Catullus 72

Question 1

amīca amīcae f.

Answer 1

any female friend; girlfriend, mistress; (euphemistic) courtesan, prostitute

Question 2

Catullus –ī m.

Answer 2

cognomen of Gaius Valerius Catullus

Question 3

cognōscō cognōscere cognōvī cognitus

Answer 3

get to know; know

Question 4

dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus

Answer 4

talk; say, declare; sing, recite; name, call

Question 5

dīligō dīligere dīlēxī dīlēctus

Answer 5

love, be fond of

Question 6

egō meī mihi mē mē

Answer 6

abbr. form of dat. mihi, to me; vocative masc. sg. of meus

Question 7

et

Answer 7

and, too, also; et … et, not only … but also

Question 8

etsī

Answer 8

conj., although

Question 9

gener generī m.

Answer 9

Son-in-law

Question 10

impēnsus –a –um

Answer 10

more immoderately, more excessively

Question 11

Iuppiter Iovis m.

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Lesbia –ae f.

Answer 12

poetic name given the woman loved by Catullus

Question 13

levis –e

Answer 13

light in weight; light, gentle; trivial, shallow, insignificant

Question 14

multō

Answer 14

by much, greatly

Question 15

nec

Answer 15

an not, nor (= neque)

Question 16

nunc

Answer 16

now

Question 17

nātus (gnātus) –ī m.

Answer 17

son

Question 18

nōn

Answer 18

not

Question 19

nōscō nōscere nōvī nōtus

Answer 19

know

Question 20

pater patris m.

Answer 20

father

Question 21

prae

Answer 21

prep. w/ abl., before, in front of; in comparison with

Question 22

quondam

Answer 22

once, formerly

Question 23

quārē

Answer 23

interr. & rel. how? for what reason? on account of which thing; wherefore, therefore

Question 24

sed

Answer 24

disjunctive conj., but

Question 25

sum esse fuī futūrus

Answer 25

to be

Question 26

sōlus –a –um

Answer 26

only, alone, lonely

Question 27

tamen

Answer 27

however, nevertheless

Question 28

tantum

Answer 28

pron. such a quantity, so much; acc. as to such a degree; only; tantum … quantum: as much .. as

Question 29

teneō tenēre tenuī tentus

Answer 29

hold

Question 30

tum or tunc

Answer 30

then, at that time

Question 31

tū tuī tibi tē tē

Answer 31

nom. tute, acc. & abl. tete): second person sing. pronoun; you

Question 32

ut or utī

Answer 32

as, just as, like; when, where, how; conj. (in final clauses) so that, with the result that, that

Question 33

volō velle voluī

Answer 33

wish, be willing

Question 34

vulgus vulgī n.

Answer 34

the general public, the rabble, riffraff

Question 35

vīlis vīlis vīle

Answer 35

cheap; worthless, contemptible

Question 36

ūrō ūrere ussī ustum

Answer 36

burn; pass., birm with anger or desire; keep alight