Catullus 7

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This is one of Catullus's poems to his mistress Lesbia. Similar to Catullus 5, this poem revels in counting kisses, with a touch of stellar voyeurism.

The meter of this poem is hendecasyllabic, a common form in Catullus' poetry.

Contents 1 Latin text and translation 2 Bibliography 3 External links

[edit] Latin text and translation

Line	Latin text	English translation
1	quaeris quot mihi basiationes	You ask how many kisses
2	tuae Lesbia sint satis superque	Of yours, Lesbia, would be enough and more for me.
3	quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae	As great as the number of Libyan sands
4	lasarpiciferis iacet Cyrenis	That lie at Cyrene producing silphium
5	oraclum Iovis inter aestuosi	Between the oracle of sweltering Jupiter
6	et Batti veteris sacrum sepulcrum	And the sacred tomb of old Battus,
7	aut quam sidera multa cum tacet nox	Or as many as the stars that, when the night is silent,
8	furtivos hominum vident amores	See the secret love affairs of men:
9	tam te basia multa basiare	For you to kiss so many kisses
10	vesano satis et super Catullo est	is more than enough for crazy Catullus,
11	quae nec pernumerare curiosi	These kisses which neither the curious can count
12	possint nec mala fascinare lingua	Nor an evil tongue bewitch.

[edit] Bibliography

• Johnston, PA (1993). "Love and Laserpicium in Catullus 7". Classical Philology 88: 328–329. doi:10.1086/367376. 

• Arkins, B (1979). "Catullus 7". L'Antiqué Classique 48: 630–635. 

• Segal, C (1974). "More Alexandrianism in Catullus VII?". Mnemosyne 27: 139–143. doi:10.1163/156852574X00836. 

• Segal, C (1968). "Catullus 5 and 7: A Study in Complementaries". American Journal of Philology 89: 284–301. doi:10.2307/293446. 

• Moorhouse, AC (1963). "Two Adjectives in Catullus 7". American Journal of Philology 84: 417–418. doi:10.2307/293237. 

[edit] External links

• Carmina for some of the texts in Latin.
• Gaius Valerius Catullus

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.