Catullus 46

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Catullus 46 is a poem by the Roman poet Catullus. The poem is believed to have been written shortly before the poet's return from serving under the governor of Bithynia.

[edit] Latin text and translation

Line	Latin text	English translation
1	Iam ver egelidos refert tepores	Now Spring brings back unchilled warmth
2	iam caeli furor aequinoctialis	Now the fury of equinoctial sky
3	iucundis Zephyri silescit aureis.	falls silent with the cheerful breezes of the West Wind
4	Linquantur Phrygii, Catulle, campi	Catullus, let the Phrygian fields be left behind
5	nicaeaeque ager uber aestuosae:	and the fertile field of sweltering Nicaea
6	ad claras asiae volemus urbes.	Let us fly to the bright cities of Asia
7	Iam mens praetrepidans avet vagari,	Now my mind, trembling with anticipation, wishes to wander
8	iam laeti studio pedes vigescunt.	Now my happy feet grow strong with eagerness
9	O dulces comitum valete coetus,	O sweet gatherings of friends, be well,
10	longe quos simul a domo profectos	which from afar having set out together from home
11	diversae varie viae reportant.	diverse paths carry back in different directions.

[edit] Bibliography

• Elder, John (1951). "Notes on Some Conscious and Subconscious Elements in Catullus' Poetry". Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 60: 101–136. doi:10.2307/310887. 

• Putnam, Michael (1962). "Catullus' Journey (Carm. 4)". Classical Philology 57: 10–19. doi:10.1086/364642. 

[edit] External links

• http://rudy.negenborn.net/catullus/text2/l46.htm
• Carmina for some of the texts in Latin.

Poems (Carmina) of The Roman poet Catullus
Lesbia poems	2, 2b, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 36, 37, 51, 58, 68, 70, 72, 75, 76, 79, 83, 85, 86, 87, 91, 92, 104, 107, 109
Invective poems	10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 49, 52, 53, 54, 57, 59, 60, 69, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 80, 84, 88, 89, 90, 93, 95, 97, 98, 103, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 116
Unusual poetic meters	4, 8, 11, 17, 22, 25, 29, 30, 31, 34, 37, 39, 44, 51, 52, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64
Hendecasyllabic verse	1, 2, 2b, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 14b, 15, 16, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 58b
Elegiac couplets	65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116
See also the list of poems by Catullus.