latin catullus poems sem1

Apostrophe def

Addressing someone present at the time

Litotes

Negate opposite of something, eg ‘not a bad idea’

Diminutive def

To make a word short/little/cute

Line framing

When first and last word have same ending

Alliteration def

Repition of constant sounds

Anaphora

Repition of same worlds at start of different clauses

Asyndeton def

Lack of conjugation

Hendiadys def

Expressing idea with two nouns joined in conjunction, ex. Catullus 2

Hyperbole

Exaggeration

Metonymy def

Substation of words for something else

Onomatopoeia

Words that sound like their meaning, ex Catullus 2 with chirp

Personification

Human characteristics given to inanimate objects

Simile

Like or as, ‘sicut’

Polysyndeton

Use of may conjunctions ‘-que’

Summary of Catullus 2

Catullus sees bird as ‘solar for sadness’ for Lesbia until she can be with him

Descrip of how the sparrow acts around Lesbia

Grammar in Catullus 2

Line framing, apostrophe

Line framing C2

Cui primum digitus dare appenti, datives that agree

Apostrophe C2

Addressing sparrow at the start

Summary of Catullus 3

Sparrow dies, girl is sad, tone switch when sparrow travels to underworld

Grammar in Catullus 3

Apostrophe, litotes, dimunative

Apostrophe in Catullus 3

Addressing ‘lugete, o venere cupidinesque’

Litotes in Catullus 3

‘unde negant redire’ ; where no one returns because they are dead

Dimunitive in Catullus 3

‘O miselle passer’

Catullus 5 summary

Catullus wants many kisses from lesbia, carpe diem, shortness of life

Figures of speech in Catullus 5

Anaphora, hyperbole, metaphor, polysndeton, hortatory subjunctive

Anaphora in Catullus 5

Dien/diende

Hyperbole in Catullus 5

‘Basia mille… centum”

Metaphor in Catullus 5

‘Brevis lux/nox perpetua’

Hortatory subjunctive in Catullus 5

Vivamus, amemus (let us live, love)

Catullus 7 summary

Infintite desire for kisses from lesbia

Figures of speech in Catullus 7

Rhetorical question, hyperbole, anaphora

Rhetorical question in Catullus 7

First line

Hyperbole Catullus 7

Kisses compared to Libyan sands

Anaphora in Catullus 7

Repitition of quam

Catullus 12 summary

Asinius stole napkin from Catullus during dinner party, Catullus calls him cheap, threaten to write 300 poems about him unless return it, napkin from fabulllus

Figure of speech Catullus 12

Apostrophe, litotes, rhetorical question

Aposthrope Catullus 12

Marrucine Asini

Litotes in Catullus 12

Non belle, understatement of rudeness

Rhetorical question in Catullus 12

Hoc salsum esse putas

Catullus 13 summary

Mock invitation to fabulllus to a dinner party, he must bring food, girl, laughter, wine; Catullus promise him Lesbia’s perfume

Figures of speech in Catullus 13

Hyperbole, alliteration

Hyperbole in Catullus 13

‘Totum ut te faciant… nasum’

Alliteration in Catullus 13

‘Bonam atque magnam’

Catullus 36 summary

Catullus tells volusius to burn his annales as a sacrifice to fulfill vow made by lesbia to burn his own poems if she return to him

Figures of speech Catullus 36

Alliteration

Alitteration in Catullus 36

Pessimi poetae

Catullus 85 summary

Conflict between love and hate of the same person; helplessness, he doesn’t know what he’s doing

Figures of speech in Catullus 85

Indirect question, paradox

Indirect question in Catullus 85

Why I do this you may ask?

Paradox in Catullus 85

I hate and i love