Catullus 7 Flashcards

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aestuōsus –a –um

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hot, sweltering

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arēna (harēna) –ae f.

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sand, beach

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Battus –ī m.

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Battus, legendary founder of Cyrene

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bāsium bāsī(ī) n.

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a kiss

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bāsiātiō –ōnis f.

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a kissing, kissification

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bāsiō bāsiāre bāsiāvī bāsiātus

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kiss

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cūriōsus –a –um

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excessively careful, meddlesome; as subst., a busybody

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Cȳrēnae –ārum f.

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Cyrene, a town in northwest Lybia; the province of Cyrene

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fascinō fascināre

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to cast a fascinum or spell upon; bewitch

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furtīvus –a –um

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secret, furtive

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iaceō iacēre iacuī

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lie, recline

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inter

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prep. w/ acc., between, among

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Iuppiter Iovis m.

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Juppiter or Zeus, chief of the Olympian gods; by metonymy, the weather, wind, sky

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Lesbia –ae f.

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poetic name given the woman loved by Catullus

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Libys –yos m.

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a Libyan

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lingua linguae f.

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tongue

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lāsarpīcifer –era –erum

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silphium-bearing; producing silphium, used as a contraceptive

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numerus numerī m.

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number; verse, meter

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ōrāculum –ī n.

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oracle

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pernumerō pernumerāre pernumerāvī pernumerātus

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fully enumerate, count out

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possum posse potuī

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to be able

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quaerō quaerere quaesiī/quaesīvī quaesītus

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ask, ask for, seek

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quam

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interr. & rel. to which extent or degree; how; as, than

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quot

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indecl. adj., how many, as many

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sacer sacra sacrum

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sacred, holy; accursed, detestable

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satis or sat (comp. satius)

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enough

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sepulcrum sepulcrī n.

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tomb, sepulcher

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sum esse fuī futūrus

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to be

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super

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over, above; more; besides; prep. w/ acc., over

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sīdus sīderis n.

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star, planet, constellation

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taceō tacēre tacuī tacitus

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be silent, say nothing

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tam

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to such a degree, so

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vetus veteris

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old

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videō vidēre vīdī vīsus

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see, perceive; pass. seem, seem good or proper

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vēsānus –a –um

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frenzied, mad, wild