Vocab
beatus, beata, beatum
prosperous, happy
etsi
even if, although
Find the verb:
nec sese a gremio illius movebat
movebat
What type of animal was Lesbia's pet?
sparrow
passer mortuus est meae puellae
the sparrow of my girl is dead
modo...modo
now...now; sometimes...sometimes
fas, n.
that which is morally right, proper
Find the nominative:
otium et reges prius et beatas perdidit urbes.
otium
What important Greek poet inspired "Catullus I", and what island is she from?
Sappho; Lesbos
soles occidere et redire possunt
candidus, candida, candidum
bright, shining
tenuis, tenuis, tenue
thin
In the sentence
"vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus"
"vivamus" and "amemus" are examples of what type of subjunctive?
hortatory
In "Catullus II," why does Catullus suggest that he and Lesbia should lose count of the number of kisses?
So that they don't know how many there are, and so that no evil person can envy them
otium, Catulle, tibi molestum est.
leisure, Catullus, is troublesome for you.
leisure
otium, otii (n)
woman
mulier, mulieris (f)
In the sentence "nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle quam mihi," what is the accusative subject of the indirect statement?
se
In "Catullus III", what are at least two of the activities that Lesbia's sparrow used to do when it was alive?
it knew Lesbia as well as a girl knows her mother
jumping around here and there
continuously chirping to its mistress alone
ille mi par esse deo videtur
that man seems to me to be equal to a god
cover
tego, tegere, texi, tectum
break
rumpo, rumpere, rupi, ruptum
In the sentence, "nox est perpetua una dormienda", "est dormienda" is an example of what?
gerundive
In Catullus II, what do Catullus' references to the "senum severiorum" and "ne quis malus" suggest about how their relationship is being perceived?
That it's controversial, disapproved of
sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.
But what a woman says to a passionate lover, is suitable to write in the wind and swift water