Catullus 17 Flashcards by William Turpin

adservō adservāre adservāvī adservātus

keep safe, guard

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alnus –ī f.

an alder tree

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particle introducing questions with note of surprise or indignation: can it be that … ?; (after utrum) or

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animus animī m.

the mind

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assula –ae f. (diminutive of axis –is m.)

board, plank (dim. of axis)

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audiō audīre audīvī audītus

hear, pay attention to

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bīmulus –a –um

two years old (dim. of bimus)

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caenum –ī n.

mud, filth, slime

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caput capitis n.

head

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cavus –a –um

hollow; deep

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colōnia colōniae f.

a colony; name of a town in poem 17

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crūs –ūris n.

leg

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cupiō cupere cupiī/cupīvī cupītus

want, desire

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dormiō dormīre dormīvī dormītum

sleep

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dē

prep. with abl., away from down from, off,; of, out from, from, immediately after; [diem] de die: day after day; about, concerning

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dēlicātus –a –um

given to luxury or pleasure; pampered; frisky, wanton, frivolous; elegant

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dērelinquō dērelinquere dēreliquī dērelīctus

leave behind

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dīligēns –ntis

comp. more carefully

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dō dare dedī datus

give, pay

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excitō excitāre excitāvī excitātus

rouse, wake; stir up, arouse, excite

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eō īre iī/īvī itum

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faciō facere fēcī factus

do, make, achieve, attain, reach

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ferreus –a –um

made of iron; hard, harsh; shameless, brazen

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fiō fierī factus sum

to take place, happen; to be made or done, become

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flōs flōris m.

flower; youthful beauty; the finest specimen of a type or class

fossa –ae f.

ditch

gravis grave

heavy, grevious, severe; low-pitched

habeō habēre habuī habitus

have, hold

haedus –ī m.

a young goat, kid

iaceō iacēre iacuī

lie, recline

prep. w/ abl., in, on; w/acc., into, onto, against

ineptus –a –um

foolish, gauche, awkward

instar n.

(indecl.): the equivalent or equal; adverbial w/ gen., to the extent (of)

insulsus –a –um

witless, stupid

lacus lacūs m.

lake

libet (libēre) libuit libitum est

intr. w/ dat. of person pleased: to be pleasing

libīdō libidinis f.

desire; sexual craving

Ligus –uris

Ligurian, from Liguria, in NW Italy

līvidus –a –um

a dull, grayish-blue color

lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus

play

lūtum lutī n.

mud

magis or mage

mittō mittere mīsī missus

send, send forth; (of weapons) throw, cast, hurl; emit, utter; cease, desist, omit; let go, release, abandon, discard; give

mūla –ae f.

a she mule, a molly

mūniceps –ipis m.

citizen of a municipium; townsman

mūnus mūneris n.

function, duty, task; gift; favor

nesciō nescīre nescīvī/nesciī nescītus

not to know

niger nigra nigrum

dark, black

nūbō nūbere nūpsī nūptum

get married

interjection, expressing grief, pleasure, indignation, or adjuration

palūs –ūdis f.

swamp

pars partis f.

part; some; standpoint, side

parō parāre parāvī parātus

furnish, supply; obtain

pilus –ī m.

a hair; something of no value or significance

ponticulus –ī m.

bridge (dim. of pons)

potis or pote (indecl.)

indecl. adj., having the power, able; possible

praeceps praecipitis

plunging headfirst; headlong; sudden

profundus –a –um

deep, bottomless

prōnus –a –um

leaning forward, angling or sloping toward the ground; sloping; face down, prone; flat

pēs pedis m.

foot; (poet.) a metrical foot; (naut.) the line or sheet by which each of the two lower corners of a square sail is made fast to the ship

pōns pontis m.

bridge

pūtidus –a –um

rotten; foul, stinking

quam

interr. & rel. to which extent or degree; how; as, than

quis quid

interr. and indef. pronoun: who? what? anyone, anything

quoque

also

quīdam quaedam quiddam

a particular - , a certain

recumbō –ere –cubuī

recline; settle

redivīvus –a –um

reused, second-hand

repente or repens

suddenly, immediately

rīsus –ūs m.

laugh

sacrum sacrī n.

a sacred object or observance, rite

saliō salīre saluī saltus

jump, leap; mount for sexual intercourse

salum –ī n.

swell, billow; the sea

sapiō sapere sapivī

have a taste; have taste, sense, discernment

secūris secūris f.

axe

sentiō sentīre sēnsī sēnsus

perceive, sense, feel

sinō sinere sīvī situs

leave alone; allow

solea –ae f.

sandal

stolidus –a –um

dull, stupid, inert

stupor –oris m.

numbness, lethargy, paralysis, torpor; by metonymy, an insensate person, clod

stō stāre stetī statum

stand

sublevō sublevāre sublevāvī sublevātus

raise, lift

subsellium subselliī n.

a courtroom bench

suppernātus –a –um

having the leg cut from below; hamstrung; (transf,) felled

supīnus –a –um

lying on the back; facing upwards; flat; helpless

suscipiō suscipere suscēpī susceptus

undertake; perform

suus –a –um

reflex. possesive adj., his/her/its own

suī sibi sē sē

him-/her-/itself

sīc

in this way, so, thus

tantundem

just as much

tenellulus –a –um

soft, tender, delicate; romantically tender (with ref. to love poetry) (dim. of tener)

tenāx –ācis

clinging, tenacious

tremulus –a –um

shaky, trembling; shaking (voluntarily, as one dandling an infant)

tālis tāle

such a, such

tōtus –a –um

the whole, all

ulna –ae f.

forearm, esp. the crook of the arm

usquam

anywhere

utrum

whether ... or

ūva –ae f.

a bunch of grapes

vel

part., or; even

velut or velutī

just as

vereor verērī veritus sum

show respect for; fear

vērum

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

veternus –ī m.

torpor, senility

videō vidēre vīdī vīsus

see, perceive; pass. seem, seem good or proper

viridis –e

green

volō velle voluī

wish, be willing

vorāgō –inis f.

a deep hole or watery chasm

Catullus 17 Flashcards

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