Reading 2: Carmen 5 “A Thousand Kisses and More”

1. How much does Catullus say the rumors of old men are worth? Cite the
Latin.
Catullus says the rumors of old men are worth one penny.
¨Rūmōrēsque senum sevēriōrum omnēs ūnius aestimēmus assis!¨

2. What does Catullus mean when he says that they must sleep for one
continuous night?
Catullus means that they will die eventually.
3. What does Catullus think will happen when they have kissed so many
times?
Once they have kissed so many times, they will confuse the numbers and not
know how many times they have kissed.
1. In line 1, what case and use is Lesbia?
Vocative direct address
2. Translate senum sevēriōrum (line 2).
Rather uptight old men
3. What tense and mood is aestimēmus in line 3?
Present, subjunctive
4. In line 5, what type of clause does cum introduce?
Temporal clause
5. From what word is mī (line 7) the shortened form?
Mihi
6. To what word does altera in line 9 refer?
Mile basia
7. In line 11, what is the mood, tense, and use of sciāmus?
Present subjunctive, negative purpose clause
8. What case and use is tantum in line 13?
Accusative; subject of indirect statement (predicate nominative)

Reading 3: Carmen 8 “ Farewell, Girl” 

1. What does Catullus think he has lost?
Catullus thinks he has lost something that has died, but he hasn't lost it he
needs to let go.
2. What does Catullus tell himself to do in this poem? Cite the Latin.
Catullus tells himself to stop being foolish, “desinas ineptire”.
3. Lines 13–19 contain several second person pronouns and several verbs in
the second person singular. To whom do these refer? List the pronouns and
verbs in Latin, along with their line numbers.
These verbs and pronouns refer to the girl Catullus has feelings for but she
doesn't have feelings back anymore..
Tē - line 15
Tibī - line 15
Vidēberis - line 16
Amabis - line 17
Dīcēris - line 17
Bāsiābis - line 18

1. In line 1, what word does miser modify?

Catulle
2. What is the tense, voice, and form of perīsse in line 2?
Perfect active infinitive
3. In line 5, what is the case and use of nūlla?
Ablative of agent
4. What part of speech is cum in line 6?
Adverb 
5. In line 8, what word does candidī modify?
Soles
6. What word does obstinātā modify in line 11?
Mente 
7. In line 17, translate cūius.
Whose 
8. In line 18, what is the case and use of cui?
Dative; indirect object
9. In line 18, what is the case and use of labella?
Accusative; direct object