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