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Flashcards in Catullus 5 Deck (13)
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1
Q

Vivamus mea Lesbia, atque amemus,

A

Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love,

2
Q

rumoresque senum severiorum

A

and let us count the gossip of over-strict

3
Q

omnes unius aestimemus assis!

A

Old men as all worth one penny!

4
Q

soles occidere et redire possunt:

A

The Sun can set and return again;

5
Q

nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux,

A

when our short light has once set

6
Q

nox est perpetua una dormienda.

A

It is one eternal night to be slept through

7
Q

da mi basia mille, deinde centum,

A

Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred,

8
Q

dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,

A

then another thousand, then a second hundred,

9
Q

deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.

A

Then at once another thousand, then a hundred.

10
Q

dein, cum milia multa fecerimus,

A

Then, when we have made many thousands

11
Q

conturbabimus illa, ne sciamus,

A

we will muddle up the accounts, so we do not know

12
Q

aut ne quis malus inuidere possit,

A

or so that no evil person can give us the evil eye

13
Q

cum tantum sciat esse basiorum.

A

When he know that there are so many kisses.