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opprimō opprimere oppressī oppressus: press against; overwhelm

acerbus –a –um: bitter; cruel, harsh, painful

cōnscrībō cōnscrībere cōnscrīpsī cōnscrīptus: enroll; write down

epīstolium –iī n.: short letter

naufragus –a –um: a shipwrecked person

ēiciō ēicere ēiēcī ēiectus: throw out, expel, eject

spūmō spūmāre spūmāvī spūmātus: foam, froth

sublevō sublevāre sublevāvī sublevātus: raise, lift

restituō restituere restituī restitūtus: rebuild; restore, cure; give back unharmed or in its original state

Venus –eris f.: Venus or Aphrodite, goddess of love and charm

requiēscō requiēscere requiēvī requiētum: rest, find relief

lectus lectī m.: bed, couch

caelebs caelibis: without a spouse; unpartnered, celibate

perpetior –petī –pessus sum: undergo; allow

scrīptor –ōris m.: writer

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

oblectō oblectāre oblectāvī oblectātum: delight

ānxius –a –um: anxious

pervigilō pervigilāre pervigilāvī pervigilātus: stay awake all night

hinc: from this place or point

īgnōtus –a –um: unknown

incommodum –ī n.: detriment, harm; pl., misfortune

Allius –iī m.: a friend of Catullus

neu or neve: and that… not

mersō –āre –āvī –ātum: submerge, plunge, overwhelm

pūrus –a –um: clean, pure; plain, unembellished

iūcundus –a –um: pleasant, delightful

floridus –a –um: full of flowers, flowery

vēr vēris n.: spring

lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus: play

nescius –a –um: ignorant, unaware

amārities –eī f.: bitterness

lūctus lūctūs m.: the expression of grief; lamentation, grief, sorrow

frāternus –a –um: of or from a brother, fraternal

ō: interjection, expressing grief, pleasure, indignation, or adjuration

adimō adimere adēmī adēmptus: remove, take

commodum commodī n.: advantage, benefit

ūnā: together; at the same time

sepeliō sepelīre sepeliī/sepelīvī sepultum: buried

interitus interitūs m.: violent or untimely death

dēlicia dēliciae f. (often plural) or delici(ōl)um –ī m.: pleasure; pl. pet, darling

quod: because, the fact that

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

Catullus –ī m.: cognomen of Gaius Valerius Catullus

nota notae f.: mark; quality, character

frīgidus –a –um: chilly, cold; (of language, rhetoric, etc.) feeble, tedious, frigid

tepefactō –āre: to be in the habit of warming

cubīle cubīlis n.: bed, couch

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

tribuō tribuere tribuī tribūtus: apportion, grant

nequeō nequīre nequiī/nequīvī nequitum: to be unable (to)

Rōma Rōmae f.: the city of Rome

carpō carpere carpsī carptum: pluck, pull at; press on along (a way, journey, period of time, etc.); carp at, criticize

capsula –ae f.: a small cylindrical case for holding book rolls

malignus –a –um: ungenerous, spiteful; grudging, poor, mean, scanty

ingenuus –a –um: native, natural; befitting a free-born person, generous, frank; (m. or f. subst.) a freeborn person

ultrō: to a point farther off; of one's own accord, unasked

reticeō –cēre –cuī: refrain from speaking, keep silent

oblīvīscor oblīvīscī oblītus sum: forget, w/ gen. or acc. of object forgotten

porrō: straight on; hereafter

charta chartae f.: a sheet or roll of papyrus

anus anūs f.: old woman; as fem. adj., old, aged

notescō –tescere –tuī: become known or famous

mortuus –a –um: dead

tenuis tenue: thin

texō –ere –texuī –textus: weave

sublīmis sublīme: high

arānea arāneae f.: spiderweb, cobweb; spider

tēla tēlae f.: cloth on the loom; spider's web

duplex –icis: folded double; double, two-sided

Amathūsia –ae f.: Venus as worshipped at Amathus

torreō –ēre –uī tostus: scorch, parch

Trīnacriaus (Trīnacrius) –a –um: Sicily, so-called because of its triangular shape

rūpēs –is f.: cliff, crag

lympha –ae f.: a water nymph; (poet.) water

Oetaeus –a –um: of Mt. Oeta in southern Thessaly, traditionally associated with the evening star and the hot springs of Thermopylae

Mālius –a –um: of Malis in southern Thessaly, near Thermopylae

Thermopylae –ārum f.: Gk. "Hot Gates", the narrow passage between Mt. Oeta and the Malian Gulf, named after its hot springs, where the Spartans resisted the Persian invasion of 480 B. C.

