frenzied, mad, wild
