Catullus 81 Flashcards
audeō audēre ausus sum
semi-dep., dare
bellus –a –um
pretty, nice, fine, charming
cor cordis n.
heart
dīligō dīligere dīlēxī dīlēctus
love, be fond of
facinus facinoris n.
deed; evil deed, wrong, crime
faciō facere fēcī factus
do, make, achieve, attain, reach
hospes hospitis m.
guest, visitor; stranger
inaurō –āre –āvī –ātum
to plate with gold
incipiō incipere incēpī inceptus
begin
Iuventius –iī m.
Juventius, a Roman nomen gentile; in Catullus Juventius is a boy with whom the poet has a romantic / sexual relationship
moribundus –a –um
dying, moribund: decaying
nesciō nescīre nescīvī/nesciī nescītus
not to know
pallidus –a –um
pale
Pisaurum –ī n.
an Umbrian town on the Adriactic coast, mod. Pesaro
possum posse potuī
to be able