Catullus 44

Question 1

agō agere ēgī āctus

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Antius –iī m.

Answer 2

Roman nomen gentile; here perhaps C. Antius Resto, who in 78 BCE proposed legal restrictions on extravagant spending

Question 3

appetō appetere appetīvī appetītus

Answer 3

try to reach; seek; attack

Question 4

at or ast

Answer 4

disjunctive conj., but, nevertheless, yet, however, yes but

Question 5

autumō –āre –āvī –ātum

Answer 5

say

Question 6

contendō contendere contendī contentus

Answer 6

stretch, strain; contend

Question 7

convīva –ae m.

Answer 7

table companion, guest

Question 8

cor cordis n.

Answer 8

heart

Question 9

dēprecor dēprecārī dēprecātus sum

Answer 9

try to avert by prayer, beg off, entreat relief from; execrate

Question 10

dō dare dedī datus

Answer 10

give, pay

Question 11

expellō expellere expulī expulsus

Answer 11

drive out

Question 12

ferō ferre tulī lātus

Answer 12

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

Question 13

frequēns frequentis

Answer 13

occurring at close intervals; crowded, thronged

Question 14

frīgidus –a –um

Answer 14

chilly, cold; (of language, rhetoric, etc.) feeble, tedious, frigid

Question 15

frīgus frīgoris n.

Answer 15

cold

Question 16

fugiō fugere fūgī fugitus

Answer 16

run away, flee, escape, slip off

Question 17

fundus fundī m.

Answer 17

(bottom, base); country estate, farm

Question 18

gravēdō –inis f.

Answer 18

a cold in the head

Question 19

grātēs

Answer 19

thanks

Question 20

inmerens –entis

Answer 20

undeserving, unoffending

Question 21

laedō laedere laesī laesus

Answer 21

injure, offend; handicap

Question 22

legō legere lēgī lēctus

Answer 22

gather; remove; pick out; read, read about

Question 23

libenter

Answer 23

with pleasure; willingly, gladly

Question 24

liber librī m.

Answer 24

(the inner bark of a tree); book, volume, roll

Question 25

nam

Answer 25

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

Question 26

nefārius nefāria nefārium

Answer 26

wicked, horrible

Question 27

ōtium –iī n.

Answer 27

unoccupied spare time, leisure, rest, idleness

Question 28

peccātum –ī n.

Answer 28

error, mistake, offense

Question 29

pectus pectoris n.

Answer 29

breast, chest; soul, heart, mind

Question 30

pestilentia –ae f.

Answer 30

plague, pestilence

Question 31

petītor –ōris m.

Answer 31

one who tries to obtain something; a candidate for office

Question 32

pīgnus –oris n.

Answer 32

anything given as security or risked in a bet: pledge, stake

Question 33

quassō quassāre quassāvī quassātus

Answer 33

shake repeatedly

Question 34

quod

Answer 34

because, the fact that

Question 35

quārē

Answer 35

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

Question 36

quīn

Answer 36

why not; conj., (w/ expr. of no objection) that not; so as to prevent; (w/ expr. of no doubt) that, but that

Question 37

quīvīs quaevīs quodvīs or (subst.) quidvīs

Answer 37

whoever or whatever you wish; anyone, anything

Question 38

recipiō recipere recēpī receptus

Answer 38

receive, take in

Question 39

recurvō recurvāre recurvāvī recurvātus

Answer 39

restore

Question 40

reficiō reficere refēcī refectus

Answer 40

restore

Question 41

Sabīnus –a –um

Answer 41

from the Sabine country northeast of Rome

Question 42

scripta –ōrum n. pl.

Answer 42

writings, works (in poetry or prose)

Question 43

Sestius (Sextius) –ī m.

Answer 43

name of a Roman gens; here probably Publius Sestius, defended by Cicero in 56 for organizing armed resistance to Clodius

Question 44

Sestiānus (Sestius) –a –um

Answer 44

of Sestius

Question 45

sinus sinūs m.

Answer 45

the cavity or fold produced by the looping of a garment (OLD); breast; bosom, refuge; a curved indentation in the coastline such as a bay or gulf

Question 46

suburbānus –a –um

Answer 46

located close to the city

Question 47

sīve or seu

Answer 47

or if; whether ... or (see sive)

Question 48

sūmptuōsus sūmptuōsa sūmptuōsum

Answer 48

expensive, lavish

Question 49

tum or tunc

Answer 49

then, at that time

Question 50

tussis –is or tussēdō –inis f.

Answer 50

a cough

Question 51

Tīburs –tis

Answer 51

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

Question 52

ulcīscor ulcīscī ultus sum

Answer 52

take revenge on, punish

Question 53

urtīca –ae f.

Answer 53

nettle

Question 54

ūsque

Answer 54

all the way (to), continuously, constantly

Question 55

venter ventris m.

Answer 55

belly, stomach

Question 56

venēnum venēnī n.

Answer 56

poison

Question 57

vocō vocāre vocāvī vocātus

Answer 57

call, summon, invite

Question 58

volō velle voluī

Answer 58

wish, be willing

Question 59

vērē

Answer 59

truly, really, actually, rightly

Question 60

vīlla vīllae f.

Answer 60

country house