Catullus 8

Question 1

adeō adīre adīvī/adiī aditus

Answer 1

approach, go to, visit

Question 2

at or ast

Answer 2

disjunctive conj., but, nevertheless, yet, however, yes but

Question 3

bellus –a –um

Answer 3

pretty, nice, fine, charming

Question 4

bāsiō bāsiāre bāsiāvī bāsiātus

Answer 4

kiss

Question 5

candidus –a –um

Answer 5

bright; white; fair-skinned (implying beauty); gorgeous (of a woman)

Question 6

doleō dolēre doluī dolitus

Answer 6

suffer pain, grieve, hurt; impers., cause pain, rankle

Question 7

dēsinō dēsinere dēsiī dēsitus

Answer 7

cease, leave off, stop

Question 8

dēstinātus –a –um

Answer 8

stubborn, obstinate

Question 9

dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus

Answer 9

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

Question 10

dūcō dūcere dūxī ductus

Answer 10

lead, take; take as one’s wife; consider, reckon

Question 11

fiō fierī factus sum

Answer 11

to take place, happen; to be made or done, become

Question 12

fugiō fugere fūgī fugitus

Answer 12

run away, flee, escape, slip off

Question 13

fulgeō fulgēre fulsī

Answer 13

shine brightly, gleam

Question 14

iam

Answer 14

now

Question 15

ibī

Answer 15

there, in that place; then, there and then

Question 16

impotens –entis

Answer 16

powerless; lacking in self-control, hence headstrong, wild, violent, intemperate

Question 17

ineptiō ineptīre

Answer 17

play the fool, be silly

Question 18

invītus –a –um

Answer 18

unwilling

Question 19

iocōsus –a –um

Answer 19

full of laughs, jolly, happy

Question 20

labellum labellī n.

Answer 20

lip (diminutive of labrum)

Question 21

maneō manēre mānsī mānsus

Answer 21

remain, stay, wait

Question 22

miser misera miserum

Answer 22

wretched, unhappy

Question 23

mordeō mordēre momordī morsus

Answer 23

bite

Question 24

mēns mentis f.

Answer 24

mind

Question 25

nōlō nōlle nōluī

Answer 25

be unwilling, not to wish

Question 26

obdūrō obdūrāre obdūrāvī obdūrātus

Answer 26

be persistent or obdurate

Question 27

obstinātus –a –um

Answer 27

stubborn, obstinate, resolute

Question 28

perditus –a –um

Answer 28

ruined; depraved

Question 29

pereō perīre periī peritūs

Answer 29

vanish; be done in,perish, die; (hyperbolically) suffer intensely, be in big trouble

Question 30

perferō perferre pertulī perlātus

Answer 30

carry on, endure

Question 31

puella puellae f.

Answer 31

girl; young woman; girlfriend

Question 32

quantum

Answer 32

rel. as much as

Question 33

quis quid

Answer 33

interr. and indef. pronoun: who? what? anyone, anything

Question 34

quondam

Answer 34

once, formerly

Question 35

quoque

Answer 35

also

Question 36

quō

Answer 36

where, whither

Question 37

requīrō requīrere requīsīvī requīsītus

Answer 37

try to find, seek, look for, ask about; need, miss

Question 38

rogō rogāre rogāvī rogātus

Answer 38

ask, ask for

Question 39

scelestus –a –um

Answer 39

lying under a curse; (applied pityingly) wretched; wicked

Question 40

sector sectārī sectātus sum

Answer 40

follow constantly; pursue, chase

Question 41

sōl sōlis m.

Answer 41

the sun, sts. personified as Sol

Question 42

tum or tunc

Answer 42

then, at that time

Question 43

vae

Answer 43

woe to, alas for

Question 44

valeō valēre valuī valitus

Answer 44

have strength or health; be effective

Question 45

ventitō ventitāre ventitāvī ventitātus

Answer 45

come frequently or habitually, keep coming

Question 46

videō vidēre vīdī vīsus

Answer 46

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

Question 47

volō velle voluī

Answer 47

wish, be willing

Question 48

vērē

Answer 48

truly, really, actually, rightly

Question 49

vīta vītae f.

Answer 49

life; (used as a term of endearment)

Question 50

vīvō vīvere vīxī vīctus

Answer 50

live