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

iūcundus –a –um: pleasant, delightful

salveō –ēre: greetings! hail!

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

auctō –āre –āvī –ātum: cause to grow or prosper; bless (w/ abl.)

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

Balbus –ī m.: Roman cognomen

benignē: benevolently, kindly

malignus –a –um: ungenerous, spiteful; grudging, poor, mean, scanty 5

porrigō porrigere porrēxī porrēctum: stretch out

marītus –a –um: husband

agedum: come!

Caecilius –ī m.: Roman nomen gentile

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

quācumque: wherever

clāmō clāmāre clāmāvī clāmātus: shout, cry out

istic istaec istoc: that which you have, mention, or refer to 15

quīvīs quaevīs quodvīs or (subst.) quidvīs: whoever or whatever you wish; anyone, anything

quod: because, the fact that

attingō attingere attigī attāctus: touch; touch upon (in speaking), mention 20

languidus –a –um: weary, drooping, flaccid

pendeō pendēre pependī: hang; depend, rely

sīcula –ae f.: a small dagger; (metaph.) penis

bēta –ae f.: beet

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

violō violāre violāvī violātus: violate, defile

cubīle cubīlis n.: bed, couch

cōnscelerō cōnscelerāre cōnscelerāvī cōnscelerātus: stain with crime, pollute

impius –a –um: wicked, irreligious, without pietas 25

flagrō flagrāre flagrāvī flagrāturus: burn

iners –ertis: clusy; lazy, idle, useless

sterilis –e: incapable of procreation

sēmen sēminis n.: seed; semen, sperm

nervōsus –a –um: full of muscles, sinewy; vigorous

zōna –ae f.: a girdle or belt; as worn by unmarried girls, its removal signified loss of virginity

virgineus –a –um: of a virgin

mīrus –a –um: extraordinary, remarkable

mingō mingere mīxī mīctus/mīnctus : urinate 30

gremium gremi(ī) n.: lap

atquī or atquīn: conj., but; moreover

Brixia –ae f.: mod. Brescia, a town in Cisalpine Gaul

Cȳcnēus –a –um: of Cycnus, mythical king of Liguria who was changed into a swan

specula –ae f.: look-out point

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

percurrō –ere –cucurrī (–currī) –cursus: run through quickly

Mella –ae m.: river near Brixia in Cisalpine Gaul

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

Postumius –ī m.: name of a Roman gens 35

Cornēlius –iī m.: Roman nomen gentile

adulterium adulterī(ī) n.: an adulterous act; adultery

auscultō –āre –āvī –ātum: listen, overhear, eavesdrop on

suffīgō –fīgere –fīxī –fīxum: to fasten beneath or below , to fasten or fix on , to affix

tigillum –ī n.: a small beam, e.g., the lintel or top of the doorframe

operiō operīre operuī opertum: shut, close; cover 40

furtīvus –a –um: secret, furtive

ancilla –ae f.: slave girl, female slave

flāgitium flāgiti(ī) n.: disgrace, dishonor; shameful act, outrage

utpote: part., as one might expect, as is natural

auricula (auricilla or oricilla) –ae f.: a little ear (dim. of auris)

ruber rubra rubrum: red

supercilium –ī n.: eyebrow

līs lītis f.: lawsuit

mendāx –ācis: mendacious, lying, false

venter ventris m.: belly, stomach

puerperium –iī n.: birth of a child; delivery