Latin 102 Week 4: Catullus 31-38, 42-43, 45

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woman's name (Gk. flower, pinnacle)

adiuvō adiuvāre adiūvī adiūtum

help; make things easy

adlocūtiō -ōnis f.

encouraging talk

continually, constantly

Amathūs -ūntis f.

acc. Amathunta, a town in Cyprus

ambō ambae ambō

pl. adj. & pron., both

Ancōn -ōnis f

Ancona (a town on the Adriatic coast)

aperiō aperīre aperuī apertus

approbātiō approbātiōnis f.

approval, assent

a copper coin of negligible value, like a penny

atquī or atquīn

conj., but; moreover

auspicātus -a -um

approved by augury; auspicious, fortunate, lucky

balneārius -a -um

Bīthÿnus -a -um

cachinnus cachinnī m.

laugh, guffaw; metaph. of rippling waves

cacō cacāre cacāvī cacātus

having gray or gray-blue eyes; gray-eyed

candidus -a -um

bright; white; fair-skinned (implying beauty); gorgeous (of a woman)

canis canis m. or f.

canō canere cecinī cantus

capillātus -a -um

puppy, young dog

Celtibēria -ae f.

Celtiberia (district in the northeastern part of central Spain, so-called because its natives were a mixture of Celts and Iberians)

circumsistō circumsistere circumsistitī circumsistatus

gather or crowd around, surround

Cnidus (town on the coast of Caria, in SW Asia Minor, where Venus/Aphrodite was worshipped)

cōdicillus cōdicillī m.

(in pl.) a set of writing tablets

cōgitātiō cōgitātiōnis f.

collum collī m.

town in Cisalpine Gaul (mod. Como)

conclāmō conclamāre conclamāvī conclamātus

shout out, shout in unison

have sexual intercourse with

consideō -sedēre -sēdī -sessus

to take a seat, sit, settle; take up a positio

in an unbroken line

Cornificius -a -um

Roman nomen gentile

cūlus cūlī m.

cunīculosus -a -um

abounding in rabbits

cursus cursūs m.

the action of running; a race; travel; course

dēcoctor dēcoctōris m.

a bankrupt person, insolvent debtor

dēfricō dēfricāre dēfricuī dēfricātus

rub thoroughly; scour

Delian (of the island of Delis, birthplace of Apollo and Artemis/Diana)

dēns dentis m.

dēpereō -perīre -periī

perish; (hyperbolic) love to death, love to distraction

digitus digitī m.

ducentī -ae -a; ducentēsimus -a -um

intoxicated; metaph., drunk with love

edō ēsse ēdī ēsus

eat/consume/devour

ēlectus -a um superl. electissimus

ēlegāns, -antis (adj.)

discriminating, refined, elegant

expleō explēre explēvī explētus

fill up, satisfy

exprimō exprimere expressī expressum

squeeze out, extort; translate

made of iron; hard, harsh; shameless

tired, exhausted

fidēlis fidēle

faithful, worthy of trust

to the outside, out (w/ vbs. of motion)

frūx frūgis f.

futūtiō futūtiōnis f.

an act of copulation

Gallicānus -a -um

Gallic, of Gaul

the Adriatic Sea

harūndinōsus -a -um

hendecasyllabus hendecasyllabī m.

hendecasyllabic (meter)

iambus iambī m.

an iamb or iambic verse; (pl.) invective verse, esp. that written in iambic meter

illepidus -a -um

unbecoming, ungraceful, awkward

impotens -entis

powerless; lacking in self-control; headstrong, wild, violent, intemperate

incēdō incēdere incessī incessus

arrive, step up; strp or walk (esp. in a slow or stately manner), strut

incohō -āre -āvī -ātum

start work on, begin

indīgnus -a -um

unworthy; undeserved

infacētiae -ārum f.

clumsiness, gaucheries, blunders

īnfacētus -a -um

boorish, gauche

īnfēlīx īnfēlīcis

infertile; disastrous, unlucky

inquinō inquināre inquināvī inquinātus

make dirty, soil, stain

insapiens -entis

unwise, foolish

insulsus -a -um

witless, stupid

integer integra integrum

untouched, unblemished; virgin, unmarried

invīsō -ere -vīsī -vīsus

go to see; look upon

iocōsus -a -um

full of laughs, jolly, happy

īrāscor īrāscī īrātus

feel resentment, be angry

there by you, over where you are

Iūnō Iūnōnis f.

Juno, consort of Jupiter, identified with Gk. Hera

lacus lacūs m.

Lātōnia -ae f.

