Catullus long poems

surgere iam tempus

it is now time to rise

nimirum

without a doubt

pernix, pernicis

persistent, preserving; agile, swift

temere

rashly, blindly

medito (1)

consider, contemplate, practice, reflect on, devise

requiro, ere, sivi, situs

require, seek, need

nec mirum

no wonder

penitus quae tota mente laborant

all their thoughts are on the work at hand

amat victoria curam

victory takes pains

saltem

at least, anyhow, in all events

despondeo, ere, despepondi, desponsus

betrothe, pledge, promise a woman in marriage

conuibium, ii, n

marriage, wedlock

pango, pangere, pepigi, pactus

compose, insert, stipulate, settle on

saepio, ire, saepsi, saeptum

surround, encircle, enclose

saeptum, i, n

fold, paddock

pronus, a, um

leaning forward

flagellum, i, n

(here) tendril, whip

iuvencus, i

young bull, young man

ulmus, i

elm tree

non aequom est pugnare

it is not right to fight

dos, dotis, 3f

dowry

anilitas, tatis, 3f

old age (of a woman)

annuo (2)

to nod, agree

sic certest

yes, certainly

devolsit ili acuto sibi pondera silice

he tore off with a sharp flint the burden of his groin

evirastus

unmanned

nothus

false, fake

redimiō, redimīre, redimiī, redimītum (4.)

to surround, encircle with a garland

terrae sola

the surface of the ground

truculentia, truculentiae, f

roughness, harshness

hilarō, hilarāre, hilarāvī, hilarātum (1.)

to cheer, gladden

reboō, reboāre, reboāvī, reboātum (1.)

to resound, echo

tībīcen, tībīcinis, m

piper, flautist

hedera, hederae, f

ivy

suēscō, suēscere, suēvī, suētum (3.)

to become accustomed

furibundus

frenzied

piger

slow, lazy, inactive

vegetus, a, um

lively, active, energetic

vadum, i, n

shore, shallow place, ford

erifugus

"(literally “masterfleeing”) - runaway

latibulum, latibulī, n

hiding place, refuge

palaestra, palaestrae, f

wrestling school

corolla, ae, f

small garland, wreath, small posy

aper, apri, m

wild boar

cauda, caudae, f

tail

rutilus, a, um

red

virgultum, virgultī, n

bush, thicket

peliacus, a, um

belonging to Mount Pelion

nasse

to have swum

verrō, verrere, verrī, versum (3.)

to sweep

abiegnus, a, um

made of fir

eximius

select, exceptional

fīniō, fīnīre, fīnīvī, fīnītum (4.)

to determine, arrange

purgo (1)

make clean, clear, cleanse

gleba, ae, f

clod, earth

falx, falcis, f

sicle, scythe

rūbīgō, rūbīginis, f

rust

gaza, gazae, f

treasury

pulvīnar, pulvīnaris, n

couch, divan, cushion, pillow

fucus, i, m

dye

mitra, ae, f

snood

amictus, amictūs, m

cloak, mantle

externo (1)

greatly madden, frighten

radicitus (adv)

by the root, completely

ne…tecti frustraretur inobservabilis error

lest the building’s inscrutable maze should confuse him

praeruptus

steep, hasty

tegmen, tegminis, n

covering, protectin

sūra, sūrae, f

calf

permulcens

soothing

dispiciō, dispicere, dispēxī, dispectum (3.)

look out, discover, scorn

caesariēs, caesariēī, f

hair, plume (on a helmet)

vertex, verticis, m

head (also whirlpool)

exuvium, exuviī, n

spoil, prize

quid facient crines cum ferro talia cedant?

what can hair do when such things yield to iron?

esse parem

to be a match/rival (to be equal)

discerpō, discerpere, discerpsī, discerptum (3.)

to pluck in pieces

recordor, recordārī, recordātum (dep.)

to think over, remember

mano (1)

flow, wash over