Catullus 113
by Catullus, translated from Latin by Wikisource

Elegiac couplets.

1309140Catullus 113Catullus
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In Pompey's first consulship, Cinna, two men frequented
Maecilia: now appointed consul again,
the two have remained, but against each one a thousand have grown.
The seed of adultery is fertile.

Consule Pompeio primum duo, Cinna, solebant
Maeciliam: facto consule nunc iterum
manserunt duo, sed creverunt milia in unum
singula. fecundum semen adulterio.

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