Catullus 89

Question 1

attingō attingere attigī attāctus

Answer 1

touch; touch upon (in speaking), mention

Question 2

cognātus –a –um

Answer 2

related; as m. or f. subst., a relative

Question 3

dēsinō dēsinere dēsiī dēsitus

Answer 3

cease, leave off, stop

Question 4

fiō fierī factus sum

Answer 4

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

Question 5

fās n.

Answer 5

indecl. n., that which is right or permissible by divine law; meet and right, fitting, proper

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

inveniō invenīre invēnī inventus

Answer 7

meet, find; acquire, get

Question 8

macer –cra –crum

Answer 8

thin, scrawny, emaciated

Question 9

patruus patruī m.

Answer 9

paternal uncle

Question 10

quantusvīs quantavis quantumvis

Answer 10

as much or as many as you could wish

Question 11

quid nī or quidnī

Answer 11

why not? (rhetorical)

Question 12

quārē

Answer 12

interr. & rel. how? for what reason? on account of which thing; wherefore, therefore

Question 13

tam

Answer 13

to such a degree, so

Question 14

tangō tangere tetigī tāctus

Answer 14

touch

Question 15

tenuis tenue

Answer 15

thin

Question 16

valēns –entis

Answer 16

sturdy, robust, vigorous

Question 17

venustus –a –um

Answer 17

lovely, attractive, charming; graceful, pretty, neat

Question 18

vīvō vīvere vīxī vīctus

Answer 18

live