Catullus 45 Flashcards
Acmen Septimius suos amores tenens in gremio ‘me’’ inquit ‘Acme, ni te perdite amo atque amare porro omnes sum assidue paratus annos, quantum qui pote plurimum perire, solus in Libya Indiaque tosta caesio veniam obvius leoni.’
Septimius, holding his love Acme in his lap said, “my Acme, unless I love you desperately and I have been prepared to love forward continuously for all years as much as he who is able to love very much, let me meet a gray-eyed lion in Libya and in hot India.”
Hoc ut dixit, Amor sinistra ut ante dextra sternuit approbationem. At Acme leviter caput reflectens et dulcis pueri ebrios ocellos illo purpureo ore suaviata, ‘sic’ inquit ‘mea vita Septimille, huic uni domino usque serviamus, ut multo mihi maior acriorque ignis mollibus ardet in medullis.’
As he said this, Love sneezed approval on the left as before on the right. But Acme, slightly bending back her head and having kissed the sweet drunk little eyes of the sweet boy with her purple mouth said, “My life, little Septimius, let us serve this one master continually as a greater and sharper flame in my tender marrow burns.”
Hoc ut dixit, Amor sinistra ut ante dextra sternuit approbationem. Nunc ab auspicio bono profecti mutuis animis amant amantur.
As she said this love sneezed approval on the left as before on the right. Now having set out from a good omen, they love and are loved as mutual spirits.
Unam Septimius misellus Acmen mavult quam Syrias Britanniasque: uno in Septimio fidelis Acme facit delicias libidinisque. quis ullos homines beatiores vidit, quis Venerem auspicatiorem?
Poor little Septimus prefers Acme rather than a Syrian and a Briton. The faithful Acme finds the delights and pleasures in Septimus alone. Who has seen any more happy people? Who has seen a more favorable love?
