Catullus: Numbers of words

English • Latin

According to this analysis at Perseus, the Catullan corpus contains:

But take care: the first sixteen words are "in". Vocabulary data is here (Open Office, Excel, CSV).

These words are, so to speak, central. According to Perseus, whatever its flaws, these occur at least 100 times.

ā, ab – prep + abl – from, away from

bonus, -a, -um – adj – good

cum – conj – when (with indicative); since, although (with subjunctive)

cum – prep + abl – with

dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictum – say

divus, -a, -um – adj – divine, pertaining to a deity

dō, dare, dedī, datum – give

edō, edere, edī, esum – eat

ego – personal pronoun – I, me

et – conj – and

hīc – adv – here

hic, haec, hoc – demonstrative adjective/pronoun – this, these

hūc – adv – to here

ille, illa, illud – demonstrative adjective/pronoun – that, those

in – prep + abl – in, on

in – prep + acc – into

magnus, -a, -um – adj – big, large

malus, -a, -um – adj – bad

meus, -a, -um – adj – my

multus, -a, -um – adj – many

nē – conj – lest, not

neque – conj – and not, nor

nōn – adv – not

Ō – interi – oh

quam – adv – how, so

qui, quae, quod – pronomen relativum –

quis, quid – pronomen interrogativum –

quō – adv – where to

sed – conj – but

sī – conj – if

sōl, sōlis – m – sun

solus, -a, -um – adj – alone, only

sum, esse, fuī, futūrus – exstāre

tū – personal pronoun – you

ut – coni – so, so that, to

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