Glossary Click on words in the text for their definition.


Quaeris
   quaero, quaerere, quaesii/quaesivi, quaesitum: seek to know, ask, inquire; seek, search for; obtain, get; miss, want

quot
   quot (indeclinable): how many? (interrogative and exclamation); quot ... tot: as many ... as; quot annis: every year.

mihi
   ego: I

basiationes
   basiatio, -onis, feminine: kissing, a kiss

tuae
   tuus -a -um, possessive personal pronoun: your (singular)

Lesbia
   Lesbia, ae, feminine: Lesbia (proper name)

sint
   sum, esse, fui, futurus: to be

satis
   satis/ sat (indeclinable adjective): enough, sufficient; adverb: enough, sufficiently

superque
   super, adverb: beyond; over, above; besides, moreover; remaining, over and above; preposition with the ablative: of place: over, above; of time: at; concerning, about; besides, beyond; with the accusative of place: over, above, upon

quam
   quam, adverb: how, in what way; interrogative: how much? how?; exclamation: how!

magnus
   magnus, -a, -um: great, large; compararative: maior, maius; superlative: maximus/maxumus, -a, -um;

numerus
   numerus, -i, masculine: number, reckoning, total

Libyssae
   Libyssa, ae, feminine: Lybia (a place name)

harenae
   harena/arena, -ae, feminine: sand; the sea-shore; the arena.

laserpiciferis
   laserpicifer/lasarpicifer, -fera, -erum: bearing or producing asafoetida; see commentary

iacet
   iaceo, iacere, iacui: be situated; lie, be still

Cyrenis
   Cyrenis, is, feminine: Cyrene (a place name)

oraclum
   oraculum, -i, neuter: oracle; the place where an oracle is given; solemn utterance, divine response, prophecy

Iovis
   Iuppiter, Iovis, masculine: Jupiter, the Roman supreme god

inter
   inter, preposition with the accusative: between, among

aestuosi
   aestuosus, -a, -um: hot, burning, agitated; adverb: aestuose

et
   et, conjunction: and

Batti
   Battus, i, masculine: Battus (proper name)

veteris
   vetus, -eris: old, ancient, of long standing; experienced; in plural as a noun: the ancients; superlative: veterrimus

sacrum
  sacer, -cra, -crum: sacred, holy, consecrated; in bad sense: accursed, devoted to destruction, horrible

sepulcrum
   sepulcrum, -i, neuter: tomb, place of burial, grave

aut
   aut, conjunction: or

quam
   quam, adverb: how, in what way; interrogative: how much? how?; exclamation: how!

sidera
   sidus, -eris, neuter: star, constellation; any luminary, heavenly body. Transfer: pride, glory

multa
   multus, -a, -um: much, great; plural: many, numerous

cum
   cum  cum, conjunction: when; whenever; since; although

tacet
   taceo, -ere, -ui, -itum: be silent, say nothing; be still, quiet;  transitive: be silent about, pass over in silence

nox
   nox, noctis, feminine: night; metonomy: sleep, darkness, gloom, death

furtivos
   furtivus, -a, -um: stolen; secret, concealed, furtive; adverb: furtive

hominum
   homo, hominis, masculine: human being, man

vident
   video, videre, vidi, visum: see; perceive, notice, observe; to look into a matter, see to, provide for

amores
   amor, -oris, masculine: love, passion, fondness, desire; metonymy: object of love, darling; personified: Love, Cupid

tam
   tam: to such a degree, so, so far

te
   tu, personal pronoun of the 2nd person singular: tu; strengthened forms in -te, -met: temet; plural: vos

basia
   basium, -i, neuter: a kiss

multa
   multus, -a, -um: much, great; plural: many, numerous

basiare
   basio, 1st conjugation: kiss

vesano
   vesanus, -a, -um: mad, insane

satis
   satis/ sat (indeclinable adjective): enough, sufficient; adverb: enough, sufficiently

et
   et, conjunction: and

super
   super, adverb: beyond; over, above; besides, moreover; remaining, over and above; preposition with the ablative: of place: over, above; of time: at; concerning, about; besides, beyond; with the accusative of place: over, above, upon

Catullo
   Catullus, i, masculine: Catullus (proper name)

quae
    qui, quae, quod, relative pronoun: who, which, what, that

nec
   nec, conjunction: and not, nor

pernumerare
   pernumero, 1st conjugation: count out, reckon up

curiosi
   curiosus, -a, -um: inquisitive; careful, attentive, painstaking; wasted by cares; adverb, curiose: carefully; inquisitively

possint
possum, posse, potui: be able

nec
   nec, conjunction: and not, nor

mala
   malus, -a, -um: bad, evil

fascinare
   fascino, 1st conjugation: bewitch; envy

lingua
   lingua, -ae, feminine: tongue; speech, language