Catullus 84 Flashcards
(45 cards)
afferō afferre attulī allātus
bring along, come with
Arrius –iī m.
Roman nomen gentile; here perhaps Q. Arrius, a supporter of M. Licinius Crassus, who formed “the first triumvirate” with Caesar and Pompey. Arrius is clearly seen as a parvenu and social climber, who overdoes the fashionable tendency to an h sound to certain words
audiō audīre audīvī audītus
hear, pay attention to
auris auris f.
ear
avia aviae f.
grandmother
avunculus avunculī m.
maternal uncle
avus avī m.
grandfather
commodum commodī n. (pronounced chommodum by Arius)
advantage, benefit
crēdō crēdere crēdidī crēditus
entrust; believe
dīcō dīcere dīxī dictus
talk; say, declare; sing, recite; name, call
eō īre iī/īvī itum
go
fluctus fluctūs m.
wave
horribilis horribile
fearful, dreadful; rough, uncouth
illūc
thither, to that place
īnsidiae īnsidiārum f. pl. (pronounced hīnsidiae by Arrius)
ambush, plot
Iōnius (Iōnicus or Iōniacus) –a –um (pronounced Hiōnius by Arrius; Greek “Chioneus” means “snowy, frigid”
Ionian, spec. of the Ionian sea, west of Greece and south of Italy
leviter
lightly
loquor loquī locūtus sum
speak; tell
lēniter lēnius (comp.) lēnissimē (superl.)
gently; without drastic effect
līber lībera līberum
free
metuō metuere metuī
fear; w/ a, ab, fear danger (from)
mittō mittere mīsī missus
send, send forth; (of weapons) throw, cast, hurl; emit, utter; cease, desist, omit; let go, release, abandon, discard; give
māter mātris f.
mother
māternus –a –um
of a mother; on the mother’s side of the family
