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Catullus 70

Lesbia might say she will be true to Catullus, but she is not to be trusted.

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Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle 
........quam mihi, non si se Iuppiter ipse petat.
dicit: sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti,
........in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.

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Meter: elegiacs.
1. nulli: Dative singular; the Genitive form would be nullius.
2. se: more conventional grammar would expect the form eam.
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last updated October 17, 2003
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