Carmina, Catullus, Gaius Valerius, creator; Merrill, Elmer Truesdell, 1860-1936, editor
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O funde noster seu Sabine seu Tiburs
(nam te esse Tiburtem autumant quibus non est
cordi Catullum laedere: at quibus cordi est
quovis Sabinum pignore esse contendunt),
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sed seu Sabine sive verius Tiburs,
fui libenter in tua suburbana
villa malamque pectore expuli tussim,
non immerenti quam mihi meus venter,
dum sumptuosas adpeto, dedit, cenas.
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nam, Sestianus dum volo esse conviva,
orationem in Antium petitorem
plenam veneni et pestilentiae legi.
hic me gravido frigida et frequens tussis
quassavit usque dum in tuum sinum fugi
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et me recuravi otioque et urtica.
quare refectus maximas tibi grates
ago, meum quod non es ulta peccatum.
nec deprecor iam, si nefaria scripta
Sesti recepso, quin gravedinem et tussim
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non mi, sed ipsi Sestio ferat frigus,
qui tunc vocat me cum malum librum 1egi.
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