Catullus I Flashcards
libellum
libellus, -i (masculine, 2nd)
little book, manuscript, journal, diary, memoir
lepidum
lepidus, -a, -um
pleasant, charming, elegant; nice
arido
aridus, -a, -um
dry, parched, arid
expolitum
expolio, expolire, expolivi, expolitus (4th conjugation)
to smooth, polish, finish, adorn, embellish, refine, elaborate
nugas
nuga, nugae (feminine, 1st)
jests, idle speeches, trifles
aevum
aevum, -i (neuter, 2nd)
eternity, age, generation
cartis
carta, -ae (feminine, 2nd)
paper, leaf of the Egyptian papyrus
explicare
explico, explicare, explicavi, explicatus (1st)
to unfold, unroll, unfurl
laboriosis
laboriosus, -a, -um
full of labor, laborious, toilsome, wearisome, difficult, troublesome
quare
quare - adverb
by what means? whereby? how?
by means of which, whereby, in order that
quicquid
quisquis, quidquid
whoever, whosoever, whatever, whatsoever, every one who, everything which
whoever it be, every one, each, everything, anything
perenne
perennis, perenne
lasting throughout the year, everlasting, never failing, unceasing, perpetual
saeclo
saeclum, -i (neuter, 2nd)
a race, generation, age, the people of any time
[figuratively] the spirit of the age, fashion
[of time] a lifetime, generation, age
a hundred years, century