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Marrūcīnus –a –um: of or belonging to a people living on the east coast of central Italy

Asinius –a –um: belonging to the Roman gens Asinia, Asinius Marrucinus

sinister –a –um: left; harmful, perverse, misguided

bellus –a –um: pretty, nice, fine, charming

iocus iocī m.: joke, jest

linteum –ī n.: linen cloth; napkin; sail

neglegēns neglegentis: careless

salsus –a –um: salty, briny; witty, clever

ineptus –a –um: foolish, gauche, awkward

sordidus –a –um: dirty, squalid, shabby, unbecoming, tacky, sordid 5

invenustus –a –um: not venustus, unlovely, unattractive

Polliō –ōnis m.: a Roman cognomen, e.g., of C. Asinius Pollio

fūrtum fūrtī n.: theft; any sneaky act

talentum talentī n.: a weight of silver used as a Greek unit of currency; a large sum of money

lepor lepōris m.: charm, grace, wit; term of endearment

disertus –a –um: skilled in speaking, articulate

facētia –ae f.: cleverness, wit

hendecasyllabus hendecasyllabī m.: eleven-syllable verses of poetry, esp. lines of poetry in the Phalaecian meter; cutting or sarcastic verses 10

trecentī –ae –a; trecentēsimus –a –um: three hundred

remittō remittere remīsī remissum: send back, return

aestimātiō aestimatiōnis f.: price, monetary value

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

mnēmosynum mnēmosynī n.: keepsake, souvenir

sodālis sodālis m.: crony, buddy, comrade

sūdārium sūdāri(ī) n.: a cloth carried to wipe off sweat (sudor), also used as a napkin

Saetabus –a –um: of or made in Saetabis, a town in Hispania Tarraconensis (cf. mod. Tarragona)

Hibērus –a –um: the Iberians or Spaniards (properly, the inhabitants of the valley of the Hiberius); ex Hiberis = from the country of the Spaniards

Fabullus –ī m.: a nomen gentile of the Roman gens Fabius (dim. of Fabius) 15

Verānius –iī m.: friend of Catullus

Verāniolus –ī m.: dim. of Veranius