Catullus 72, 75, 85, 86, 87

Question 1

amāns –antis

Answer 1

a lover; loving, fond wife

Question 2

• cōnfiteor cōnfitērī cōnfessus sum

Answer 2

to confess, admit

Question 3

culpa culpae f.

Answer 3

fault, blame, responsibility (w/ gen.); crime (esp. against chastity); negligence; offense; error; (sense of) guilt; fault, defect (moral or other); sickness, injury

Question 4

• dēdūcō dēdūcere dēdūxī dēductus

Answer 4

to lead/draw//pull/bring/stretch down/away/out/off; escort; eject/evict (claimant) divert/draw (water); draw (sword); spin; deduct/reduce/lessen; describe; deduce launch/bring downstream (ship); remove (force); entice; found/settle (colony)

Question 5

• dēsistō dēsistere dēstitī dēstitus

Answer 5

to cease, desist

Question 6

• dīligō dīligere dīlēxī dīlēctus

Answer 6

to love, hold dear; value/esteem/favor; have special regard for (milder than amo)

Question 7

etsī

Answer 7

although

Question 8

excruciō excruciāre excruciāvī excruciātus

Answer 8

to torment, torture, rack, plague

Question 9

foedus foederis n.

Answer 9

treaty, agreement, contract; league; alliance

Question 10

fōrmōsus –a –um

Answer 10

beautiful, finely formed, handsome, fair; having fine appearance/form

Question 11

fortasse

Answer 11

perhaps

Question 12

gener generī m.

Answer 12

son–in–law

Question 13

hūc

Answer 13

to here, hither

Question 14

impēnsus –a –um

Answer 14

ample, considerate, great; adv. with unusual or much outlay; carefully, earnestly

Question 15

iniūria iniūriae f.

Answer 15

injury; injustice, wrong, offense; insult, abuse; sexual assault

Question 16

mīca –ae f.

Answer 16

crumb, bit, morsel, grain

Question 17

mulier mulieris f.

Answer 17

woman; wife; mistress

Question 18

multō

Answer 18

by much, greatly

Question 19

• nesciō nescīre nescīvī/nesciī nescītus

Answer 19

to not know

Question 20

• nōscō nōscere nōvī nōtus

Answer 20

to come to know, learn, recognize; (in perfect) know; become familiar with; examine, study, inspect; try (case); accept as true; recall

Question 21

ōdī ōdisse

Answer 21

to hate

Question 22

officium offici(ī) n.

Answer 22

duty, obligation; kindness; service, office

Question 23

potis pote

Answer 23

powerful, able

Question 24

prae

Answer 24

before, in front of; forward [prae sequor => go on before]

Question 25

quantum

Answer 25

so much as; how much; how far

Question 26

quantus –a –um

Answer 26

how great; how much/many; of what size/amount/degree/number/worth/price

Question 27

quārē

Answer 27

because of which thing; therefore; why

Question 28

queō quīre quīvī/quiī quitus

Answer 28

to be able

Question 29

Quintia –ae f.

Answer 29

a Roman name

Question 30

quondam

Answer 30

formerly, once, at one time; some day, hereafter

Question 31

rēctus –a –um

Answer 31

right, proper; straight; honest, direct

Question 32

• reperiō reperīre repperī repertus

Answer 32

to discover, learn; light on; find/obtain/get; find out/to be, get to know; invent

Question 33

• requīrō requīrere requīsīvī requīsītus

Answer 33

to require, seek, ask for; need; miss, pine for

Question 34

sāl salis m.

Answer 34

salt, wit

Question 35

• sentiō sentīre sēnsī sēnsus

Answer 35

to perceive; feel

Question 36

singulī –ae –a

Answer 36

apiece (pl.); every; one each/at a time; individual/separate/single; several

Question 37

• surripiō surripere surripuī surreptum

Answer 37

to steal

Question 38

tantum

Answer 38

so much, so far; hardly, only; in tantum, to such a degree or height, so high; tantum — quantum, so great (such, so much) — as.

Question 39

umquam

Answer 39

ever

Question 40

ūrō ūrere ussī ustum

Answer 40

to burn

Question 41

venus veneris f.

Answer 41

charm, loveliness

Question 42

venustās venustātis f.

Answer 42

charm, grace, delightfulness

Question 43

vērē

Answer 43

truly

Question 44

vīlis vīlis vīle

Answer 44

cheap, worthless

Question 45

vulgus vulgī n.

Answer 45

common people/general public/multitude/common herd/rabble/crowd/mob; flock