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sodālis sodālis m : crony, buddy, comrade

Caecilius –ī m.: Roman nomen gentile

papȳrus –ī f.: an Egyptian reed used in making paper; paper made from the papyrus reed

Vērōna –ae f.: town in Gallia Transpadana, birthplace of Catullus

Cōmum –ī n.: town in Cisalpine Gaul (mod. Como)

Lār Laris m.: household god

cōgitātiō cōgitātiōnis f.: a thought 5

amīcus amīcī m.: friend

sapiō sapere sapivī: have a taste; have taste, sense, discernment

vorō vorāre vorāvī vorātus: devour, eat up

mīliēs: 1000 times

collum collī n.: neck

ambō ambae ambō: pl. adj. & pron., both 10

iniciō –ere –iēcī –iectum: throw in or on

vērum –ī n.: but in fact, but, actually

nūntiō nuntiāre nuntiāvī nuntiātus: announce, communicate, tell

dēpereō –perīre –periī: perish; (hyperbolic) love to death, love to distraction

impotens –entis: powerless; lacking in self-control, hence headstrong, wild, violent, intemperate

incohō –āre –āvī –ātum: start work on, begin

Dindymus –ī m.: mountain in Phrygia sacred to the goddess Cybele

misellus –a –um: poor little; wretchedly in love (dim. of miser)

interior –ius: inner 15

edō ēsse ēdī ēsus: eat/consume/devour

medulla medullae f.: the marrow of the bones; the interior, inside, seat of the emotions

īgnōscō īgnōscere īgnōvī īgnōtus: forgive (w/ dat.)

Sapphicus –a –um: of Sappho, the 7-6th cent. lyric poet

Mūsa –ae f.: a Muse, divine patroness of poetry

doctus –a –um: learned

venustus –a –um: lovely, attractive, charming; graceful, pretty, neat