Catullus 90

Question 1

accipiō accipere accēpī acceptus

Answer 1

receive, accept; hear

Question 2

aruspicium –iī n.

Answer 2

divination, interpretation of omens

Question 3

carmen carminis n.

Answer 3

song, poem; incantation

Question 4

coniugium –iī n.

Answer 4

marriage, union; spouse

Question 5

discō discere didicī

Answer 5

learn

Question 6

Gellius –ī m.

Answer 6

Roman nomen gentile, here perhaps L. Gellius Poplicola, consul in 36 BCE; he was apparently a supporter of Clodius and a lover of Clodia / Lesbia. Said to have had an affair with his stepmother and to have plotted the murder of his father

Question 7

gignō gignere genuī genitus

Answer 7

create, beget, give birth to

Question 8

impius –a –um

Answer 8

wicked, irreligious, without pietas

Question 9

liquefaciō –ere –fēcī –factus; liquefīō –fierī –factus sum

Answer 9

melt

Question 10

magus magī m.

Answer 10

a Persian priest, diviner, magus

Question 11

nam

Answer 11

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

Question 12

nefandus –a –um

Answer 12

unspeakable; wicked, unlawful, impious

Question 13

nāscor nāscī nātus sum

Answer 13

to be born; originate

Question 14

nātus (gnātus) –ī m.

Answer 14

son

Question 15

omentum –ī n.

Answer 15

the fatty membrane covering the intestines; peritoneum

Question 16

oportet oportēre oportuit

Answer 16

it is proper, right; it ought, should

Question 17

Persa –ae m.

Answer 17

a Persian or Parthian

Question 18

pinguis pingue

Answer 18

fath, rich

Question 19

religiō religiōnis f.

Answer 19

religious scruple, taboo, or impediment; religious observance

Question 20

veneror venerārī venerātus sum or venerō –āre

Answer 20

solicit divine good will by pleasing acts; worship, venerate

Question 21

vērus –a –um

Answer 21

TRUE