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Catullus 45

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Acmen Septimius suos amores

tenens in gremio “mea” inquit “Acme,

ni te perdite amo atque amare porro

omnes sum assidue paratus annos,

quantum qui pote plurimum perire,         5

solus in Libya Indiaque tosta

caesio veniam obvius leoni.”

hoc ut dixit, Amor sinistra ut ante

dextra sternuit approbationem.

at Acme leviter caput refl ectens             10

et dulcis pueri ebrios ocellos

illo purpureo ore saviata,

“sic,” inquit “mea vita Septimille,

huic uni domino usque serviamus,

ut multo mihi maior acriorque                  15

ignis mollibus ardet in medullis.”

hoc ut dixit, Amor sinistra ut ante

dextra sternuit approbationem.

nunc ab auspicio bono profecti

mutuis animis amant amantur.                20

unam Septimius misellus Acmen

mavult quam Syrias Britanniasque:

uno in Septimio fi delis Acme

facit delicias libidinesque.

quis ullos homines beatiores                   25

vidit, quis venerem auspicatiorem?

 

 

 

 

Catullus 45 Bibliography

 

Poems List

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