catullus poem 1 vocabulary
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- dono, donare, donavi, donatus
- to present, grant; to condone, excuse; to forgive, let off; to give up, sacrifice
- lepidus, a, um
- charming, delightful, neat; witty, amusing
- libellus, libelli
- m. booklet, pamphlet; notebook; journal, diary; program; handbill, advertisement
- pumex, pumicis
- m. or f. pumice; lava
- expolio, expolire, expolivi or expolii, expolitus
- to polish; to finish off; to embellish, adorn, refine
- soleo, solere, solitus sum
- to be in the habit of, be used to; usually
- aliquis, aliquid
- someone/something, anyone/anything; someone/something important
- nugae, nugarum
- f. nonsense, baloney; trivia; trash, junk; good-for-nothing, a nobody
- audeo, audere, ausus sum
- to dare, risk
- aevum, aevi
- n. age, lifetime, life; time, period; generation; eternity
- explico, explicare, explicavi or explicui, explicatus or explicitus
- to unfold, unroll; to spread out; to loosen, undo; to set free; to arrange, adjust, settle; to exhibit, to explain; to display
- quare
- by what means, how; in what way, from what cause, why; whereby; wherefore
- quisquis, quidquid
- whoever/whatever; everyone who/everything which
- qualiscumque, qualiscumque, qualecumque or qualcunque
- of whatever kind; of any kind whatsoever, any at all
- perennis, perenne
- perennial, continual, everlasting
- saeculum, saeculi
- n.generation, lifetime; century; spirit of the age; fashion