21. Catullus 63.31-60 vocabulary

Question 1

aciês, -êî, f.

Answer 1

edge; sharpness of sight; line of battle

Question 2

aestuô (1)

Answer 2

boil, seethe

Question 3

aethêr, -eris, m. (acc. aethera)

Answer 3

upper air

Question 4

alloquor (adloquor), alloquî, allocûtus

Answer 4

speak to, address

Question 5

anhêlô, -âre

Answer 5

breathe hard, gasp, pant

Question 6

Attis, Attidis, m./f.

Answer 6

the eunuch consort of Cybele

Question 7

aureus, -a, -um

Answer 7

golden, gold

Question 8

* capiô, capere, cêpî, captus *

Answer 8

take, capture

Question 9

careô, -êre, -uî, -itûrus

Answer 9

be without, lack

Question 10

Cerês, -eris, f.

Answer 10

Ceres; grain, bread

Question 11

citus, -a, -um

Answer 11

swift, fleet

Question 12

comitor, -ârî, -âtus

Answer 12

accompany

Question 13

creâtrix, icis, f.

Answer 13

mother, creatress

Question 14

cupiô, -ere, -îvî (-iî), -îtus

Answer 14

desire

Question 15

Cybelê or Cybêbê, -ês, f. (also Cybela, -ae, f.)

Answer 15

Cybele, the Phrygian goddess worshipped as Magna Mater

Question 16

dîrigô (dêrigô), -ere, -rêxî, -rêctus

Answer 16

direct; straighten

Question 17

domô, -âre, -uî, -itus

Answer 17

tame, subdue

Question 18

erifuga, ae, m.

Answer 18

a runaway slave

Question 19

exciô, -îre, -îvî or -iî, -îtum or excieô, -êre

Answer 19

call, summon; disturb, excite; produce

Question 20

famulus, î, m.

Answer 20

slave, servant (male)

Question 21

foris, -is, f.

Answer 21

door

Question 22

fugiô, -ere, fûgî, fugitûrus

Answer 22

flee

Question 23

furibundus, -a, -um

Answer 23

raging, mad, furious

Question 24

furor, -ôris, m.

Answer 24

madness, rage, frenzy

Question 25

fûror, -ârî, -âtus sum

Answer 25

steal

Question 26

Galla, ae, f.

Answer 26

an emasculated priest of Cybele

Question 27

gelidus, -a, -um

Answer 27

(icy-) cold

Question 28

genetrix, -îcis, f.

Answer 28

mother

Question 29

genitor, -ôris, m.

Answer 29

sire, father

Question 30

gymnasium, î, n.

Answer 30

an athletic / educational center

Question 31

Îda, -ae (Îdê, -ês), f.

Answer 31

a mountain range in Phrygia, near Troy; a mountain in Crete

Question 32

indomitus, a, um

Answer 32

untamed

Question 33

ita

Answer 33

so, thus, in this way

Question 34

itaque

Answer 34

and so

Question 35

iugum, -î, n.

Answer 35

yoke; (mountain) ridge

Question 36

iuvenca, ae, f.

Answer 36

heifer

Question 37

labô (1)

Answer 37

totter; hesitate; fall to pieces

Question 38

labor, -ôris, m.

Answer 38

toil, difficulty

Question 39

lacrimô (1)

Answer 39

weep

Question 40

languor, -ôris, m.

Answer 40

weakness, faintness

Question 41

lassus, a, um

Answer 41

tired, exhausted (dim. lassulus)

Question 42

latibulum, î, n.

Answer 42

hiding place, lair, den

Question 43

liquidus, -a, -um

Answer 43

fluid, liquid

Question 44

locus, -î, m. (plural: loca, n.)

Answer 44

place

Question 45

lûstrô (1)

Answer 45

make bright; purify; traverse; survey

Question 46

mollis, -e

Answer 46

soft, yielding

Question 47

nemus, -oris, n.

Answer 47

grove, glade

Question 48

nimius, -a, -um

Answer 48

too great, too much

Question 49

nix, nivis, f.

