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impudīcus –a –um: sexually immoral, licentious

vorāx vorācis m.: ravenous, insatiable

āleō āleōnis m.: a habitual gambler

Māmurra –ae m.: name of a family at Formiae

comō –āre –āvī –ātum: be covered with hair or foliage

Gallia Galliae f.: Gaul, in Catullus' time a Roman province only in the north Italian portion south of the Alps (Cisalpine); Transalpine Gaul (comata Gallia) included what is now France and Belgium

Britannia –ae f.: Britain

cinaedus –a –um: a catamite or passive homosexual, one who submits to anal intercourse; an effeminate male 5

Rōmulus –ī m.: eponymous founder of Rome

superfluō superfluere superflūxī superflūxus: overflow; be or have more than enough

perambulō perambulāre perambulāvī perambulātus: walk around in; make a tour of

cubīle cubīlis n.: bed, couch

albulus –a –um: white; transparent, clear, colorless (dim. of albus)

columbus columbī m.: a male or cock pigeon

Adōneus –ī m.: archaic Latin form of Adonis, youth loved by Venus

ūnicus –a –um: one and only, singular, unique, special

occidēns –entis: the region where the sun sets, the west

diffutūtus –a –um: subjected to widespread sexual demands; dissipated by sex; sexually overworked

mentula mentulae f.: penis

ducentiēs or ducentiēns: two hundred times

comedō comedere (comesse) comēdī comēsum: eat up; squander

trecentiēs: 300 times

sinister –a –um: left; harmful, perverse, misguided 15

līberālitās līberālitātis f.: generosity, munificence

expatrō –āre: waste, squander

elluor (heluor) elluārī elluatus sum: overspend on food and luxury

paternus –a –um: of a father; paternal

lancinō lanciānre lancinātus: tear to pieces, mangle

bonum –ī n.: any good thing or circumstance, boon, blessing, benefit; pl. "goods" as property, one's estate

Ponticus –a –um: of or on the Black Sea

Hibērus –ī m.: of Iberia, Spanish

aurifer aurifera auriferum: gold-bearing

Tagus –ī m.: the Tagus (mod. Tajo) river, which flowes west through central Spain and empties into the Atlantic near mod. Lisbon, Portugal

mālus –ī m.: apple 20

foveō fovēre fōvī fōtus: keep warm; cherish, coddle

dēvorō dēvorāre dēvorāvī dēvorātus: eat up, devour

patrimōnium patrimōni(ī) n.: estate, fortune

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

socer socerī m.: father-in-law

gener generī m.: Son-in-law