Catullus 64.1-21 Flashcards by William Turpin

abiēgnus –a –um

made of silver fir; poet., wooden

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admīror admirārī admirātus sum

to admire, respect; regard with wonder, wonder at; be surprised at, be astonished

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Aeēteus –a –um

of Aeëtes, king of Colchis and father of Medea

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aequor aequoris n.

level surface; sea; plain

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aequoreus –a –um

of the sea, maritime

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Amphitrītē –ēs f.

Amphitrite, wife of Neptune; the sea

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Argīvus –a –um

belonging to Argos; Argive; Greek; subst., Argivi, orum, Argives, Greeks

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arx arcis f.

citadel, stronghold, city; height, hilltop; Capitoline hill; defense, refuge

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āvertō avertere avertī aversus

to turn away from/aside, divert, rout; disturb; withdraw; steal, misappropriate

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aurātus –a –um

golden

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caeruleus –a –um

like the sky, azure, blue, dark blue, dark green

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candeō –uī

to be of pure whiteness; p., candens, entis, white; at white heat; glowing

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cānus –a –um

white, of the hair and beard; whitened, hoary, of frost and cold; of the sea, foaming, hoary; gray–haired, venerable; hoary

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carīna –ae f.

keel; ship

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citus –a –um

swift

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Colchī –ōrum m.

a coming together, meeting

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coniungō coniungere coniūnxī coniūnctus

to connect, join/yoke together; marry; connect/compound (words) (w/conjunctions); unite (sexually); place/bring side–by–side; juxtapose; share; add; associate

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currus currūs m.

chariot

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cursus cursūs m.

running; speed, zeal; charge, onrush; forward movement, march; revolution (wheel); course, direction, line of advance, orbit; voyage, passage; race; career; series; lesson

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dēcurrō –ere –cucurrī or currī –cursus

to run down, hasten down; descend; run completely round; sail over, sweep over

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dēspiciō –ere –spēxī –spectum

to look down upon, despise

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dīva –ae f.

a goddess

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ēmergō –gere –si –sum

to come out of the water, emerge

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exstō exstāre exstāvī exstātus

to stand forth or out; rise above

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flāmen –inis n.

gust, blast (of wind)

fluctus fluctūs m.

wave; disorder; flood, flow, tide, billow, surge; turbulence, commotion

fretum fretī n.

straight, channel

gurges –itis m.

a whirlpool, gulf; flood; wave, billow; rolling, raging sea, abyss; sea, ocean

hūmānus –a –um

human; kind; humane, civilized, refined [~ hostiae => human sacrifice]

Hymenaeus –ī m.

the Greek wedding refrain, hymeneal; personified as god of marriage; pl. marriage

imbuō –ere –uī –ūtus

to wet, moisten; stain

incānescō –cānere –canui

to become white or hoary

incendō incendere incendī incensus

to set on fire; set fire to, kindle, burn; cause to flame/burn; keep fire burning; scorch; make fiery hot (fever/thirst); light up; cause to glow; intensify; inspire, fire, rouse, excite, inflame; provoke, incense, aggravate

īnflectō –ere –flexī –flexus

to bend; (fig.), move, sway, change; (pass.), to be bent or swayed

iugō iugāre iugāvī iugātus

to yoke; (fig.), join in marriage, unite (> iugum)

lēctus –a –um

gathered, collected; picked, culled; chosen, choice (> lego)

liquidus –a –um

clear, liquid, melodious

marīnus –a –um

of the sea (> mare)

mōnstrum mōnstrī n.

omen, monster

mortālis –e

subject to death, mortal; of mortal nature, lineage, or descent; earthly, human; made by man, mortal; subst., mortales, ium, c., mortals, men, mankind; mortalia, ium, n., human affairs; fortunes, woes (> mors)

Neptūnus –ī m.

Neptune, one of the sons of Saturn, and brother of Jupiter, Juno, and Pluto; identified by the Romans, as god of the sea, with the Greek Poseidon

Nērēīs –idis or idos f.

a Nereid, any one of the daughters of Nereus and Doris, a sea–nymph (> Nereus)

nō nāre nāvī

to swim

nūdō nūdāre nūdāvī nūdātus

to bare, uncover, strip

nūtrīx nūtrīcis f.

nurse

nympha nymphae f.

nymph, newly–wed

optō optāre optāvī optātus

to desire; choose

palma palmae f.

hand, palm

Pēleus (disyllabic) –eī acc. Pēlea voc. Pēleu

son of Aeacus, mortal spouse of Thetis, father of Achilles

Pēliacus –a –um

of Peleus; of Mt. Pelion

pellis pellis f.

skin, hide

Phāsis –idos m.

a river in Colchis, flowing into the eastern end of the Black Sea; city at the mouth of Phasis R.; by metonymy, Colchis

pīneus –a –um

of pine, made of pine, produced from pine, piny; pine–; piny, pine–growing (> pinus)

pīnus –ūs or –ī

a pine tree, pine.; (meton.), a ship; a torch; a pine brand or torch

prognātus –a –um

born, produced

proscindō –scindere –scidi –scissum

to plow

pūbēs –is f.

the groin, middle; the youthful population; youth, young men; youthful band; brood, offspring

puppis puppis f.

stern of a ship

quondam

formerly, once, at one time; some day, hereafter

rēmigium –iī n.

a rowing; oarage, rowing movement; body of rowers, oarsmen; a crew; remigium alarum = alae, wings (> remex)

retineō retinēre retinuī retentus

to hold back, restrain; uphold; delay; hold fast; retain, preserve

rōbur rōboris n.

oak, strength

rōstrum rōstrī n.

beak, prow, speaker's platform

rudis –e

uncultivated; rough

salsus –a –um

made salty; salted; salt–, briny (cf. sal)

sentiō sentīre sēnsī sēnsus

to perceive; feel

spūma –ae f.

froth, foam, spray; pl., spray (> spuo, spit)

tenus

(prep. w. gen. or abl., placed after its case), as far as; up to; down to, to; to; hac tenus, separated by tmesis, thus far

texō –ere –texuī –textus

to weave; to build cunningly; form, fashion, fabricate, construct; make intricate movements, interweave; p., textus, a, um, woven, constructed, made

Thetis –idis or idos f.

Thetis, daughter of Nereus and Doris, married to Peleus, of Thessaly, by whom she became the mother of Achilles

torqueō torquēre torsī tortum

to twist, torture

vadum –ī n.

a ford; a shallow, shoal; sand–bank; shallow water; bottom, depth; water, tide, stream; water of the sea; wave, sea

ventōsus –a –um

windy, stormy; fleeting, unreal, inflated, windy, noisy; empty, vain boasting; fleet as the wind (> ventus)

verrō verrere verrī versum

to sweep

vertex verticis m.

whirlpool, eddy

volitō volitāre volitāvī volitātus

to fly around

Catullus 64.1-21 Flashcards

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