Catullus 39 Verbs, Proper Nouns, Relative Clauses, Five Literary Devices

VERBS

Habet- 3rd person singular present active indicative form of habere- to have

Renidet- 3rd person singular present active indicative form of renidere- to shine, glow, shine through

Excitat- 3rd person singular present active indicative form of excitare- to wake up, stir

Lugetur- 3rd person singular present passive indicative form of lugere- to mourn, grieve

Agit- 3rd person singular present active indicative form of agere- to drive

Arbitror- 1st person singular present passive indicative of "arbitrare" meaning "to think"

Esses- second person singular imperfect active subjunctive of "esse" meaning "to be"

Attingam- 1st person singular present active subjunctive of attingere" meaning "to touch"

Libet- 3rd person singular present active subjunctive of "libere" meaning "it pleases"

Lavit- 3rd person singular perfect active indicative of "lavere" meaning "to wash”

Renidere-present active infinitive meaning "to shine"

Ineptior-1st person singular present passive indicative of "ineptire" meaning "to play the fool"

Est-3rd person singular present active indicative of "esse" meaning "to  be"

Es- 2nd person singular present active indicative of "esse" meaning "to be"

Minxit- 3rd person singular perfect active indicative of "mingere" meaning "to urinate"

Solet-3rd person singular present active indicative of "solere" meaning "to be in the habit of"

Defricare- present active indicative meaning "to rub hard"

Est-3rd person singular present active indicative of "esse" meaning "to be"

Praedicet-3rd person singular present active subjunctive of "praedicare" meaning "to proclaim"

PROPER NOUNS

Egnatius-A proper Roman name of one of Spanish origin who cleans his teeth with urine (according to Catullus)

Sabinus-Referring to the Sabines, an Italic tribe who lived in Latium prior to the founding of Rome

Tiburs-Referring to Tibur, a Sabine city in Etruscan times

Etruscus-The Etruscan civilization of ancient Italy in the area corresponding roughly to Tuscany.

Umber-Umbria is a region of modern central Italy

Lanuuinus-Lanuvium is an ancient city of Latium

Transpadanus-Beyond the Po River, the longest river in Italy.

Celtiber-The Celtiberians were a Celtic-speaking people of the Iberian peninsula in the final centuries BC. The group originated when Celts from Gaul migrated and integrated with the local pre-Indo-European populations

RELATIVE CLAUSES

"quod  candidos habet dentes" (Cat 39.1)

"orba cum flet unicum mater" (Cat 39.5)

"quidquid est" (Cat 39.6)

"quodcumque agit" (Cat 39.7)

"qui puriter lavuit dentes" (Cat 39.14)

"quod quisque minxit" (Cat 39.18)

FIVE LITERARY DEVICES

Alliteration-"hunc habet" (Cat 39.7)

Allusion-"Sabinus" (Cat. 39.10)

Assonance-"vester expolitior dens est" (Cat 39.20)

Hyperbole-"nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est" (Cat 39.16)

Repetition-"renidet" (Cat 39.2,4,6,7,15)