Catullus 23

Question 1

absum abesse āfuī āfutūrus

Answer 1

be absent

Question 2

addō addere addidī additus

Answer 2

add

Question 3

alius alia aliud (archaic: alis alid)

Answer 3

other, another

Question 4

arca arcae f.

Answer 4

chest, coffer; money

Question 5

arāneus –ī m.

Answer 5

spider

Question 6

āridus –a –um

Answer 6

dry

Question 7

atquī or atquīn

Answer 7

conj., but; moreover

Question 8

bene; melius (comp.); optimē (superl.)

Answer 8

adv. well

Question 9

beātus –a –um

Answer 9

happy, blessed; rich, well-to-do

Question 10

cacō cacāre cacāvī cacātus

Answer 10

defecate

Question 11

centum; centēsimus –a –um

Answer 11

indecl. adj., a hundred

Question 12

comedō comedere (comesse) comēdī comēsum

Answer 12

eat up; squander

Question 13

commodum commodī n.

Answer 13

advantage, benefit

Question 14

concoquō concoquere concōxī concoctus

Answer 14

cook down; digest; tolerate, stomach

Question 15

coniūnx coniugis f.

Answer 15

spouse, consort, mate, wife, husband

Question 16

cornū cornūs f.

Answer 16

horn

Question 17

corpus corporis n.

Answer 17

body

Question 18

cāsus cāsūs m.

Answer 18

fall; accident, chance, fortune, situation, plight

Question 19

cīmex cīmicis m.

Answer 19

bedbug

Question 20

cūlus cūlī m.

Answer 20

anus

Question 21

deciēs or deciēns

Answer 21

10 times

Question 22

digitus digitī m.

Answer 22

finger

Question 23

dolus dolī m.

Answer 23

a guilty act or intention; trickery; plot

Question 24

dēsinō dēsinere dēsiī dēsitus

Answer 24

cease, leave off, stop

Question 25

dūrus –a –um

Answer 25

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

Question 26

ēsurītiō ēsurītiōnis f.

Answer 26

hunger, appetite

Question 27

faba fabae f.

Answer 27

bean

Question 28

factum factī n.

Answer 28

deed, something done

Question 29

fricō fricāre ––– frictus

Answer 29

rub, chafe

Question 30

frīgus frīgoris n.

Answer 30

cold

Question 31

Fūrius –iī m.

Answer 31

Roman nomen gentile; perhaps the poet Furius Bibaculus

Question 32

habeō habēre habuī habitus

Answer 32

have, hold

Question 33

impius –a –um

Answer 33

wicked, irreligious, without pietas

Question 34

incendium incendi(ī) n.

Answer 34

conflagration; inflammation, agony

Question 35

inquinō inquināre inquināvī inquinātus

Answer 35

make dirty, soil, stain

Question 36

lapillus –ī m.

Answer 36

pebble (dim. of lapis)

Question 37

ligneus –a –um

Answer 37

wooden; tough, stringy

Question 38

magis or mage

Answer 38

more

Question 39

mantica manticae f.

Answer 39

knapsack

Question 40

mundities –eī f.

Answer 40

cleanliness

Question 41

mundus –a –um

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comp. mundior: clean

Question 42

mīrus –a –um

Answer 42

extraordinary, remarkable

Question 43

mūcus mūcī m.

Answer 43

mucus, snot

Question 44

noverca novercae f.

Answer 44

stepmother

Question 45

nāsus nāsī m. or nāsum nāsī n.

Answer 45

nose

Question 46

nōlō nōlle nōluī

Answer 46

be unwilling, not to wish

Question 47

parvus –a –um / minor –us / minimus –a –um

Answer 47

little

Question 48

possum posse potuī

Answer 48

to be able

Question 49

precor precārī precātus sum

Answer 49

ask for, beg; implore

Question 50

pulchrē pulchrius pulcherrimē

Answer 50

beautifully, handsomely

Question 51

putō putāre putāvī putātus

Answer 51

think

Question 52

pītuīta pītuītae f.

Answer 52

mucus, phlegm

Question 53

pūrus –a –um

Answer 53

clean, pure; plain, unembellished

Question 54

quārē

Answer 54

interr. & rel. how? for what reason? on account of which thing; wherefore, therefore

Question 55

ruīna ruīnae f.

Answer 55

uncontrollable forward movement; collapse, ruin

Question 56

salīllum salīllī n.

Answer 56

a little saltcellar

Question 57

salīva salīvae f.

Answer 57

saliva, spit

Question 58

servus servī m.

Answer 58

male slave or servant

Question 59

sestertius –a –um

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a sesterce, a small silver coin, originally equal to two and a half asses

Question 60

siccus –a –um

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dry

Question 61

silex silicis n.

Answer 61

any hard rock; flint

Question 62

soleō solēre solitus sum

Answer 62

to be accustomed (to); (euphemistic, w/ acc.) to "know," i.e., be sexually intimate with

Question 63

spernō spernere sprēvī sprētum

Answer 63

scorn, spurn, reject

Question 64

soleō, solēre, solitus

Answer 64

be accustomed (to)

Question 65

sūdor sūdōris m.

Answer 65

sweat, perspiration

Question 66

tam

Answer 66

to such a degree, so

Question 67

tergum tergī n. or tergus –oris n.

Answer 67

back; hide from an animal's back

Question 68

terō terere trīvī trītum

Answer 68

rub; tread, travese repeatedly

Question 69

timeō timēre timuī

Answer 69

be afraid; w/ dat., fear for

Question 70

tū tuī tibi tē tē

Answer 70

nom. tute, acc. & abl. tete): second person sing. pronoun; you

Question 71

umquam

Answer 71

ever

Question 72

valeō valēre valuī valitus

Answer 72

have strength or health; be effective

Question 73

vel

Answer 73

part., or; even

Question 74

venēnum venēnī n.

Answer 74

poison

Question 75

videō vidēre vīdī vīsus

Answer 75

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

Question 76

vērum

Answer 76

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