Catullus Vocab Part 1

ā

expletive of distress, pity, or entreaty.

ā, ab

prep, w/abl., from

abdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductum

lead off, entice away

abeō, -īre, -īvī, -itum

go away or out; come off, turn out; escape criticism or other consequences

abhorreō, ēre, -uī

shrink back from; be inconsistent

abiciō, -icere, -iōcī, -iectum

throw away, cast off; dismiss, belittle, minimize

abiegnus, -a, -um

made of silver fir; poet., wooden

abitus, -ūs, m.

departure, exit

abiungō, -iungere, -iunxī, -iunctum

separate, detach

abluō, -luere, -luī, -lūtum

wash away, wash clean

abrumpō, -rumpere, -rūpī, -ruptum

break; break off, separate

abruptus, -a, -um

steep, sheer

abscondō, -ere, -ī, -itum

conceal

absorbeo, -sorbēre, -sorbuī, -sorptum

devour, engulf

abstergeō, -tergēre, -tersī, -tersum

wipe clean

abstineō, -ēre, -uī, -stentum

keep away

absum, -esse, āfuī, fut. infin. āfore

be absent

absūmō, -sumere, -sumpsī, -sumptum

use up, consume, exhaust; do away with, remove by death

abūtor, -ūtī, -ūsus

use up; squander, exploit, abuse

ac, atque

and; with comparisons, than

acceptus, -a, -um

welcome, acceptable, pleasing

accidō, -cidere, -cidī

reach, get through to, impinge upon; fall; befall; happen

accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptum

receive, accept; hear

accubō, -āre

lie, recline

ācer, ācris, ācre, comp. ācrior, -ius

sharp, bitter, vehement, intense

acerbus, -a, -um, comp. adv. acerbius

bitter; cruel, harsh, painful

acervus, -ī, m.

heap, pile, mass

aciēs, -ēī, f.

a sharp edge; the sight of one's eyes, vision

acinus, -ī, m.

grape

acquiescō, -quiescere -quiēvī

rest, relax, subside

acūtus, -a, -um

sharp

ad

prep. w/acc., to, at

addō, addere, addidī, additum

add

adeō, -īre, -īvī, -itum

approach, go to, visit

adeō

adv., to a point (where); to such a degree, so

adhortor, -ārī

urge on

adimō, -imere, -ēmī, -emptum

remove, take

adipiscor, -ipiscī, -eptus

catch up with, attain, win

aditus, -ūs, m.

approach

adiūrō, -āre

affirm with an oath; swear by (w/acc.)

adiuvō, -iuvāre, -iūvī, -iūtum

help; make things easy

admīror, -mīrārī, -mīrātus

marvel or wonder at, admire

admoveō, -movēre, -mōvi, -mōtum

move near, stretch out toward

adolescens, -entis, m. or f.

youth

adorior, -orīrī, -ortus

attack; begin

adserō, -serere, -sēvī, -situm

plant near

adservō, -āre

keep safe, guard

adsum, -esse, afuī

be present

adulter, -erī, m.

an illicit lover, adulterer

adultera, -ae, f.

an unchaste woman; a mistress

adulterium, -ī, n.

an adulterous act; adultery

adveniō, -īre, -vēnī, -ventum

arrive at, come to

adventō, -āre

(freq. of advento) approach, draw near

adventus, -ūs, m.

approach, arrival

adversus, -a, -um

opposite, facing

advocō, -āre

call upon, summon

aegrōtus, -a, -um

diseased

aemulus, -ī, m.

rival

aequālis, -is, m. or f.

peer; companion of one's own age, contemporary

aequē

adv. to the same degree, as

aequinoctiālis, -e

adj., associated with the vernal or autumnal equinox

aequō, -āre

make level, even, or smooth

aequor, -oris, n.

a smooth expanse; hence water, the sea

aequoreus, -a, -um

of the sea, maritime

aequus, -a, -um

level, equal; fair, just

āēr, āeris, m., acc. āera

air

āërius or āëreus, -a, -um

of the air, airy

aes, aeris, n.

copper, bronze, or brass; coin, money

aestimātiō, -ōnis, f.

price, monetary value

aestimō, -āre

appraise, value, esteem

aestuō, -āre

blaze; swelter; burn with pain or desire; toss about, seethe, writhe

aestuōsus, -a, -um

hot, sweltering

aestus, -ūs, m.

heat, hot weather; swell (of the sea), flood; tumult

aetās, aetātis, f.

age, lifetime

aeternus, -a, -um

eternal, everlasting

aethēr, -eris, m.

the upper regions of space; upper air

aetherius, -a, -um

of the sky or heavens

aevum, -ī, n

time; a very long period of time, an age

afferō, -terre, attulī, allātum

bring along, come with

affidō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectum

produce an effect on; treat, visit

afflīgo, -flīgere, -flīxi, -flīctum

hit, knock down; afflict

afore

see absum

ager, agrī, m.

a piece of land; territory

agger, -eris, m.

fill, rubble; a mound

agitō, -āre

freq. of ago, shake

agnoscō, -noscere, -nōvī, -nitum

recognize

agō, agere, ēgī, actum

drive, do, conduct, throw; draw (breath); be engaged in; colloq. imper. age! agedum! agite!, come!

agricola, -ae, m.

farmer

āiō (but 3rd sing, ăit regularly in Catullus)

say

āla, -ae, f.

wing; upper arm

alacer, -cris

moving nimbly, lively; eager

albicō, -āre

have a whitish tinge

albus, -a, -um, dim. albulus

white; transparent, clear, colorless

āleō, -ōnis, m.

a habitual gambler

āles, -itis

winged

āles, alitis, m. or f.

a large bird, bird of prey; an omen or augury, such as might be obtained from the observation of birds

alga, -ae, f.

seaweed

algidus, -a, -um

cold

alid

see alius

aliēnus, -a, -um

belonging to another person or