Catullus 95 Flashcards
annālis –is m.
a book of annals or chronicles; (pl.) a chronicle in several books
Antimachus –ī m.
Greek name, e.g., of Antimachus of Colophon, poet of 5/4 cent. B.C. famed for his prolixity
cavus –a –um
hollow; deep
Cinna –ae m.
a cognomen; here C. Helvius Cinna, Catullus’ friend and fellow neoteric poet
coepī coepisse coeptum
begin
cor cordis n.
heart
cānus –a –um
white, whitened
diū
for a long time
dēnique
finally
dō dare dedī datus
give, pay
ēdō ēdere ēdidī ēditus
emit, bring forth, yield; publish
gaudeō gaudēre gāvīsus sum
rejoice, take pleasure
hiems hiemis f.
winter
Hortensius –a um
Roman nomen gentile; here Q. Hortensius Hortalus, the most famous orator of the day, second only to Cicero
intereā
in the meantime; with adversative force, in these circumstances
laxus –a –um
spacious; loose
messis –is f.
harvest
mittō mittere mīsī missus
send, send forth; (of weapons) throw, cast, hurl; emit, utter; cease, desist, omit; let go, release, abandon, discard; give
monumentum monumentī n.
anything that serves as a commemoration, reminder, or memorial
morior morī mortuus sum
die
mīlle; mīllēsimus –a –um
a thousand
novem; nōnus –a –um
ninth
Padua –ae f.
one of the mouths of the Padus (Po) River
penitus or penitē
from within; far away; deeply
pervolvō –volvere
go on unwinding (a book scroll)
quīngentī –ae –a; quīngentēsimus –a –um
five hundred
saeculum saeculī n.
a generation
saepe
often
Satrachus –ī m.
river in Cyprus, connected with the legend of Smyrna’s son Adonis
scomber –brī m.
mackerel
sodālis sodālis m.
crony, buddy, comrade
tumidus –a –um
swollen, bulging
tunica tunicae f.
tunic, a standard garment worn by both sexes
unda undae f.
wave; waves of the sea, sea
Volusius –ia –ium
Romen nomen gentile
Zmyrna –ae f.
Smyrna, city in Asia Minor (mod. Izmir); title of historical poem by C Helvius Cinna
