Catullus 49

Question 1

Disertissime Romuli nepotum, quot sunt quotque fuere, Marce Tulli, quotque post aliis erunt in annis, gratias tibi maximas Catullus agit pessimus omnium poeta, tanto pessimus omnium poeta,
quanto tu optimus omnium patronus.

Answer 1

Most eloquent of the descendants of Romulus, how many there are and how many there were, Marcus Tullius, and how many there will be in other years, Catullus, the worst poet of them all, gives the greatest thanks to you, so much the worst poet of them all, as much as you are the best patron of them all.