Catullus 64.85-93 Flashcards
(42 cards)
alō alere aluī altus
to feed, nourish, rear, nurse, suckle; cherish; support, maintain, develop
aura aurae f.
breeze, breath (of air), wind; gleam; odor, stench; vapor; air (pl.), heaven
castus –a –um
pure, spotless, chaste
color colōris m.
color; shade, quality (of style or diction)
complexus –ūs m.
embrace
concipiō concipere concēpī conceptum
to hold, conceive, become fertilized, germinate, commit; verba concepta, “a solemn utterance”
cōnspiciō cōnspicere cōnspexī cōnspectus
to observe, see, witness; notice; watch; gaze on, stare; catch sight of, be in sight of; face; have appearance; attract attention; discern
cūnctus –a –um
all, entire, all together
cupidus –a –um
desirous (+ gen.)
dēclīnō dēclīnāre dēclīnāvī dēclīnātus
to turn down or away; of the eyes, to close in sleep; (intrans.) turn aside (to), be inclined (towards)
distinctus –a –um
separate, different, distinct
ēdūcō ēdūcere ēdūxī ēductus
to bring up; train; educate; rear; lead forth
Eurōtas –ae m.
Eurotas, the river of Sparta
exardescō –ardescere –arsī –arsum
to catch fire, blaze up
exspīrō exspīrāre exspīrāvī exspīrātus
to breathe out; to expire, die
flagrans –ntis
flaming, burning, intense
flamma flammae f.
flame, blaze; ardor, fire of love; object of love
flūmen flūminis n.
river, stream; any flowing fluid; flood; onrush [adverso ~ => against current]
funditus
completely, utterly, entirely
īnferus –a –um
below, beneath, underneath; of hell; vile; lower, further down; lowest, last; inferī, inferōrum or inferum, m.pl. the inhabitants of the underworld (the dead and the gods of the underworld)
ita
in this manner, thus, so; nōn ita (with adjs. etc.) ‘not so much’
lectulus –ī m.
bed, couch (dim. of lectus)
lēnis –e
gentle, kind, mild
lūmen luminis n.
light; lamp, torch; eye (of a person); life; day, daylight; ad lumina: by torchlight
