Catullus vocab

fletus, fletus, m

weeping, tears

deliciae, deliciarum, f. pl.

delight, favorite, pet (of affection)

mellitus, a, um

honeyed, sweet

circumsiliō, circumsilīre, circumsiluī

to leap about, skip around

tenebrōsus -a -um

dark, shadowy

Orcus, Orci, m.

the underworld, hell

absumō, absumere, absumpsī, absumptum

to consume, destroy

rumor -oris m.

rumor, gossip, hearsay

occidō, -cidere, -cidī, -cāsum

to fall, die, set (sun)

brevī lux

short life, brief light (poetic expression)

conturbō, conturbāre, conturbāvī, conturbātus

to mix up, confound, confuse

invidō, invidēre, invīdī, invīsum + dative

to envy, cast the evil eye

furtivus, a, um

secret, stealthy

obdurō, obdurāre, obdurāvī, obdurātus

to be firm, steadfast, persist

gremium, gremii, n.

lap, bosom

turgidus, turgida, turgidum

swollen, puffed up

satur, a, um

full, sated

arista -ae f.

ear of grain, spike (metaphorically: crop of kisses)

suaviolum, i n.

"little sweet," diminutive of sweet (poetic term)

ambrosia, ae, f

ambrosia, divine food; metaphor for sweetness

surripiō, ere, surripuī, surreptum

to snatch secretly, steal

crux, crucis f.

cross, torment, punishing device

contractus, a,um

drawn together, contracted (esp. lips or kisses)

commicto, are, avi, atum(1)

to mingle, mix together (often bodily fluids, poetic)

labella, -ae n pl

little lips, lips (poetic diminutive)

scelesta ae f

wicked woman (or wickedness)

harena, -ae, f.

sand (often for counting metaphors)

dulcius

sweeter, more delightful (poetic comparative)

suavis e

sweet, pleasant, charming

saevitia -ae f.

savagery, cruelty (used in playful or rhetorical exaggeration)

quantum est hominum venustiorum

As muc as there are charming men

Nox est perpetua una dorminenda

We must sleep one everlasting night

Turbabimus illa

Ww will mix them up (of kisses)

Dulcius ambrosia

Sweeter than ambrosia

desinas ineptire

Cease being foolish/silly