Catullus Unit 3 Vocab Pt. 1

arca, arcae F

box; wealth

elevo, elevare, elevavi, elevatus

to make light of

flosculus, flosculi M

the best of anything, the "flower"

sino, sinere, sivi, situs

to allow

arista, aristae F

grain crop; harvest

osculatio, osculationis F

kissing

satur, satura, saturum

well-fed; rich

seges, segetis F

crop

facinus, facinoris N

deed; crime

inauro, inaurare, inauravi, inauratus

to gild

moribundus, moribunda, moribundum

dying

praepono, -ponere, -posui, -positus

to place in front of or before

praeterquam

except, besides

abstergo, abstergere, abstersi, abstersus

to wipe off

articulus, articuli M

finger

cesso, cessare, cessavi, cessatus

to cease from

commeio, commeiere, commixi, commictus

to wet; defile

contraho, contrahere, contraxi, contractus

to enter into agreement

crux, crucis F

hanging tree

demo, demere, dempsi, demptus

to withdraw

diluo, diluere, dilui, dilutus

to drench

elleborum, ellebori N

hellebore (a poisonous plant)

excrucio, excruciare, excruciavi, excruciatus

to torture

gutta, guttae F

drop

impunis, impunis, impune

unpunished

infestus, infesta -um

unsafe; hostile

lupa, lupae F

prostitute

praeterea

besides, thereafter; in addition

propono, proponere, proposui, propositus

to display; propose

purgo, purgare, purgavi, purgatus

to make clean

saevitia, saevitiae F

rage; cruelty

spurcus, spurca, spurcum

dirty; morally polluted

suaviolum, suavioli N

tender kiss

suffigo, suffigere, suffixi, suffixus

to fix/fasten

surripio, surripere, surripui, surreptus

to steal

tamquam

as, just as, just as if

tantillus, tantilla, tantillum

so small