click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
SimsLatinIV
Catullus Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
---|---|
passer | passeris, m. = sparrow; small bird |
deliciae | deliciarum, f. pl. = pleasure; pet, darling, sweetheart |
sinus | sinus, m. = fold of a toga; lap; bosom |
primus, -a, -um | = first |
digitus | digiti, m. = finger; inch |
appeto | appetere/appetivi/appetitus = to try to reach; to seek instictively; to attack |
acer | acris, acre = keen, sharp |
incito | (1) = to urge on, arouse, provoke |
morsus | morsus, m. = nibble, bite, peck (of a bird) |
desiderium | desiderii, n. = desire, longing; object of desire; sweetheart |
niteo | nitere/nitui/-- = to shine; to be beautiful |
nescio | nescire/nescivi (or -ii)/nescitus = not to know, be ignorant of; be unacquainted with |
iocor | iocari/iocatus sum (deponent verb) = to jest, joke; to play a game |
dolor | doloris, m. = pain, heartache |
acquiesco | acquiescere/acquievi/acquieturus = to fall asleep; to rest |
ardor | ardoris, m. = fire; heat; passionate desire |
sicut | (adv.) = just as |
ipse, ipse, ipsum | = himself, herself, itself |
tristis | tristis, triste = sad |
levo | (1) = to lighten, alleviate |
cura | curae, f. = worry, care, distress |
lugeo | lugere/luxi/luctus = to mourn, lament; deplore |
Venus | Veneris, f. = goddess of love & beauty |
Cupido | Cupidinis, m. = Cupid (son of Venus, embodiment of love) |
mortuus | mortua, mortuum = dead |
oculus | oculi, m. = eye |
mellitus | mellita, mellitum = honey-sweet |
moveo | movere/movi/motus = to move |
usque | (adv.) = all the way; all the time; completely |
nunc | (adv.) = now |
eo | ire/ivi (or ii)/itus = to go |
iter | itineris, n. = journey, trip |
illuc | (adv.) = to that place |
unde | (adv.) = from where, whence |
nego | (1) = to deny |
redeo | redire/redii/reditus = to go back, come back, return |
at | but; but on the other hand |
Orcus | Orci, m. = lower world; Pluto (king of the lower world); death |
devoro | (1) = to devour |
opus | operis, n. = work, labor, task |
fleo | flere/flevi/fletus = to weep, cry |
rubeo | rubere/--/-- = to be red; to blush |
turgidus | turgida, turgidum = swollen, puffed up |