Carmina, Catullus, Gaius Valerius, creator; Merrill, Elmer Truesdell, 1860-1936, editor
Elegiac
Quid facit is, Gelli, qui cum matre atque sorore
prurit et abiectis pervigilat tunicis?
quid facit is patruum qui non sinit esse maritum?
ecquid scis quantum suscipiat sceleris?
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suscipit, o Gelli, quantum non ultima Tethys
nec genitor nympharum abluit Oceanus:
nam nihil est quicquam sceleris quo prodeat ultra,
non si demisso se ipse voret capite.
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