Catullus 16

Question 1

Aurēlius –iī m.

Answer 1

a member of the Roman gens Aurelia; in Catullus often paired with Furius, and possibly Catullus’ sexual rival for Juventius

Question 2

bāsium bāsī(ī) n.

Answer 2

a kiss

Question 3

castus –a –um

Answer 3

free from vice, pure, chaste

Question 4

cinaedus –a –um

Answer 4

a catamite or passive homosexual, one who submits to anal intercourse; an effeminate male

Question 5

decet decēre decuīt

Answer 5

be suitable or fitting

Question 6

dēnique

Answer 6

finally

Question 7

dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus

Answer 7

talk; say, declare; sing, recite; name, call

Question 8

dūrus –a –um

Answer 8

hard; harsh, pitiless; dull; wooden, heavy, solid

Question 9

Fūrius –iī m.

Answer 9

member of the Roman gens Furia; in Catullus possibly the poet Furius Bibaculus

Question 10

habeō habēre habuī habitus

Answer 10

have, hold

Question 11

incitō incitāre incitāvī incitātus

Answer 11

incite, provoke, stir

Question 12

irrumō irrumāre irrumāvī irrumātus

Answer 12

to force someone to give oral sex (fellatio), as a means of humiliating him

Question 13

legō legere lēgī lēctus

Answer 13

gather; remove; pick out; read, read about

Question 14

lepor lepōris m.

Answer 14

charm, grace, wit; term of endearment

Question 15

lumbus lumbī m.

Answer 15

groin, pl. loins

Question 16

male

Answer 16

badly, improperly

Question 17

molliculus (mollicellus) –a –um

Answer 17

somewhat voluptuous, unmanly, or erotic (dim. of mollis)

Question 18

moveō movēre mōvī mōtus

Answer 18

move

Question 19

mās maris

Answer 19

a male

Question 20

mīlle; mīllēsimus –a –um

Answer 20

a thousand

Question 21

necesse

Answer 21

essential, necessary

Question 22

nequeō nequīre nequiī/nequīvī nequitum

Answer 22

to be unable (to)

Question 23

parum; minus; minimē

Answer 23

too little; not at all

Question 24

pathicus –a –um

Answer 24

a pathic or catamite, one who submits to anal sex

Question 25

pilōsus –a –um

Answer 25

hairy, shaggy

Question 26

pius –a –um

Answer 26

dutiful, conscientious, upright

Question 27

possum posse potuī

Answer 27

to be able

Question 28

poēta poētae m.

Answer 28

poet

Question 29

prūriō prūrīre

Answer 29

itch, tingle; have a sexual craving, be sexually excited

Question 30

pudīcus –a –um

Answer 30

chaste, decent, sexually modest

Question 31

putō putāre putāvī putātus

Answer 31

think

Question 32

pēdīcō –āre –āvī –ātum

Answer 32

sodomize, bugger, or inflict anal sex upon a person (sts. as a way of humiliating him)

Question 33

quod

Answer 33

because, the fact that

Question 34

sāl salis m.

Answer 34

salt; fig., of a quality that gives character and flavor, wit; by metonymy, the sea

Question 35

tum or tunc

Answer 35

then, at that time

Question 36

versiculus versiculī m.

Answer 36

light verse, a short line of verse, epigrammatic verse (dim. of versus)