Catullus 11-13

Question 1

Furi et Aureli comites Catulli,

Answer 1

Furius and Aurelius, comrades of Catullus,

Question 2

sive in extremos penetrabit Indos,

Answer 2

whether he shall penetrate into farthest India,

Question 3

litus ut longe resonante Eoa

tunditur unda,

Answer 3

as the shore is pounded by the eastern wave echoing far away,

Question 4

sive in Hyrcanos Arabesve molles,

Answer 4

Whether (he shall penetrate) among the Hyrcanians or the soft Arabs

Question 5

seu Sagas sagittiferosve Parthos,

Answer 5

or into the land of Sagae arrow-carrying Parthians

Question 6

sive quae septemgeminus colorat

aequora Nilus,

Answer 6

or into the seas which the seven mouthed Nile colors,

Question 7

Sive trans altas gradietur Alpes,

Answer 7

or he shall step across the high Alps,

Question 8

Caesaris visens monimenta magni,

Answer 8

seeing the monuments of great Caesar,

Question 9

Gallicum Rhenum horribile aequor ulti-

mosque Britannos,

Answer 9

the Gallic Rhine, the horrible sea and the farthest Britains,

Question 10

omnia haec, quaecumque feret voluntas

caelitum,

Answer 10

all these things, whatever the will of the gods will bring,

Question 11

temptare simul parati,

Answer 11

prepared to try at the same time,

Question 12

pauca nuntiate meae puellae

non bona dicta.

Answer 12

announce a few words, not good, to my girl.

Question 13

cum suis vivat valeatque moechis,

Answer 13

Let her live and let her be well with her adulterers,

Question 14

quos simul complexa tenet trecentos,

Answer 14

whom 300 she holds having embraced them at the same time,

Question 15

nullum amans vere, sed identidem omnium

ilia rumpens;

Answer 15

loving no one truly, but repeatedly breaking the groins of all of them;

Question 16

nec meum respectet, ut ante, amorem,

Answer 16

And let her not regard/respect my love, as before,

Question 17

qui illius culpa cecidit velut prati

ultimi flos,

Answer 17

which by her own fault has fallen, just like a flower of the farthest field,

Question 18

praetereunte postquam tactus aratro est.

Answer 18

after it was touched by a passing plow.

Question 19

Marrucine Asini, manu sinistra

non belle uteris:

Answer 19

Asinius Marrucinus, you do not use your left hand handsomely:

Question 20

in ioco atque vino

Answer 20

among the joking and the wine

Question 21

tollis lintea neglegentiorum.

Answer 21

you steal the napkins of the rather negligent.

Question 22

hoc salsum esse putas? fugit te, inepte:

Answer 22

Do you think that this is spicy/witty/funny? It escapes you, foolish one:

Question 23

quamvis sordida res et invenusta est.

Answer 23

how dirty and unattractive the matter is.

Question 24

non credis mihi?

Answer 24

You don’t believe me?

Question 25

crede Pollioni
fratri, qui tua furta vel talento
mutari velit:

Answer 25

Believe your brother Pollio,

who is willing to exchange your thefts even for a talent:

Question 26

est enim leporum

differtus puer ac facetiarum.

Answer 26

for the boy is full of charm and wit.

Question 27

quare aut hendecasyllabos trecentos exspecta,

Answer 27

Therefore expect either 300 hendecasyllables

Question 28

aut mihi linteum remitte,

Answer 28

or send my napkin back to me,

Question 29

quod me non movet aestimatione,

Answer 29

which does not move me because of its value/worth,

Question 30

verum est mnemosynum mei sodalis.

Answer 30

but it is a souvenir of my friend.

Question 31

nam sudaria Saetaba ex Hiberis
miserunt mihi muneri Fabullus
et Veranius:

Answer 31

For Fabullus and Veranius
sent Saetaban napkins from Spain
to me as a gift:

Question 32

haec amem necesse est

Answer 32

it is necessary that I love these things

Question 33

ut [amo] Veraniolum meum et Fabullum.

Answer 33

as (I love) my little Veranius and Fabullus.

Question 34

Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me

Answer 34

You will dine well, my Fabullus, at my house

Question 35

paucis, si tibi di favent, diebus,

Answer 35

in a few days, if the gods favor you,

Question 36

si tecum attuleris bonam atque magnam cenam,

Answer 36

if you bring with you a good and large dinner,

Question 37

non sine candida puella

Answer 37

not without a radiant girl

Question 38

et vino et sale et omnibus cachinnis.

Answer 38

and wine and salt and all your loud laughter.

Question 39

haec si, inquam, attuleris, venuste noster,

Answer 39

If, I say, you bring these things, my charming man,

Question 40

cenabis bene; nam tui Catulli

plenus sacculus est aranearum.

Answer 40

you will dine well; for the little purse of your Catullus

is full of spider webs.

Question 41

sed contra accipies meros amores

Answer 41

But in return, you will receive pure love

Question 42

seu quid suavius elegantiusve est:

Answer 42

or what is sweeter or more elegant:

Question 43

nam unguentum dabo,

Answer 43

for I will give (you) perfume,

Question 44

quod meae puellae

donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque,

Answer 44

which the Venuses and Cupids gave to my girl,

Question 45

quod tu cum olfacies, deos rogabis,

Answer 45

which, when you smell it, you will ask the gods,

Question 46

totum ut te faciant, Fabulle, nasum.

Answer 46

to make you entirely a nose, Fabullus.