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30 Cards in this Set
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Leisure, Catullus, is annoying to you: you exult and rejoice too much in leisure: leisure has destroyed both kings before and fortunate cities.
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Otium, Catulle, tibi molestum est: otio exsultas nimiumque gestis: otium et reges prius et beatas perdidit urbes.
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subjunctive hortatory
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What is the mood and use of vivamus?
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genitive of price/ value
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What case and use is assis?
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passive periphrastic
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What construction is est...dormienda?
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basia
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To what word does altera refer?
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subjunctive, present, negative purpose clause
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What is the mood, tense, and use of sciamus?
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Lesbia and Catullus
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The subject of amemus (line 1) refers to
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the love of Lesbia and Catullus
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In line 2, it is implied that the rumors are about
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life
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In line 5 brevis lux refers to
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anaphora
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In lines 7-10, there is an example of
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basia (L. 7)
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milia multa (line 10) refers to
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subjunctive, indirect question
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Line 2 What is the mood and use of sint?
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accusative, object of a preposition
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Line 6 What is the case and use of sepulcrum?
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basiare
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Line 10 What is the subject of est?
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dative (mihi)
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Line 1 What is the case of mi?
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videtur
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Line 2 To what verb is superare complementary?
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Present, active
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Line 3 What is the tense and voice of the participle sedens?
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mihi
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Line 5 What word does misero modify?
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nominative, flamma
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Line 9 What case is tenuis and what word does it modify?
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nocte
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Line 11 What word does gemina modify?
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ablative of means
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Line 12 What is the case and use of nocte?
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nominative, subject
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Line 15 What is the case and use of otium?
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Catullus
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In line 1, mi refers to
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that man
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The antecedent of qui (L. 3) is
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Catullus is watching Lesbia
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From lines 5-7, it appears that
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asyndeton (lack of conjunctions)
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Lines 9-12 contain an example of
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anaphora
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What figure of speech is found with "otium" at the beginning of successive clauses L. 13-15?
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Catullus uses language of counting in both poems. In Poem 5 he claims that he wants to give Lesbia a "thousand kisses, then a hundred" and so on (basia mille, deinde centum). In Poem 7 he claims that he wants "to kiss you many kisses" (te basia multa basiare)
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Similarity about language of counting/ numbers
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In Poem 5, Catullus mentions that he does not want "anyone evil to envy" his and Lesbia's relationship (quis malus invidere). He also mentions that he does not want "evil tongue to envy" in Poem 7 (mala fascinere lingua)
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Similarity about other people judging
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They compare a man to a god (deo), they mention sweet laughter, the poet's tongues "don't work," both poems mention a woman who already has a man
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Similarities between Sappho's poem and Catullus' poem
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