Cat7Vocab

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quaero, quaerĕre, -sīvi or -sĭi, -sītum: ask, ask for, seek

quŏt: indecl. adj., how many, as many

bāsĭātĭo, -ōnis, f.: a kissing, kissification

Lesbĭa, -ae, f.: poetic name given the woman loved by Catullus

sătis: adv., enough

sŭper: adv., over, above; more; besides; prep. w/ acc., over

nŭmĕrus, -i, m.: number; verse, meter

hărēna, -ae, f.: sand, beach

iăcĕo, -cēre, -cŭi, -cĭtum: lie, recline

Cȳrēnae, -ārum, f.: Cyrene, a town in northwest Lybia; the province of Cyrene

ōrācŭlum, -i, n.: oracle

Iūppĭter, Iŏvis, m.: Juppiter or Zeus, chief of the Olympian gods; by metonymy, the weather, wind, sky

inter: prep. w/ acc., between, among

aestŭōsus, -a, -um: hot, sweltering

Battus, -i, m.: legendary founder of Cyrene

vĕtus, -ĕris: old

săcer, să̄cra, să̄crum: sacred, holy; accursed, detestable

sĕpulcrum, -i, n.: tomb, sepulcher

sīdus, -ĕris, n.: star, planet, constellation

multus, -a, -um: much; a lot of, many a; (pl.) many

tăcĕo, -cēre, -cŭi, -cĭtum: be silent, say nothing

nox, noctis, f.: night

furtīvus, -a, -um: secret, furtive

ămor, -ōris, m.: love; personified, the god of love

tam: adv., to such a degree, so

bāsĭo (1): kiss

vēsānus, -a, -um: frenzied, mad, wild

pernŭmĕro (1): fully enumerate, count out

cūrĭōsus, -a, -um: excessively careful, meddlesome; as subst., a busybody

mălus, -a, -um: bad, evil, malicious

fascĭno (1): to cast a fascinum or spell upon; bewitch

lingua, -ae, f.: tongue