Catullus 29

Question 1

Adōneus –ī m.

Answer 1

archaic Latin form of Adonis, youth loved by Venus

Question 2

albulus –a –um

Answer 2

white; transparent, clear, colorless (dim. of albus)

Question 3

āleō āleōnis m.

Answer 3

a habitual gambler

Question 4

amnis amnis m.

Answer 4

river

Question 5

an

Answer 5

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

Question 6

aurifer aurifera auriferum

Answer 6

gold-bearing

Question 7

bonum –ī n.

Answer 7

any good thing or circumstance, boon, blessing, benefit; pl. “goods” as property, one’s estate

Question 8

cinaedus –a –um

Answer 8

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

Question 9

columbus columbī m.

Answer 9

a male or cock pigeon

Question 10

comedō comedere (comesse) comēdī comēsum

Answer 10

eat up; squander

Question 11

comō –āre –āvī –ātum

Answer 11

be covered with hair or foliage

Question 12

cubīle cubīlis n.

Answer 12

bed, couch

Question 13

diffutūtus –a –um

Answer 13

subjected to widespread sexual demands; dissipated by sex; sexually overworked

Question 14

ducentiēs or ducentiēns

Answer 14

two hundred times

Question 15

dēvorō dēvorāre dēvorāvī dēvorātus

Answer 15

eat up, devour

Question 16

elluor (heluor) elluārī elluatus sum

Answer 16

overspend on food and luxury

Question 17

expatrō –āre

Answer 17

waste, squander

Question 18

ferō ferre tulī lātus

Answer 18

bear, carry; endure, withstand; say; take, accept

Question 19

foveō fovēre fōvī fōtus

Answer 19

keep warm; cherish, coddle

Question 20

gener generī m.

Answer 20

Son-in-law

Question 21

habeō habēre habuī habitus

Answer 21

have, hold

Question 22

Hibērus –ī m.

Answer 22

of Iberia, Spanish

Question 23

imperātor imperātōris m.

Answer 23

ruler, commander

Question 24

impudīcus –a –um

Answer 24

sexually immoral, licentious

Question 25

inde

Answer 25

thence, from that point

Question 26

īnsula īnsulae f.

Answer 26

island

Question 27

lancinō lanciānre lancinātus

Answer 27

tear to pieces, mangle

Question 28

līberālitās līberālitātis f.

Answer 28

generosity, munificence

Question 29

mentula mentulae f.

Answer 29

penis

Question 30

mālum –ī n.

Answer 30

trouble; wickedness; cause of mischief (applied to bad people)

Question 31

Māmurra –ae m.

Answer 31

a notorious parvenu henchman of Caesar, often called “mentula” by Catullus

Question 32

nisi or nī

Answer 32

unless, except if

Question 33

occidēns –entis

Answer 33

the region where the sun sets, the west

Question 34

parum; minus; minimē

Answer 34

too little; not at all

Question 35

paternus –a –um

Answer 35

of a father; paternal

Question 36

patior patī passus sum

Answer 36

undergo, suffer, be subjected to; bear, put up with, tolerate, let, allow

Question 37

patrimōnium patrimōni(ī) n.

Answer 37

estate, fortune

Question 38

perambulō perambulāre perambulāvī perambulātus

Answer 38

walk around in; make a tour of

Question 39

perdō perdere perdidī perditus

Answer 39

ruin, spoil

Question 40

Ponticus –a –um

Answer 40

of or on the Black Sea

Question 41

possum posse potuī

Answer 41

to be able

Question 42

potis or pote (indecl.)

Answer 42

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

Question 43

praeda praedae f.

Answer 43

booty, prey

Question 44

prīmus –a –um

Answer 44

first; the tip of

Question 45

sciō scīre scīvī/sciī scītus

Answer 45

know

Question 46

secundus –a –um

Answer 46

going along with, following; hence (of a wind) favorable; second

Question 47

sinister –a –um

Answer 47

left; harmful, perverse, misguided

Question 48

socer socerī m.

Answer 48

father-in-law

Question 49

superbus –a –um

Answer 49

proud, haughty

Question 50

superfluō superfluere superflūxī superflūxus

Answer 50

overflow; be or have more than enough

Question 51

Tagus –ī m.

Answer 51

the Tagus (mod. Tajo) river, which flowes west through central Spain and empties into the Atlantic near mod. Lisbon, Portugal

Question 52

tertius –a –um

Answer 52

third

Question 53

timeō timēre timuī

Answer 53

be afraid; w/ dat., fear for

Question 54

trecentiēs

Answer 54

300 times

Question 55

ulterior –ius; ultimus –a –um

Answer 55

last, final, farthest

Question 56

ūnctus –a –um

Answer 56

greasy, well-oiled, rich

Question 57

videō vidēre vīdī vīsus

Answer 57

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

Question 58

vorāx vorācis m.

Answer 58

ravenous, insatiable