Catullus 97 Flashcards
aegrotus –a –um
diseased
Aemilius –iī m.
Roman nomen gentile; perhaps the poet Aemilius Macer, who wrote about animals
aestus aestūs m.
heat, hot weather; swell (of the sea), flood; tumult
asinus –ī m.
ass, donkey
attingō attingere attigī attāctus
touch; touch upon (in speaking), mention
carnifex –icis m.
executioner; scoundrel
cunnus –ī m.
vulva, the female pudenda
cūlus cūlī m.
anus
diffindō –ere –fidī –fissus
split
faciō facere fēcī factus
do, make, achieve, attain, reach
futuō –uere –uī –ūtum
have sex with, fuck; copulate
gingīva gingīvae f.
the gums
habeō habēre habuī habitus
have, hold
immundus –a –um
unclean
ita
so
lingō lingere linxī linctum
lick
meiō meiere mixī mictus
urinate, make water; ejaculate
mundus –a –um
comp. mundior: clean
mūla –ae f.
a she mule
nihilum/nīlum nihilī/nīlī n.
nothing; abl. w/ adv. Force, an emphatic form of non: not at all
olfaciō –acere –ēcī –actum
smell
pistrīnum –ī n.
mill
ploxenum –ī n.
the body of a carriage
possum posse potuī
to be able
praetereā
besides, moreover
putō putāre putāvī putātus
think
quisquam quicquam
indef. pron., anyone, anything
quālis quāle
(interr) of what kind; (rel.) such as
referō referre rettulī relātus
bring back; report; (reflexive) return; w/ in + abl., write down; w/ acc. & dat., put something down to, assign to a category
rictus –ūs m.
an open mouth
sesquipedālis –e
one and a half feet long
sine
prep. w/ abl., without
soleō solēre solitus sum
to be accustomed (to); (euphemistic, w/ acc.) to “know,” i.e., be sexually intimate with
trādō trādere trādidī trāditus
hand down, consign, entrust, pass on
utrum
whether … or
venustus –a –um
lovely, attractive, charming; graceful, pretty, neat
vetus veteris
old
vērum
adversative conj., assenting to what has been said but adding a qualification: but in fact, but, actually
vērō
in truth, indeed
ōs ōris n.
mouth; face, countenance
