Catullus 87
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Catullus 87 is a poem by the Roman poet Catullus.
The meter of this poem is elegiac couplets, a common form in Catullus' poetry.
[edit] Latin text and translation
| Line | Latin text | English translation |
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| 1 | Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam | No woman is able to say that she is loved |
| 2 | vere, quantum a me Lesbia amata mea es. | to such an extent as my Lesbia has been loved by me. |
| 3 | Nulla fides ullo fuit umquam in foedere tanta, | There was no treaty with as much trust |
| 4 | quanta in amore tuo ex parte reperta mea est. | as was found in that of my love for you. |
[edit] Bibliography
Latin Wikisource has original text related to this article:
English Wikisource has original text related to this article:
- Copley, FO (1949). "Emotional Conflict and Its Significance in the Lesbia Poems". American Journal of Philology 70: 22–40. doi:.
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| Poems (Carmina) of The Roman poet Catullus |
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| 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. | |
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