assiduus –a –um: settled; constantly present, persistent, unremitting

tābescō tābescere tābuī: waste away

flētus fletūs m.: weeping; tears

cessō cessāre cessāvī cessātus: hold back, desist

imber imbris m.: rain; (metaph.) a shower of tears

madeō –ēre: be wet; e.g., with tears

gena –ae f.: cheek

āerius –a –um: of the air, airy

pellūceō –lūcēre –lūxī —: transmit or emit light; shine

vertex verticis m.: whirlpool, whirlwind; top of the head; summit

rīvus –ī m.: stream

muscosus –a –um: mossy

prōsiliō –īre –uī (–īvī or –iī): rush forth; jump up suddenly

prōnus –a –um: leaning forward, angling or sloping toward the ground; sloping; face down, prone; flat

praeceps praecipitis: plunging headfirst; headlong; sudden

vallēs vallis f.: valley

volvō volvere voluī volūtum: cause to roll

dēnsus –a –um: dense, closely packed

viātor –ōris m.: traveler

lassus –a –um: tired, weary

sūdor sūdōris m.: sweat, perspiration

levāmen –inis n.: relief, solace, comfort

exūrō –ere –ussī –ūstus: burnt; parched

aestus aestūs m.: heat, hot weather; swell (of the sea), flood; tumult

hiulcō –āre: cause to crack open

iactō iactāre iactāvī iactātus: throw; toss about, torment

turbō (turben) turbinis m.: anything that spins; whirlwind, tornado; maelstrom; a weight used in spinning

nauta nautae m.: sailor

lēniter lēnius (comp.) lēnissimē (superl.): gently; without drastic effect

aspīrō (adspīrō) adspīrāre adspīrāvī adspīrātus: breathe; blow

Pollūx –ūcis m.: son of Tyndarus and Leda, brother of Castor and fellow-patron of sailors

Castor –oris m.: son of Leda and Tyndareus, twin brother of Pollux; one of a twin constellation used in navigation; patron (with his brother Pollux) of seafarers and ships

implōrō implōrāre implōrāvī implōrātus: ask for something with entreaty

patefaciō patefacere patefēcī patefactum: make open, open up

līmes –itis m.: boundary; lane, path

dīva –ae f.: goddess; any female immortal, e.g., the sea nymph Thetis

terō terere trīvī trītum: rub; tread, travese repeatedly

fulgeō fulgēre fulsī: shine brightly, gleam

planta –ae f.: sole of the foot

innītor –nītī –nixus sum: lean on, put one's weight on, press

argūtus –a –um: clear-sounding, squeaking, creaking

solea –ae f.: sandal

flagrō flagrāre flagrāvī flagrāturus: burn

Prōtesilāēus –a –um: of or belonging to Protesilaus

Lāodamīa –ae f.: Laodamia, wife of Protesilaus

hostia –ae f.: a sacrificial animal

pācificō –āre –āvī –ātum: placate, appease

erus –ī m.: master

valdē (valdius valdissimē): vigorously; strongly, greatly; very

Ramnūsius –a –um: of or native to Ramnus, a district of Attica (epithet of Nemesis, the Ramnusia virgo)

temerē: recklessly; without good cause

invītus –a –um: unwilling

iēiūnus –a –um: fasting, hungry, starved

cruor cruōris m.: blood (usually that of a wound)

collum collī n.: neck

avidus –a –um: greedy; ardently desirous, passionate

saturō saturāre saturāvī saturātus: fill, satisfy, sate

abrumpō abrumpere abrūpī abruptum: break; break off, separate

coniugium –iī n.: marriage, union; spouse

Parca –ae f.: a Roman goddess of birth; one of the Fates or Moirai

Īliacus –a –um: of Ilium, Trojan

Helena –ae f.: daughter of Zeus and Leda, wife of Menelaus, cause of Trojan War when Paris took her to Troy

raptus –ūs m.: robbery, plunder; abduction

prīmōris –e: chiefs, captains, leading men

Argus (Argīvus or Argeus or Argius) –a –um: Argive; by metonymy, Greek

Troia Troiae f.: the city and territory of Troy

cieō ciēre cīvī citus: move, set in motion; rouse, raise, produce

Asia –ae: Asia, esp. Asia Minor; the East

Eurōpa –ae f.: daughter of Phoenician king Agenor, carried off by Zeus in the form of a bull; Europe

lētum letī n.: death

miserābilis –e: pitiable, pathetic

ei: interj., monosyllabic expression of anguish

cognātus –a –um: related; as m. or f. subst., a relative

obscēnus (obscaenus) –a –um: unpropitious, ill-omened; loathsome; indecent

īnfēlīx īnfēlīcis: infertile; disastrous, unlucky

dētineō –ēre –uī –tentus: detain, hold

exter extera exterum: farthest, the farthest part of; final

solum –ī n.: base, floor; (sts. pl.) soil, earth, ground

pūbēs –is f.: the adult male population; manpower

Graecus (Grāius) –a –um: Greek

penetrālis –e: situated at the inside of a house; innermost

focus –ī m.: hearth

Paris –idis m.: Paris, son of Priam, seducer of Helen

abdūcō abdūcere abdūxī abductus: lead off, entice away

moecha moechae f.: adulteress; slut

pācātus –a –um: peaceful, calm, tranquil

dēgō –ere dēgī: spend (one's time, leisure, etc.)

