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