Catullus 78b

Question 1

anus anūs f.

Answer 1

old woman; as fem. adj., old, aged

Question 2

commēiō –mēīre –minxī –mictum

Answer 2

defile with urine; soil, pollute

Question 3

doleō dolēre doluī dolitus

Answer 3

suffer pain, grieve, hurt; impers., cause pain, rankle

Question 4

ferō ferre tulī lātus

Answer 4

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

Question 5

impūnē

Answer 5

without punishment, with impunity

Question 6

loquor loquī locūtus sum

Answer 6

speak; tell

Question 7

nam

Answer 7

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

Question 8

nunc

Answer 8

now

Question 9

nōscō nōscere nōvī nōtus

Answer 9

know

Question 10

pūrus –a –um

Answer 10

clean, pure; plain, unembellished

Question 11

quod

Answer 11

because, the fact that

Question 12

saeculum saeculī n.

Answer 12

a generation

Question 13

salīva salīvae f.

Answer 13

saliva, spit

Question 14

spurcus –a –um

Answer 14

filthy, foul, disgusting

Question 15

sāvium (suāvium) –īn.

Answer 15

kiss; the lips formed for kissing

Question 16

vērum

Answer 16

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