thalamus –ī m.: bedroom

absorbeō –bēre –buī –ptum: devour, engulf

abruptus –a um: steep, sheer

barathrum –ī n.: pit, chasm, abyss

Pēnīos –īī m.: river that flows through the vale of Tempe in Thessaly, and its eponymous river-god

Cyllēnius –a –um: of or near Mt. Cyllene, in Arcadia; an epithet of Pheneus

siccō siccāre siccāvī siccātus: dry, drain

ēmulgeō –mulgēre –muslī –mulsum: milk; draw off

pinguis pingue: fath, rich

palūs –ūdis f.: swamp

fodiō fodere fōdī fossum: pierce; dig

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

falsiparens –entis: having a pretended father; falsely fathered

Amphitryōniadēs –ae m.: Hercules, descendant of Amphitryon

Stymphālius –a –um: of Stymphalus, a territory in NE Arcadia, Greece

mōnstrum mōnstrī n.: portent, prodigy, apparition; monster; a monstrous act, attrocity

sagitta sagittae f.: arrow

percellō percellere perculī perculsum: strike down, kill

dēterior dēterior dēterius; dēterior –ius; dēterrimus –a –um: worse

iānua iānuae f.: door to a house, other building, or heaven

Hēbē –ēs f.: daughter of Zeus and Hera, goddess of youth, married to Hercules after his apotheosis

virginitās –ātis f.: virginity

indomitus –a –um: untamed; indomitable; violent

sērus –a –um: late

nāta (gnāta) –ae f.: daughter

nepōs nepōtis m.: grandson, descendant

avītus –a –um: of a grandfather; ancestral

testor –ārī –ātus sum: well-attested; signed in the presence of witnesses

tabula tabulae f.: a flat piece of wood; a wax-coated writing tablet; pl., account books

impius –a –um: wicked, irreligious, without pietas

dērīdeō –rīdēre –rīsī –rīsus: laughable, ridiculous

gentīlis –is m.: a member of the same gens, i.e., a distant relative

suscitō suscitāre suscitāvī suscitātus: rouse, dislodge

cānus –a –um: white, whitened

volturius –iī m.: vulture

niveus –a –um: snowy, white

columbus columbī m.: a male or cock pigeon

compar paris f.: wife, mate

improbus –a –um: morally unsound, wicked, flagrant, shameless; wanton

ōsculum –ī n.: kiss

mordeō mordēre momordī morsus: bite

dēcerpō –ere –sī –tus: pluck off, snatch

rōstrum rōstrī n.: the snout or muzzle of an animal; the beak of a bird or ship

praecipuē: peculiarly, especially

multivolus –a –um: promiscuous, lusting after many, amorous

flāvus –a –um: yellow, gold-colored, blonde

conciliō conciliāre conciliāvī conciliātus: unite, join; attract, endear, win over, obtain

gremium gremi(ī) n.: lap

circumcursō –āre –āvī –ātum: run around

illinc: from there

Cupīdō –inis m.: desire; object of desire (as term of affection); Cupid or Eros, companion of Venus/Aphrodite, personification of sexual desire

crocinus –a –um: made of saffron; saffron yellow

tunica tunicae f.: tunic, a standard garment worn by both sexes

etsī: conj., although

contentus –a –um: satisfied

verēcundus –a –um: scrupulous; modest, honorable, restrained, seemly

fūrtum fūrtī n.: theft; any sneaky act

(h)era –ae f.: a woman in relation to her sevants; mistress, i.e., the woman or goddess one serves (as opp. to a kept woman)

stultus –a –um: stupid, foolish

molestus –a –um: troublesome, annoying

Iūnō Iūnōnis f.: Juno, consort of Jupiter, identified with Gk. Hera

caelicola –ae m./f.: an inhabitan of heaven, god or goddess

concoquō concoquere concōxī concoctus: cook down; digest; tolerate, stomach

omnivolus –a –um: that desires all, all-desiring

Iuppiter Iovis m.: Juppiter or Zeus, chief of the Olympian gods; by metonymy, the weather, wind, sky

atquī or atquīn: conj., but; moreover

tremulus –a –um: shaky, trembling; shaking (voluntarily, as one dandling an infant)

paternus –a –um: of a father; paternal

fragrō fragrāre fragrāvī fragrātus: fragrant, redolent, sweet-smelling

Assyrius –a –um: Assyrian; (by extension) Asiatic, oriental

odor –ōris m.: smell, odor, fragrance

furtīvus –a –um: secret, furtive

mīrus –a –um: extraordinary, remarkable

mūnusculum –ī n.: a small gift or favor

dēmō dēmere dēmpsī dēmptus: remove, take away

notō notāre notāvī notātus: mark, stain

scaber –bra –brum: rough, scabrous from disease, scabbed

robigō (rub–) robiginis f.: rust; blight

Themis –is f.: Greek goddess associated with justice

prīmō (prīmīs): at first, in the first place; at the beginning

vīvus –a –um: living, alive