Catullus 76

Question 1

• abūtor abutī abūsus

Answer 1

to abuse

Question 2

aetās aetātis f.

Answer 2

age; lifetime; time

Question 3

amplus –a –um

Answer 3

great, large, spacious, wide, ample; distinguished, important, honorable

Question 4

artus artūs m.

Answer 4

limb, leg

Question 5

• aspiciō aspicere aspēxī aspectus

Answer 5

to look at, behold

Question 6

benefactum benefactī n.

Answer 6

benefit, good deed

Question 7

cōgitō cōgitāre cōgitāvī cōgitātus

Answer 7

to think; ponder

Question 8

cūr

Answer 8

why

Question 9

• dēpōnō dēpōnere dēposuī dēpositus

Answer 9

to put/lay down/aside/away; let drop/fall; give up; resign; deposit/entrust/commit; lift off; take off (clothes); have (hair/beard/nails) cut; shed (tusks); pull down, demolish; plant (seedlings); set up, place; lay to rest; fire

Question 10

• dēsinō dēsinere dēsiī dēsitus

Answer 10

to stop/end/finish, abandon/leave/break off, desist/cease; come to/at end/close

Question 11

difficilis difficile

Answer 11

difficult

Question 12

dīligō dīligere dīlēxī dīlēctus

Answer 12

to love, hold dear; value/esteem/favor; have special regard for (milder than amo)

Question 13

dīvus (dīus) –a –um

Answer 13

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

Question 14

• efficiō efficere effēcī effectus

Answer 14

to make; bring about

Question 15

• expellō expellere expulī expulsus

Answer 15

to drive out, expel, banish; disown, reject

Question 16

exter extera exterum

Answer 16

outer/external; outward; on outside, far; of another country, foreign; strange

Question 17

• fallō fallere fefellī falsus

Answer 17

to deceive; slip by; disappoint; be mistaken, beguile, drive away; fail; cheat

Question 18

foedus foederis n.

Answer 18

treaty, agreement, contract; league; alliance

Question 19

gaudium gaudi(ī) n.

Answer 19

delight, joy, pleasure

Question 20

īnferus –a –um

Answer 20

below, beneath, underneath; of hell; vile; lower, further down; lowest, last

Question 21

ingrātus –a –um

Answer 21

unpleasant, displeasing; ungrateful, displeased

Question 22

invītus –a –um

Answer 22

reluctant; unwilling; against one’s will

Question 23

istinc

Answer 23

from (over) there, thence; from where you are; on the other side; from here

Question 24

laetitia laetitiae f.

Answer 24

joy, happiness

Question 25

* maneō manēre mānsī mānsūrus

Answer 25

to remain, stay; await; abide; wait for; continue, endure, last; spend the night (sexual)

Question 26

misereor –ērī miseritus sum

Answer 26

to pity

Question 27

morbus morbī m.

Answer 27

sickness, illness, weakness; disease; distemper; distress; vice

Question 28

nūmen nūminis n.

Answer 28

divine power/will, divinity, divine spirit, numen

Question 29

offirmō offirmāre offirmāvī offirmātus

Answer 29

to hold fast, persevere

Question 30

ops opis f.

Answer 30

power, might; help; influence; resources/wealth (pl.)

Question 31

optō optāre optāvī optātus

Answer 31

to desire; choose

Question 32

parātus –a –um

Answer 32

prepared, ready

Question 33

perniciēs perniciēī f.

Answer 33

ruin; disaster; pest, bane; curse; destruction, calamity; mischief

Question 34

* pervincō pervincere pervīcī pervictus

Answer 34

to conquer completely, be victorious

Question 35

pestis pestis f.

Answer 35

plague, disaster

Question 36

pietās pietātis f.

Answer 36

responsibility, sense of duty; loyalty; tenderness, goodness; pity; piety

Question 37

pius –a –um

Answer 37

dutiful, loyal

Question 38

potis pote

Answer 38

powerful, able

Question 39

prior priōris m.

Answer 39

former, previous, prior, first; ancestors (pl.), forefathers, predecessors, people of an earlier time

Question 40

pudīcus –a –um

Answer 40

bashful, modest, chaste, pure, virtuous

Question 41

pūriter

Answer 41

purely, correctly

Question 42

quālubet

Answer 42

by any means at all; somehow or other

Question 43

quārē

Answer 43

because of which thing; therefore; why

Question 44

quīn

Answer 44

introduces Relative Clause of Characteristic, Doubting clause, Prevention clause

Question 45

* recordor recordārī recordātus sum

Answer 45

to remember, recollect

Question 46

* redūcō redūcere redūxī reductus

Answer 46

to lead back, bring back; restore; reduce

Question 47

salūs salūtis f.

Answer 47

safety, health

Question 48

sanctus –a –um

Answer 48

consecrated, sacred, inviolable; venerable, august, divine, holy, pious, just

Question 49

* subrēpō –rēpere –rēpsi –rēptum

Answer 49

to creep up to, steal upon

Question 50

taeter –tra –trum

Answer 50

disagreeable; foul, loathsome

Question 51

torpor torpōris m.

Answer 51

numbness, paralysis

Question 52

valeō valēre valuī valitūrus

Answer 52

to be strong, be able; be well, fare well

Question 53

vērum

Answer 53

but indeed, but yet, yet, but

Question 54

violō violāre violāvī violātus

Answer 54

to violate, dishonor; outrage

Question 55

umquam

Answer 55

ever

Question 56

voluptās voluptātis f.

Answer 56

pleasure, enjoyment