Catullus 12 & 13 notes

Question 1

Marrucine Asini
case?

Answer 1

vocative

Question 2

manu sinistra
case?

Answer 2

ablative

Question 3

line 8 and 9: leporum…facetiarum
case?

Answer 3

plural genitive

Question 4

line 10: quare…trecentos
literary device?

Answer 4

hyperbole

Question 5

line 12: quod
antecedent?

Answer 5

linteum

Question 6

line 12: movet
subject?

Answer 6

quod

Question 7

line 12: aestimatione
case?

Answer 7

ablative - by

Question 8

what are sudaria and lintea?

Answer 8

synonyms

Question 9

line 15: miserunt mihi muneri
literary device?

Answer 9

alliteration

Question 10

line 17: Veraniolum..Fabullum
case?

Answer 10

diminutive

Question 11

mi Fabulle
case?

Answer 11

vocative

Question 12

line 2: tibi
case?

Answer 12

dative

Question 13

line 3: attuleris
tense?

Answer 13

future perfect

Question 14

non sine
literary device?

Answer 14

litotes

Question 15

line 4: puella
case?

Answer 15

ablative

Question 16

et vino et sal et…
literary device?

Answer 16

polysyndeton

Question 17

line 6: haec
antecedent?

Answer 17

everything he lists for Fabullus to bring

Question 18

line 6: venuste
case?

Answer 18

vocative

Question 19

line 7: tui Catulli
case?

Answer 19

genitive - possession

Question 20

line 8: sacculus
case?

Answer 20

diminutive

Question 21

line 9: accipies
tense?

Answer 21

future

Question 22

line 9: what modifies amores?

Answer 22

meros (pure)

Question 23

seu
definition?

Answer 23

or

Question 24

what in suavius and elegantiusve makes it comparative?

Answer 24

the “ius”

Question 25

what is suavius and elegantiusve (line 10) referring to?

Answer 25

the perfume

Question 26

what does the “ve” in elegantiusve mean?

Answer 26

or

Question 27

unguentum
literary device? symbol of?

Answer 27

metonymy (word that evokes something else through close association, like symbolism), symbol of love

Question 28

line 11: dabo
tense?

Answer 28

future

Question 29

line 11 and 13: quod
antedecent?

Answer 29

unguentum

Question 30

what is donarunt an example of and what is its equivalent?

Answer 30

syncope, donaverunt

Question 31

purpose of line 9-end in Catullus 13?

Answer 31

purpose is to say that true love/his girl is the most important thing, compares materialistic things and love and says they pale in comparison to love

Question 32

is Catullus 13 a real invitation?

Answer 32

no, it’s a mock invitation

Question 33

what are the jokes in Catullus 13?

Answer 33

Fabullus must bring everything (lines 1-7), wallet is full of cobwebs (line 8), Fabullus will want to be one big nose (line 14)