Catullus 74

Question 1

accidō accidere accidī –––

Answer 1

reach, get through to, impinge upon; fall; befall; happen

Question 2

audiō audīre audīvī audītus

Answer 2

hear, pay attention to

Question 3

dēlicia dēliciae f. (often plural) or delici(ōl)um –ī m.

Answer 3

pleasure; act of pleasure; sexual fooling around (in pl., pet, darling)

Question 4

dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus

Answer 4

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

Question 5

faciō facere fēcī factus

Answer 5

do, make, achieve, attain, reach

Question 6

Gellius –ī m.

Answer 6

Roman nomen gentile, here perhaps L. Gellius Poplicola, consul in 36 BCE; he was apparently a supporter of Clodius and a lover of Clodia / Lesbia. Said to have had an affair with his stepmother and to have plotted the murder of his father

Question 7

Harpocratēs –is m.

Answer 7

the Egyptian god Horus as a boy, represented with a finger to his lips

Question 8

irrumō irrumāre irrumāvī irrumātus

Answer 8

to force someone to give oral sex (fellatio), as a means of humiliating him

Question 9

nam

Answer 9

explanatory particle, for; as encl., for lively or impatient emphasis, indicating the point of a line of questioning

Question 10

obiurgō –āre –āvī –ātum

Answer 10

rebuke, scold

Question 11

patruus patruī m.

Answer 11

paternal uncle

Question 12

perdepsō –ere –ui

Answer 12

knead thoroughly; (metaph.) screw, have sex with

Question 13

quamvīs

Answer 13

rel. to any degree you like, as much as can be; concessive w/ subjunctive, even tough

Question 14

reddō reddere reddidī redditus

Answer 14

give back, restore; repay (a debt, obligation, or vow); pay (honor, tribute, etc.); render, turn something or someone into

Question 15

soleō solēre solitus sum

Answer 15

to be accustomed (to); (euphemistic, w/ acc.) to “know,” i.e., be sexually intimate with

Question 16

volō velle voluī

Answer 16

wish, be willing