Catullus: A Selection of Poems
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Catullus: A Selection of Poems

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Catullus: A Selection of Poems

About this book

This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin AS and A-Level (Group 3) prescription of Catullus' poems 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 17, 40, 70, 76, 85, 88, 89, 91 and 107, and the A-Level (Group 4) prescription of poems 1, 34, 62 and 64 lines 124–264, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed poems to be read in English for A Level. The poetry of Catullus is some of the most accessible and vivid literature ever composed. Yeats described his poems as ones which 'young men, tossing on their beds/ rhymed out in love's despair/ to flatter beauty's ignorant ear' and this selection reveals a writer baring his feelings on the page in lines of unforgettable force. He is rude and crude when he wants to be, but also elegant and wistful, sometimes in the same poem. Above all, he recreates what it was to be a young poet in the heady world of the Roman republic. Resources are available on the Companion Website.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781350060227
eBook ISBN
9781350060234
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Roman Ancient History
Index
History

Vocabulary

An asterisk * denotes a word in OCR’s Defined Vocabulary List for AS.
This vocabulary lists every word in the text. A long single vowel is marked with a macron (e.g. aetās), while a short single vowel is marked ˘ in those cases where it is essential to distinguish two similar words (e.g. dĭcō and dīcō). Nouns are listed with their genitive singular, and verbs are listed with all their four principal parts. Adjectives are listed with the endings of the different genders (e.g. bonus -a -um), except where the three genders are the same in the nominative where the genitive is listed (e.g. potens, potentis). This vocabulary also lists the places where words occur so that students may quickly compare and contrast the poet’s use of each word in different contexts.
*a, ab (+ablative)
away from, by
abiciō, abicere, abiēcī, abiectum
to throw aside (88.2)
abluō, abluere, abluī, ablūtum
to wash away (88.6)
abstulit see auferō
absūmō, absūmere, absumpsī, absumptum
to wear out, waste away (64.242)
abūtor, abūti, abūsus sum (+ablative)
to abuse (76.4)
*ac
and
*aciēs, aciēī, f.
gaze (64.127)
*ad...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Series Text
  4. Title Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. Text
  9. Commentary Notes
  10. Vocabulary
  11. Copyright