{"id":30,"date":"2016-08-29T10:46:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T14:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:21:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:21:35","slug":"catullus-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/catullus-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Catullus 5"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Lesbia\"
Lesbia (1878) John Reinhard Weguelin. This pseudonym associates her with Lesbos, referring either to the island\u2019s great poet Sappho, or to the beauty contests that took place there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What conjugation is vivo, vivere, vixi, victum?<\/div>
Answer 1<\/a><\/div>
3rd<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What form of a 3rd conjugation verb ends in -am, -as, -at, -amus, etc.?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Present Subjunctive<\/div>
Prompt 3<\/a><\/div>
What do you call a 1st person jussive subjunctive?<\/div>
Answer 3<\/a><\/div>
Hortatory<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/p><\/div> mea <\/a>

\nOvid says that Lesbia was a pseudonym that Catullus gave his beloved (Tristia 2.427-8). According to Apuleius (c.124CE-170), her real name was Clodia (Apol. 10). Later scholars have identified her with a sister of the P. Clodius Pulcher, Cicero\u2019s political rival who came to a bad end.
\n<\/div> atque amemus,<\/p>\n

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Several of the poems give the impression that Lesbia was married. The Clodia with whom she is usually identified was married to her dull cousin, Q. Metellus Celer, but caused a scandal by her adulterous affairs.
\n<\/div> senum severiorum<\/p>\n

omnes unius aestimemus <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What kind of genitive is this?<\/div>
Answer 1<\/a><\/div>
Genitive of value or price. Cf. J&S 69. In Catullus’ day, a Roman Legionary earned 10 asses a day (so common soldiers were NOT well paid!). \"AsSextus Pompey bronze as, struck in Sicily 43-36 B.C., obverse:- Laureate head of Janus with features of Pompey the Great, reverse:- Prow of Galley, PIVS above IMP below<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>!<\/p>\n

soles occidere et redire possunt:<\/p>\n

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What case\/cases take this form?<\/div>
Answer 1<\/a><\/div>
Dative and ablative plural<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
With what word should you take this pronoun?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Dormienda<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div> cum semel occidit brevis lux,<\/p>\n

nox est perpetua una <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What form consists of the verb stem plus the endings \u2013ndus, -nda, -ndum?<\/div>
Answer 1<\/a><\/div>
Gerundive<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What conjugation is formed by the gerundive with the verb to be?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Passive Periphrastic<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
So, if we take nobis with dormienda, what kind of dative is it?<\/div>
Answer 3<\/a><\/div>
Dative of agent.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>.<\/p>\n

da mi <\/a>

Roman erotic art tends to emphasize sexual positions over romantic kissing but Catullus and Ovid celebrate locking lips with a passion! \"PolyphemusPolyphemus and Galatea kissing. Fresco from Pompeii, House of the Ancient Hunt (VII, 4, 48). This rare example of a passionate embrace is now in the Gabinetto Segreto in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, in Naples <\/div> mille, deinde centum,<\/p>\n

dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,<\/p>\n

deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.<\/p>\n

dein, cum milia multa <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What 2 forms are spelled thus?<\/div>
Answer 1<\/a><\/div>
Future perfect indicative and perfect subjunctive.
\nThe meter requires a long \u2013i- here in the penultimate syllable but the form is nonetheless a future perfect indicative here. By Catullus\u2019 day, the short i of the future perfect was often treated as long for metrical purposes.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n

conturb\u0101bimus illa, ne <\/a>

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Prompt 1<\/a><\/div>
What is the verb mood (indicative, imperative, or subjunctive)?<\/div>
Answer 1<\/a><\/div>
Subjunctive<\/div>
Prompt 2<\/a><\/div>
What constructions pair ne with the subjunctive?<\/div>
Answer 2<\/a><\/div>
Indirect command (in negative), negative purpose clause, verb of fearing clause, [less commonly: prohibitions, exhortations, jussive phrases (ne plus perfect subjunctive).<\/div>
Prompt 3<\/a><\/div>
Which construction is most likely here?<\/div>
Answer 3<\/a><\/div>
Negative purpose clause.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/p>\n

aut ne quis malus <\/a>

Here invidere has the sense to cast the evil eye (or cast spells). Spells were believed to gain power and efficacy if they included precise numbers to help target the object of their magic. \"Medea\"\/Medea (1866-68) Frederick Sandys. Medea may have been one the greatest witches of antiquity but her power did not bring her happiness in love.<\/div> possit,<\/p>\n

cum tantum <\/a>

Here we have an example of subjunctive by attraction. Sciat is in subjunctive form because it has been attracted into the same mood as sciamus and possit.<\/div> esse basiorum.<\/p>\n\n
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mea atque amemus, senum severiorum omnes unius aestimemus ! soles occidere et redire possunt: cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una . da mi mille, deinde centum, dein mille altera, dein secunda centum, deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum. dein, cum milia multa conturb\u0101bimus illa, ne aut ne quis malus possit, cum tantum […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1279,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/1279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/loveandrevolution\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}