Catullus 39

Question 1

agō agere ēgī āctus

Answer 1

drive, do, conduct, throw; draw (breath); be engaged in

Question 2

amplus –a –um

Answer 2

more, further; longer

Question 3

arbitror arbitrārī arbitrātus sum

Answer 3

observe, consider, judge, reckon

Question 4

āter atra atrum

Answer 4

black, dark-complexioned

Question 5

attingō attingere attigī attāctus

Answer 5

touch; touch upon (in speaking), mention

Question 6

bibō bibere bibī

Answer 6

drink

Question 7

Celtibēr –era erum

Answer 7

of or from Celtiberia

Question 8

Celtibēria –ae f.

Answer 8

Celtiberia, district in the northeastern part of central Spain, so-called because its natives were a mixture of Celts and Iberians

Question 9

dentātus –a –um

Answer 9

well provided with teeth, toothy

Question 10

dēfricō dēfricāre dēfricuī dēfricātus

Answer 10

rub thoroughly; scour

Question 11

dēns dentis m.

Answer 11

tooth

Question 12

Egnātius –iī m.

Answer 12

a friend of Catullus from Spain, known only from this poem and 37; apparently a rival for Lesbia

Question 13

Etrūscus –a –um

Answer 13

from Etruria (mod. Tuscany) the region of western Italy north of Rome

Question 14

excitō excitāre excitāvī excitātus

Answer 14

rouse, wake; stir up, arouse, excite

Question 15

expoliō –īre –īvī (–iī) –ītum

Answer 15

smooth down, polish

Question 16

fleō flēre flēvī flētus

Answer 16

weep, cry; weep for, mourn

Question 17

flētus fletūs m.

Answer 17

weeping; tears

Question 18

gingīva gingīvae f.

Answer 18

the gums

Question 19

habeō habēre habuī habitus

Answer 19

have, hold

Question 20

ineptus –a –um

Answer 20

foolish, gauche, awkward

Question 21

lavō lavāre (lavere) lāvī lōtus (lautus)

Answer 21

wash

Question 22

Lānuvīnus –a –um

Answer 22

from Lanuvium, a town in the Alban hills south of Rome.

Question 23

lōtium lōti(ī) n.

Answer 23

urine

Question 24

lūgeō lūgēre lūxī lūctum

Answer 24

mourn

Question 25

mingō mingere mīxī mīctus/mīnctus

Answer 25

urinate

Question 26

moneō monēre monuī monitus

Answer 26

warn

Question 27

morbus morbī m.

Answer 27

disease

Question 28

māne

Answer 28

in the morning

Question 29

nam

Answer 29

explanatory particle, for; as encl., for lively or impatient emphasis, indicating the point of a line of questioning

Question 30

nōlō nōlle nōluī

Answer 30

be unwilling, not to wish

Question 31

nūllus –a –um

Answer 31

adj. & subst., not one, no, none; with adverbial force, not at all

Question 32

obēsus –a –um

Answer 32

fat

Question 33

orbus –a –um

Answer 33

bereaved, desitute

Question 34

parcus -a -um

Answer 34

thrifty, frugal; skinny, lean

Question 35

pinguis pingue

Answer 35

fath, rich

Question 36

pius –a –um

Answer 36

dutiful, conscientious, upright

Question 37

praedicō praedicāre praedicāvī praedicātus

Answer 37

proclaim, declare, announce

Question 38

pūriter

Answer 38

in a pure manner; (here) in pure water

Question 39

quisque quidque/quīcque

Answer 39

whoever, whatever

Question 40

quisquis quidquid or quicquid

Answer 40

each one

Question 41

quod

Answer 41

because, the fact that

Question 42

quoque

Answer 42

also

Question 43

quārē

Answer 43

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

Question 44

quīcumque quaecumque quodcumque

Answer 44

indef. rel. pron. , whoever, whatever

Question 45

quīlibet quaelibet quodlibet (or quīlubet, etc.)

Answer 45

whoever or whatever you please; anyone, anything

Question 46

quō

Answer 46

(indicating the degree of difference)

Question 47

renīdeō renīdēre

Answer 47

shine; smile back, beam

Question 48

reus reī m.

Answer 48

a defendant in a trial

Question 49

rogus rogī m.

Answer 49

funeral pyre

Question 50

russus (russeus) –a –um

Answer 50

red

Question 51

rīsus –ūs m.

Answer 51

laugh

Question 52

Sabīnus –a –um

Answer 52

from the Sabine country northeast of Rome

Question 53

soleō solēre solitus sum

Answer 53

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

Question 54

subsellium subselliī n.

Answer 54

a courtroom bench

Question 55

sum esse fuī futūrus

Answer 55

to be

Question 56

suī sibi sē sē

Answer 56

him-/her-/itself

Question 57

tamen

Answer 57

however, nevertheless

Question 58

terra terrae f.

Answer 58

earth; land

Question 59

Transpadānus –a –um

Answer 59

from the region of northern Italy north of the river Po (Padus)

Question 60

Tīburs –tis

Answer 60

of or belonging to Tibur (mod. Tivoli), about 18 miles ENE of Rome

Question 61

tū tuī tibi tē tē

Answer 61

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

Question 62

ubīcumque

Answer 62

wherever

Question 63

Umber –bra –brum

Answer 63

Umbrian, from the region of Italy east of Etruria

Question 64

ūsquequāque

Answer 64

everywhere, in every situation

Question 65

ūnicus –a –um

Answer 65

one and only, singular, unique, special

Question 66

urbānus –a –um

Answer 66

of the city, esp. Rome; having city manners, urbane

Question 67

veniō venīre vēnī ventum

Answer 67

come