Daughter of Laton or Leto; epithet of Diana

lepor lepōris m.

charm, grace, wit; term of endearment

libet (libēre) libuit libitum est

intr. w/ dat. of person pleased: to be pleasing

līgnum lignī n.

līmen līminis n.

threshold, doorway

linquō linquere līquī

liqueō liquēre licuī/liquī

to be clear, manifest, apparent, evident

Lūcīna -ae f.

goddess of childbirth, identified with Juno or Diana

title of Diana, the moon goddess

lupānar lupanāris n.

brothel, whorehouse

lūtum lutī n.

Lȳdius -a -um.

Lydian, of Lydia

medulla medullae f.

the marrow of the bones; the interior, inside, seat of the emotions

mēnstruus -a -um

merīdiō merīdiāre merīdiāvī merīdiātus

mētior mētīrī mēnsus sum

measure, mark off

in a manner of a mima, an actress in a licentious kind of farce

moecha moechae f.

adulteress; slut

moechus moechī m.

adulterer, sexual aggressor; fornicator

nāsus nāsī m. or nāsum nāsī n.

Neptūnus -ī m.

Neptune or Poseidon, god of the sea; the sea

niger nigra nigrum

illegitimate; spurious, counterfeit

obserō obserāre obserāvī obserātus

place a bar across (a door), bolt

obvius obvia obvium

in the way or path of something

olīva olīvae f.

olive; olive tree

parātus -a -um

ready, prepared

paulum paulī n.

persequor persequī persecūtus sum

follow persistently, catch up with, pursue, harass, seek requital or restitution

pertundō pertundere pertudī pertūsus

beat or bore a hole through, perforate

pilleātus -a -um

wearing a felt cap (pilleus)

pilōsus -a -um

straight on; hereafter

prandeō prandēre prandī prānsus

eat one's morning or midday meal, to lunch

prōgeniēs prōgenieī f.

offspring, progeny

puerpera puerperae f.

a woman in childbirth

pugillārius -iī m. or pugillar -āris n.

a set of writing tablets

purpureus -a -um

pusillus -a -um

pūtidus -a -um

rotten; foul, stinking

since, seeing that

quīlibet quaelibet quodlibet (or quīlubet, etc.)

whoever or whatever you please; anyone, anything

indecl. adj., whatever number, as many as

reconditus -a -um

hidden away, secluded

reflāgitō reflāgitāre reflāgitāvī reflāgitātus

demand repeatedly in a loud voice

reflectō reflectere reflexī reflexus

restituō restituere restituī restitūtus

rebuild; restore, cure; give back unharmed or in its original state

rubor rubōris m.

oversexed; lascivious

greetings! hail!

surely, decidedly

sapiō sapere sapivī

have a taste; have taste, sense, discernment

Sapphicus -a -um

scripta -ōrum n. pl.

writings, works (in poetry or prose)

sedeō sedēre sēdī sessus

sēmitārius -a -um

of or associated with byways and alleys

sessor -ōris m.

silva silvae f.

Simōnidēus -a -um

Simonidean (of Simonides of Cos)

sodālis sodālis m.

crony, buddy, comrade

sōlor -ātus sum

comfort, give solace to

sonō sonāre sonuī sonitum

sōpiō sōpīre sōpīvī sōpītum

sospitō sospitāre sospitāvī sospitātus

preserve, defend

stagnum stagnī n.

any expanse of standing water: pool, lagoon, lake

sternuō sternuere sternuī

suāvior -ārī -ātus

supīnus -a -um

lying on the back; facing upwards; flat; helpless

taberna tabernae f.

hut; inn, hostel

slow-footed, lame

tener tenera tenerum

soft, tender, delicate; romantically tender (with ref. to love poetry)

the country of the Thyni; Bithynia

torreō -ēre -uī -tostus

epithet of Diana, the triple goddess

harsh, fierce, cruel, savage

tunica tunicae f.

tunic, a standard garment worn by both sexes

disgusting, repulsive, shameful, indecent

Ūriī -ōrum m. pl.

Italian town associated with the cult of Venus

ustulō -āre -āvī -ātum

desolate, uninhabited, featureless, dreary, endless

venditō -āre -āvī -ātum

offer for sale; prostitute

Vērōna -ae f.

town in Gallia Transpadana, birthplace of Catullus

vibrō vibrāre vibrāvī vibrātus

shake, brandish

vireō virēre viruī

vorāx vorācis m.

ravenous, insatiable

vorō vorāre vorāvī vorātus

voveō vovēre vōvī vōtus

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