catullus poem 1
Lisa Cordes /
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- Modified on 2026-05-27 16:06:22
- Translated by (Leonard C. Smithers, 1894)
- Aligned by Lisa Cordes
Latin
English
Cui dono lepidum novum libellum
arido modo pumice expolitum ?
Corneli , tibi ; namque tu solebas
meas esse aliquid putare nugas ,
iam tum cum ausus es unus Italorum
omne aevum tribus explicare chartis ,
doctis , Iuppiter , et laboriosis !
quare habe tibi quidquid hoc libelli
qualecumque , quod , o patrona virgo ,
plus uno maneat perenne saeclo .
arido modo pumice expolitum ?
Corneli , tibi ; namque tu solebas
meas esse aliquid putare nugas ,
iam tum cum ausus es unus Italorum
omne aevum tribus explicare chartis ,
doctis , Iuppiter , et laboriosis !
quare habe tibi quidquid hoc libelli
qualecumque , quod , o patrona virgo ,
plus uno maneat perenne saeclo .
To
whom
inscribe
my
charming
new
book
just
out
and
with
ashen
pumice
polished
?
Cornelius
,
to
you
!
for
you
used
to
deem
my
triflings
of
account
,
and
at
a
time
when
you
alone
of
Italians
dared
unfold
the
ages
'
abstract
in
three
chronicles
-
learned
,
by
Jupiter
!
-
and
most
laboriously
written
.
Therefore
take
this
booklet
,
such
as
it
is
,
and
,
O
Virgin
Patroness
,
may
it
outlive
generations
more
than
one
.