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62 Love Poetry Core Vocabulary
How well do you know the core vocabulary (indicated by an asterisk) from Catullus' love poetry.
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| bellus, -a, -um | pretty, attractive |
| scelestus, -a, -um | wicked |
| mens, mentis, f., | mind |
| impotens, impotentis | lacking power (over self), lacking self-control |
| desino, desinere, desii, desitus | to abandon, stop, cease from |
| odi, odisse | to hate |
| requiro, requirere, requisivi, requisitus | to look for, seek, ask |
| levis, levis, leve | light, insubstantial, fickle, meaningless |
| quare = qua re | for this reason, therefore |
| vulgus, -i, n. | crowd, mob |
| nosco, noscere, novi, notus | to find out, get to know; in the perfect, to know |
| nubo, nubere, nupsi, nupturus (+ dat) | to put as a veil for, to marry |
| fides, fidei, f., | faith, good faith, reliability, trust |
| tantum ... quantum | as much as |
| foedus, foederis, n., | pact, treaty, alliance |
| perduco, perducere, perduxi, perductus | to extend, prolong |
| facite | when followed by ut, this means see to it that, bring it about that |
| fore | alternative form for futurum esse |
| vita, -ae, f. | life |
| nego, -are, -avi, -atus | to say no, deny |
| singuli, -ae, -a | one at a time, individually, separately62 |
| candidus, -a, -um | white, bright, fair-skinned |
| invideo, invide're, invidi, invisus | to look askance at; to cast a spell on; to envy, begrudge |
| sol, solis, m. | sun |
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