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Catullus: Vocabulary from 'Poetry and Friendship'
Test your knowledge of the words used in Catullus' 'Poetry and Friendship'. Note: This quiz tests the vocabulary taken from this poem only.
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| hesterno die | yesterday |
| otiosi | leisure |
| lusimus | we amused ourselves |
| meis | my |
| tabellis | writing-tablets |
| ut | as |
| convenerat | agreed |
| delicatos | frivolous |
| scribens | writing |
| versiculos | short verses |
| uterque | each |
| nostrum | of us |
| numero | metre |
| reddens | replying |
| mutua | in turn |
| iocum | humour |
| vinum | wine |
| abii | I left |
| lepore | charm |
| incensus | enflamed |
| facetiis | wit |
| cibus | food |
| iuvaret | delight |
| somnus | sleep |
| tegeret | cover |
| quiete | quiet |
| ocellos | eyes |
| toto | whole |
| indomitus | wild |
| furore | passion |
| lecto | bed |
| versarer | toss and turn |
| cupiens | wanting |
| videre | to see |
| lucem | daylight |
| tecum | with you |
| loquerer | speak |
| simul | together with you |
| essem | I might be |
| defessa | exhausted |
| labore | effort |
| membra | limbs |
| postquam | after |
| semimortua | half-dead |
| lectulo | bed |
| iacebant | lie |
| iucunde | dear friend |
| tibi | for you |
| feci | I made |
| ex quo | from which |
| perspiceres | you might see |
| dolorem | grief |
| audax | arrogant |
| cave | be careful |
| preces | requests |
| oramus | beg |
| despuas | reject |
| poenas | punishment |
| reposcat | demand |
| vemens | powerful |
| dea | goddess |
| laedere | harm |
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Royal Grammar School High Wycombe |
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