Catullus 64.132-163 Flashcards by William Turpin

āerius –a –um

pertaining to the air; airy, aërial; rising into the air; towering, lofty; air–cleaving

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expletive of distress, pity, or entreaty

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āles –itis m./f.

large bird, bird of prey; an omen or augury (from watching birds)

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āmittō amittere amīsī amīssus

to lose; lose by death; send away, dismiss; part with; let go/slip/fall, drop

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apiscor –apiscī aptus sum

to seIze, grasp; obtain

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āra ārae f.

altar

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attamen

nevertheless

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āvehō –ere –vehere –vehexī –vectum

to carry off, bear away

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blandus –a –um

flattering, charming, pleasant; attractive

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candidus –a –um

white, fair

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cernō cernere crēvī certus

to sift, separate, distinguish, discern, resolve, determine; see; examine; decide

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certō

certainly, definitely, really, for certain, for a fact, truly; surely, firmly

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Charybdis –is f.

Charybdis, a whirlpool near the Sicilian coast, in the Straits of Messina, opposite the rock of Scylla; personified as a monster

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clēmentia –ae f.

mildness, gentleness, mercy

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concipiō concipere concēpī conceptum

to hold, conceive, commit

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cōnūbium –iī n.

marriage

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cōnsternō –erestrāvī –strātus

to strew over; cover, strew

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cor cordis n.

heart; mind/soul/spirit; intellect/judgment; sweetheart; souls/persons (pl.)

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crūdēlis crūdēle

cruel, hardhearted, unmerciful, severe, bloodthirsty, savage, inhuman; harsh, bitter

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cubīle cubīlis n.

place of rest, couch, bed

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cupidus –a –um

desirious (+ gen.)

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cupiō cupere cupiī/cupivī cupītus

to wish/long/be eager for; desire/want, covet; desire as a lover; favor, wish well

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cūrō cūrāre cūrāvī cūrātus

to arrange/see/attend to; take care of; provide for; worry/care about; heal/cure; undertake; procure; regard w/anxiety/interest; take trouble/interest; desire

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dēsertus –a –um

desolate; abandoned; uninhabited, solitary, lonely

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dēsum deesse defuī

to be wanting/lacking; fail/miss; abandon/desert, neglect; be away/absent/missing

dēvotus –a –um

accursed; vowed as an offering

dictum dictī n.

word; saying

dīlacerō –āre –āvī –ātum

to tear to pieces

discēdō discēdere discessī discessum

to go away, depart

discerpō –ere –cerpsī –cerptus

to pluck asunder, to tear in pieces; disperse (> dis– and carpo)

dīvus (dīus) –a –um

divine; godlike; subst., divus, i, m., a god, freq.; the image of a god; diva, ae, f., a goddess

dulcis dulce

sweet, pleasant

ēripiō ēripere ēripuī ēreptus

to tear away, snatch away

exspuō –uere –ui –ūtum

to spit out

fallax –ācis

deceitful, treacherous, false

famulor –ārī –ātus sum

to be a servant

fēmina fēminae f.

woman; wife

fera ferae f.

wild animal

fidēlis fidēle

faithful/loyal/devoted; true/trustworthy/dependable/reliable; constant/lasting

flectō flectere flēxī flexus

to bend, curve, bow; turn, curl; persuade, prevail on, soften

germānus –ī m.

brother

gīgnō gignere genuī genitus

to create, bring forth, beget, bear

horreō horrēre horruī

to dread, shrink from, shudder at; stand on end, bristle; have rough appearance

Hymenaeus –ī m.

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

immemor –oris

unmindful, forgetful

immītis –e

hard, harsh, cruel

iniciō –ere –iēcī –iectum

to bring into, instill

irritus –a –um

invalid, void

iūcundus –a –um

pleasant, delightful, agreeable, pleasing

iūrō iūrāre iūrāvī iūrātus

to swear; call to witness; vow obedience to; [jus jurandum => oath]; conspire

leaena –ae f.

lioness

lētum letī n.

death

libīdō libidinis f.

desire/longing/wish/fancy; lust, wantonness; will/pleasure; passion/lusts (pl.)

linquō linquere līquī

to leave, relinquish

liquidus –a –um

clear, liquid, melodious

lympha –ae f.

clear spring water; water

metuō metuere metuī

to fear, dread

miserēscō –ere

to feel pity, alone, or w. genit. (> misereo)

mortuus –a –um

dead

neglegō neglegere neglēxī neglēctus

to disregard, neglect, ignore, regard of no consequence; do nothing about; despise

nūmen nūminis n.

divine power/will, divinity, divine spirit, numen

optātus –a –um

desired, longed for, much desired; (adv.), optato, according to one's wish; in good time

parcō parcere pepercī parsus

to forbear, refrain from; spare; show consideration; be economical/thrifty with

patrius –a –um

father's, paternal; ancestral

perfidus –a –um

faithless, treacherous, false

periūrium (pēiūrium) –ī n.

false oath, lie

permulceō –ēre –mulsī –mulsus or mulctus

to stroke; calm, soothe, cheer

portō portāre portāvī portātus

to carry a load, transport

potius

rather, more

praeceptum praeceptī n.

teaching, lesson, precept; order, command

praeda praedae f.

booty, loot, spoils, plunder, prey

praegestiō –īre

to have an overpowering desire, be especially eager for

praemium praemi(i) n.

prize, reward; gift; recompense

praestō

ready, available, at hand, waiting, on the spot, at one's service

prīscus –a –um

ancient, antique

prōmissum –ī n.

a promise; a thing promised; prize

prōmittō prōmittere prōmīsī prōmissus

to promise

purpureus –a –um

purple

quisnam (quīnam) quaenam quidnam

who, pray? what, pray? who? what?

quod

because, the fact that

quondam

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

rapax –ācis

predatory, rapacious

rūpēs –is f.

a rock, cliff, crag, ledge, freq.; quarry (> rumpo)

satiō satiāre satiāvī satiātum

to satisfy, sate

Scylla –ae f.

Scylla, dangerous rock on the Italian side of the Straits of Messana opposite Charybdis; personified as a monster, half woman and half fish; Scylla, one of the ships of Aeneas

sēdēs sēdis f.

seat, chair; home, residence; settlement, habitation

sermō sermōnis m.

conversation, discussion; rumor; diction; speech; talk; the word

serva servae f.

female slave

sīcinē

sic + interrog. –ne: is this the way?

spērō spērāre spērāvī spērātus

to hope (for)

spūmō spūmāre spūmāvī spūmātus

to foam (> spuma)

Syrtis –is f.

shoals on the N. African coast between Carthage and Cyrene

Thēseus –ī m.

Theseus

tumulō –āre

to cover with a burial mound; bury

turbō turbinis f.

whirlpool, whirlwind

vāstus –a –um

empty, devastated

or (postpositive enclitic)

versor versārī versātus

to be involved

vestīgium vestīgi(ī) n.

step, track; trace; footstep

vestis vestis f.

garment, clothing, blanket; clothes; robe

Catullus 64.132-163 Flashcards

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