Gaius Valerius Catullus, 114 "To Mentula: Praise"

Catullus will praise ‘Mentula’s’ estate as long as ‘Mentula’ is broke.

 

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Mentula (Mamurra) sit dives in Firmana terra sua quae habet in se tot res bonas,

 

habet aves venatoribus, pisces, feras bestias et agros.

 

frustra: Mentula delevit pecuniam suam expensis.

 

ergo concedo Mentula sit dives, dum habet nihil.

 

laudemus terram eius, dum ipse nihil habeat.

 

Written by Robert Amstutz

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