Catullus 84

Question 1

afferō afferre attulī allātus

Answer 1

bring along, come with

Question 2

Arrius –iī m.

Answer 2

Roman nomen gentile; here perhaps Q. Arrius, a supporter of M. Licinius Crassus, who formed “the first triumvirate” with Caesar and Pompey. Arrius is clearly seen as a parvenu and social climber, who overdoes the fashionable tendency to an h sound to certain words

Question 3

audiō audīre audīvī audītus

Answer 3

hear, pay attention to

Question 4

auris auris f.

Answer 4

ear

Question 5

avia aviae f.

Answer 5

grandmother

Question 6

avunculus avunculī m.

Answer 6

maternal uncle

Question 7

avus avī m.

Answer 7

grandfather

Question 8

commodum commodī n. (pronounced chommodum by Arius)

Answer 8

advantage, benefit

Question 9

crēdō crēdere crēdidī crēditus

Answer 9

entrust; believe

Question 10

dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus

Answer 10

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

Question 11

eō īre iī/īvī itum

Answer 11

go

Question 12

fluctus fluctūs m.

Answer 12

wave

Question 13

horribilis horribile

Answer 13

fearful, dreadful; rough, uncouth

Question 14

illūc

Answer 14

thither, to that place

Question 15

īnsidiae īnsidiārum f. pl. (pronounced hīnsidiae by Arrius)

Answer 15

ambush, plot

Question 16

Iōnius (Iōnicus or Iōniacus) –a –um (pronounced Hiōnius by Arrius; Greek “Chioneus” means “snowy, frigid”

Answer 16

Ionian, spec. of the Ionian sea, west of Greece and south of Italy

Question 17

leviter

Answer 17

lightly

Question 18

loquor loquī locūtus sum

Answer 18

speak; tell

Question 19

lēniter lēnius (comp.) lēnissimē (superl.)

Answer 19

gently; without drastic effect

Question 20

līber lībera līberum

Answer 20

free

Question 21

metuō metuere metuī

Answer 21

fear; w/ a, ab, fear danger (from)

Question 22

mittō mittere mīsī missus

Answer 22

send, send forth; (of weapons) throw, cast, hurl; emit, utter; cease, desist, omit; let go, release, abandon, discard; give

Question 23

māter mātris f.

Answer 23

mother

Question 24

māternus –a –um

Answer 24

of a mother; on the mother’s side of the family

Question 25

mīrificē

Answer 25

amazingly, remarkably

Question 26

nec

Answer 26

Err:509

Question 27

nōn

Answer 27

not

Question 28

nūntius nūnti(ī) m.

Answer 28

messenger; message, pl. news

Question 29

omnis omne

Answer 29

adj., all, whole, entire

Question 30

possum posse potuī

Answer 30

to be able

Question 31

postillā

Answer 31

afterwards, after that time

Question 32

postquam

Answer 32

conj., after

Question 33

quandō

Answer 33

indef. adv. following si, at any time

Question 34

quantum

Answer 34

rel. as much as

Question 35

requiēscō requiēscere requiēvī requiētum

Answer 35

rest, find relief

Question 36

sed

Answer 36

disjunctive conj., but

Question 37

spērō spērāre spērāvī spērātus

Answer 37

hope, hope for; anticipate

Question 38

subitō

Answer 38

suddenly, at once, quickly

Question 39

sum esse fuī futūrus

Answer 39

to be

Question 40

Syria –ae f.

Answer 40

of or from Syria; Syrian

Question 41

sīc

Answer 41

in this way, so, thus

Question 42

tum or tunc

Answer 42

then, at that time

Question 43

tālis tāle

Answer 43

such a, such

Question 44

volō velle voluī

Answer 44

wish, be willing

Question 45

īnsidiae īnsidiārum f. pl.

Answer 45

ambush, plot