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Catullus Vocabulary, Complete Poems Part 3: Poems 69 to end (in progress) > Catullus 99 > Flashcards

Catullus 99 Flashcards

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abstergeō –ēre abstersī abstersum

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wipe clean

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ambrosia ambrosiae f.

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the food of the gods, ambrosia

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amplus –a –um

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more, further; longer

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articulus articulī m.

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joint; finger

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bāsium bāsī(ī) n.

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a kiss

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cessō cessāre cessāvī cessātus

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hold back, desist

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commēiō –mēīre –minxī –mictum

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piss all over; soil, pollute

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contrahō contrahere contrāxī contractus

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draw in; catch, contract (as a disease)

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crux crucis f.

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a cross; a stake for impalement

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dulcis dulce

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sweet

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dum

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conj., as long as; (w. historical pres.) while; (w/ subjunctive) provided that; (w/ ind. or subj.) until

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dēmō dēmere dēmpsī dēmptus

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remove, take away

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dīluō dīluere dīluī dīlūtus

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dissolve away; moisten, wash, bathe

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elleborus –ī m. or elleborum –ī n. (or helleborus / helleborum)

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hellebore, any of a number of acrid and poisonous plants used medicinally, esp. as a cure for insanity

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excruciō excruciāre excruciāvī excruciātus

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torture, torment

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faciō facere fēcī factus

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do, make, achieve, attain, reach

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ferō ferre tulī lātus

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bear, carry; endure, withstand; say; take, accept

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flētus fletūs m.

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weeping; tears

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gutta guttae f.

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a drop; teardrop

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hōra hōrae f.

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hour

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iam

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now

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impūnē

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without punishment, with impunity

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īnfestus –a –um

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hostile, warlike; troublesome

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Iuventius –iī m.

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Juventius, a Roman nomen gentile; in Catullus Juventius is a boy with whom the poet has a romantic / sexual relationship

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labellum labellī n.

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lip (dim. of labrum)

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lupa lupae f.

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she-wolf; prostitute

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lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus

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maneō manēre mānsī mānsus

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remain, stay, wait

29
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mellītus –a –um

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honey-sweet

30
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meminī meminisse

31
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modus modī m.

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measure, quantity; manner, way

32
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mūtō mūtāre mūtāvī mūtātus

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change; in pass., w/ acc. of thing received in exchange & abl. of price paid, buy; exchange, take in exchange

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nam

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explanatory particle, for; as encl., for lively or impatient emphasis, indicating the point of a line of questioning

34
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namque

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explanatory conj., for

35
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ōs ōris n.

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mouth; face, countenance

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poena poenae f.

37
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possum posse potuī

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to be able

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posthāc

39
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praetereā

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besides, moreover

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prōpōnō prōpōnere prōposuī prōpositus

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expose to view, set forth, offer, propound, propose

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pūrgō pūrgāre pūrgāvī pūrgātus

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clean, clear out; (refl.) apologize, excuse

42
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quisquam quicquam

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indef. pron., anyone, anything

43
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quoniam

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conj., as soon as, after; because, since

44
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saevitia saevitiae f.

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savagery, cruelty; violence, ferocity

45
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salīva salīvae f.

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saliva, spit

46
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simul

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at the same time, tohether, as well; conj., as soon as

47
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spurcus –a –um

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filthy, foul, disgusting

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suffīgō –fīgere –fīxī –fīxum

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to fasten beneath or below , to fasten or fix on , to affix

49
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sum esse fuī futūrus

50
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superus –a –um

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highest; the top of

51
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surripiō surripere surripuī surreptum

52
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suāviolum –ī n.

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dim. of suavium, kiss; the lips formed for kissing

53
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tamquam

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conj., as; just as if (it were)

54
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tantillum –ī n.

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so little, so small a quantity

55
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trādō trādere trādidī trāditus

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hand down, consign, entrust, pass on

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ūllus –a –um

57
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vērum

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adversative conj., assenting to what has been said but adding a qualification: but in fact, but, actually

Catullus Vocabulary, Complete Poems Part 3: Poems 69 to end (in progress) (42 decks)

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