Catullus 99

Question 1

abstergeō –ēre abstersī abstersum

Answer 1

wipe clean

Question 2

ambrosia ambrosiae f.

Answer 2

the food of the gods, ambrosia

Question 3

amplus –a –um

Answer 3

more, further; longer

Question 4

articulus articulī m.

Answer 4

joint; finger

Question 5

bāsium bāsī(ī) n.

Answer 5

a kiss

Question 6

cessō cessāre cessāvī cessātus

Answer 6

hold back, desist

Question 7

commēiō –mēīre –minxī –mictum

Answer 7

piss all over; soil, pollute

Question 8

contrahō contrahere contrāxī contractus

Answer 8

draw in; catch, contract (as a disease)

Question 9

crux crucis f.

Answer 9

a cross; a stake for impalement

Question 10

dulcis dulce

Answer 10

sweet

Question 11

dum

Answer 11

conj., as long as; (w. historical pres.) while; (w/ subjunctive) provided that; (w/ ind. or subj.) until

Question 12

dēmō dēmere dēmpsī dēmptus

Answer 12

remove, take away

Question 13

dīluō dīluere dīluī dīlūtus

Answer 13

dissolve away; moisten, wash, bathe

Question 14

elleborus –ī m. or elleborum –ī n. (or helleborus / helleborum)

Answer 14

hellebore, any of a number of acrid and poisonous plants used medicinally, esp. as a cure for insanity

Question 15

excruciō excruciāre excruciāvī excruciātus

Answer 15

torture, torment

Question 16

faciō facere fēcī factus

Answer 16

do, make, achieve, attain, reach

Question 17

ferō ferre tulī lātus

Answer 17

bear, carry; endure, withstand; say; take, accept

Question 18

flētus fletūs m.

Answer 18

weeping; tears

Question 19

gutta guttae f.

Answer 19

a drop; teardrop

Question 20

hōra hōrae f.

Answer 20

hour

Question 21

iam

Answer 21

now

Question 22

impūnē

Answer 22

without punishment, with impunity

Question 23

īnfestus –a –um

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hostile, warlike; troublesome

Question 24

Iuventius –iī m.

Answer 24

Juventius, a Roman nomen gentile; in Catullus Juventius is a boy with whom the poet has a romantic / sexual relationship

Question 25

labellum labellī n.

Answer 25

lip (dim. of labrum)

Question 26

lupa lupae f.

Answer 26

she-wolf; prostitute

Question 27

lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus

Answer 27

play

Question 28

maneō manēre mānsī mānsus

Answer 28

remain, stay, wait

Question 29

mellītus –a –um

Answer 29

honey-sweet

Question 30

meminī meminisse

Answer 30

remember

Question 31

modus modī m.

Answer 31

measure, quantity; manner, way

Question 32

mūtō mūtāre mūtāvī mūtātus

Answer 32

change; in pass., w/ acc. of thing received in exchange & abl. of price paid, buy; exchange, take in exchange

Question 33

nam

Answer 33

explanatory particle, for; as encl., for lively or impatient emphasis, indicating the point of a line of questioning

Question 34

namque

Answer 34

explanatory conj., for

Question 35

ōs ōris n.

Answer 35

mouth; face, countenance

Question 36

poena poenae f.

Answer 36

penalty

Question 37

possum posse potuī

Answer 37

to be able

Question 38

posthāc

Answer 38

hereafter

Question 39

praetereā

Answer 39

besides, moreover

Question 40

prōpōnō prōpōnere prōposuī prōpositus

Answer 40

expose to view, set forth, offer, propound, propose

Question 41

pūrgō pūrgāre pūrgāvī pūrgātus

Answer 41

clean, clear out; (refl.) apologize, excuse

Question 42

quisquam quicquam

Answer 42

indef. pron., anyone, anything

Question 43

quoniam

Answer 43

conj., as soon as, after; because, since

Question 44

saevitia saevitiae f.

Answer 44

savagery, cruelty; violence, ferocity

Question 45

salīva salīvae f.

Answer 45

saliva, spit

Question 46

simul

Answer 46

at the same time, tohether, as well; conj., as soon as

Question 47

spurcus –a –um

Answer 47

filthy, foul, disgusting

Question 48

suffīgō –fīgere –fīxī –fīxum

Answer 48

to fasten beneath or below , to fasten or fix on , to affix

Question 49

sum esse fuī futūrus

Answer 49

to be

Question 50

superus –a –um

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highest; the top of

Question 51

surripiō surripere surripuī surreptum

Answer 51

steal

Question 52

suāviolum –ī n.

Answer 52

dim. of suavium, kiss; the lips formed for kissing

Question 53

tamquam

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conj., as; just as if (it were)

Question 54

tantillum –ī n.

Answer 54

so little, so small a quantity

Question 55

trādō trādere trādidī trāditus

Answer 55

hand down, consign, entrust, pass on

Question 56

ūllus –a –um

Answer 56

any

Question 57

vērum

Answer 57

adversative conj., assenting to what has been said but adding a qualification: but in fact, but, actually