CATVLLVS LI Ille mī pār esse deō vidētur, ille, sī fās est, superāre dīvōs, quī sedēns adversus identidem tē spectat et audit dulce rīdentem, miserō quod omnīs ēripit sēnsūs mihi: nam simul tē, Lesbia, aspexī, nihil est super mī . . . lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artūs flamma dēmānat, sonitū suōpte tintinant aurēs, geminā teguntur lumina nocte. Ōtium, Catulle, tibī molestum est; ōtiō exsultās nimiumque gestīs; ōtium et rēgēs prius et beātās perdidit urbēs. Meter: sapphic (named after the Greek lyric N.B. ellisions: (l.07) Les bi ās pe xi (l.12) mo les test (l.13) ō ti e xul tās (l.14) ō ti et |
CATVLLVS LXXXV Ōdī et amō. Quārē id faciam fortasse requīris? Nescio, sed fierī sentiō et excrucior. Meter: elegiac couplet, a Greek variation on the dactylic hexameter used in epic; commonly used for drinking songs, epitaphs, love poems, lamentations, etc. N.B. ellisions: (l.1) Ō de ta mō; Quā rid
(l.2) sen ti et |