Catullus Poem 3 Vocabulary
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- lugeo, lugere, luxi, luctus
- to mourn, lament, deplore; to mourn, be in mourning
- venustus, a, um
- charming, attractive; interesting
- venustas, venustatis
- f. beauty, charm, attraction
- plus
- more
- oculus, oculi
- m. eye; eye, bud; sight, vision; mind's eye
- ocellus, ocelli
- m. little eye; gem; darling
- mellitus, a, um
- honeyed; sweet as honey
- mel, mellis
- n. honey
- nosco, noscere, novi, notus
- to get to know, become acquainted with, learn; to recognize
- gremium, gremii
- n. lap, bosom; womb
- salio, salire, salui, saltum
- to mount; to jump, leap, hop
- circumsilio, circumsilire, circumsilivi, circumsilitus
- to hop around
- huc...illuc
- here...to that place
- pipio, pipiare, pipiavi, pipiatus
- to chirp
- usque
- all the way, right on; all the time, continuously
- tenebrae, tenebrarum
- f. darkness; night; blindness; dark place, haunts; unconsciousness
- nego, negare, negavi, negatus
- to deny; to say no
- unde
- from where, whence; from whom
- undique
- from all directions, on all sides, everywhere; in all respects, completely
- ubique
- everywhere, anywhere
- bellus, a, um
- pretty; fine, nice
- bellum, belli
- n. war; warfare
- aufero, auferre, abstuli, ablatus
- to take away, bear off; to remove, withdraw; to steal; to kill
- opera, operae
- f. effort, pains, exertion; work; care, attention; service, assistance; leisure
- opus, operis
- n. work; product of work; literary work, composition, book; work of art
- fleo, flere, flevi, fletus
- to cry for, mourn; to cry
- flo, flare, flavi, flatus
- to blow; to breathe, exhale
- fluo, flere, fluxi, fluxum
- to flow, to run down, drip; to overflow
- turgidus, a, um
- swollen, puffed up; inflated; turgid, bombastic