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Catullus 9

Catullus’ friend Veranius has just returned from military service in Spain. Catullus is very happy to see him.

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Verani, omnibus e meis amicis
antistans mihi milibus trecentis,
venistine domum ad tuos penates
fratresque unanimos anumque matrem?
venisti. o mihi nuntii beati!.................................5
visam te incolumem audiamque Hiberum
narrantem loca, facta, nationes,
ut mos est tuus, applicansque collum
iucundum os oculosque suaviabor.
o quantum est hominum beatiorum,..................10
quid me laetius est beatiusve?

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Meter: hendecasyllabics.
1. Verani: vocative.
2. mihi: Dative of Reference.
5. Exclamations are usually Accusative.
7. narrantem: sc. te.
10. Similar construction to that in poem 3, line 2.
laetius, beatius: neuter comparative adjectives modifying quid. Using neuter rather than masculine is more sweeping than quis.
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