Answer 49

snow

Question 50

onus, -eris, n.

Answer 50

burden

Question 51

opâcus, -a, -um

Answer 51

shaded, dark

Question 52

\* operiô, operîrî, operuî, opertum \*

Answer 52

cover; shut; hide

Question 53

ôs, ôris, n.

Answer 53

mouth; face

Question 54

ôra, -ae, f.

Answer 54

boundary; coast; region

Question 55

palaestra, ae, f.

Answer 55

wrestling place

Question 56

Pâsithea, ae, f.

Answer 56

one of the three Graces; wife of Somnus

Question 57

pectus, -oris, n.

Answer 57

breast, chest

Question 58

\* pellô, -ere, pepulî, pulsus \*

Answer 58

drive; repulse, rout

Question 59

piger, pigra, pigrum

Answer 59

reluctant; sluggish, inactive; dull, dejected

Question 60

\* pônô, -ere, posuî, positus \*

Answer 60

put, place, set, pitch (camp)

Question 61

properipês, -pedis

Answer 61

swift-footed

Question 62

pûpula, -ae, f.

Answer 62

a little girl; a small doll; the pupil of the eye

Question 63

rabidus, a, um

Answer 63

raging, ravening, frenzied, violent

Question 64

rabiês, -êî, f.

Answer 64

madness, frenzy

Question 65

radio (1)

Answer 65

radiate light, beam, shine

Question 66

\* recipiô, -ere, -cêpî, -ceptum \*

Answer 66

keep back; receive

Question 67

recolô, recolere, recoluî, recultum

Answer 67

till again; honor again; recall to mind, think over; consider; resume

Question 68

reditus, -ûs, m.

Answer 68

a return

Question 69

relinquô, -ere, relîquî, relictus

Answer 69

leave, leave behind

Question 70

removeô, -êre, -môvî, -môtum

Answer 70

move back, withdraw; remove

Question 71

remôtus, a, um

Answer 71

removed, out of the way

Question 72

\* reor, rêrî, ratus \*

Answer 72

reckon, think

Question 73

rursus (rursum) (rarely rûsum)

Answer 73

back, backwards; on the other hand; back again, again

Question 74

sequor, sequî, secûtus

Answer 74

follow

Question 75

simul

Answer 75

at the same time

Question 76

sinô, -ere, sîvî, situs

Answer 76

allow, permit

Question 77

sinus, -ûs, m.

Answer 77

fold, curve; bosom; bay; tract of remote land

Question 78

soleô, -êre, solitus sum

Answer 78

be wont, be accustomed

Question 79

sonipes, -pedis

Answer 79

loud-hoofed; m. steed

Question 80

sopor, -ôris, m.

Answer 80

(deep) sleep, stupor

Question 81

stâbulum, -î, n.

Answer 81

stall, stable

Question 82

stadium, iî or î, n.

Answer 82

furlong; racetrack

Question 83

\* tangô, -ere, tetigî, tâctus \*

Answer 83

touch

Question 84

\* ferô, ferre, tulî (archaic tetuli) lâtus \*

Answer 84

bear, endure; carry, bring

Question 85

trepidô (1)

Answer 85

be nervous at; (intrans.) be nervous

Question 86

tympanum (typanum), -î, n.

Answer 86

drum

Question 87

vadum, -î, n.

Answer 87

ford, shallows

Question 88

\* vâdô, -ere, vâsî, -vâsus \*

Answer 88

go, move, proceed, rush

Question 89

vagus, a, um

Answer 89

wandering; uncertain

Question 90

vâstus, -a, -um

Answer 90

waste; vast, huge

Question 91

ubinam

Answer 91

where?

Question 92

vegetus, a, um

Answer 92

vigorous, active, energetic; fresh

Question 93

velut (or velutî)

Answer 93

just as, as if

Question 94

vîsô, -ere, vîsî, vîsus

Answer 94

go to see, visit

Question 95

vîtô (1)

Answer 95

avoid

Question 96

umbra, -ae, f.

Answer 96

shadow, shade