Lēctiōnēs Additiciae: Extra Readings

The Bad Break-Up

Ō Miser Catulle! Nunc puella mea mē nōn amat. Valē, puella! Catullus obdūrat;poēta puellam nōn amat, fōrmam puellae nōn laudat, puellae rōsās nōn dat, etpuellam nōn bāsiat! Īra mea magna est! Scelesta puella mea, vae tē! Obdūrō,sed sine tē nōn valeō!-Loosely Adapted from the 8th poem of Catullus(Miser, poor, miserable. Obdūrāre -ō, -āvī, -ātum, to be obstinate. Bāsiāre, -ō-āvī, -ātum to kiss. Valēre, to be worthy, to be strong, to be healthy. Vae tē,woe is thee. Scelesta, wicked.)

The Prostitute Who Charged Too much

Ameāna, puella dēfutūta, tōtam pecūniam meam postulat. Puella cum turpiculōnasō, amīca dēcoctōris Fōrmiānī. Ō propinquī, quī puellam cūrātis! Amīcōs etmedicōs convocāte: Puella nōn est sāna. Nōn postulat id quod valet.- Adapted from the 41th poem of Catullus

(Ameāna, a woman's name. Dēfutūta, well-fucked, fucked to bits. Tōta, all.Pecūnia, money. Illa, that. Postulāre -ō, -āvī, -ātum, to ask, demand, require.Nasum, nose. Turpiculus, ugly, deformed, nasty. amīca dēcoctōris Fōrmiānī,lady-friend of flat-broke Formianius. Propinquī, here relatives. Cūrāre, -ō, -āvī, -ātum, care for, care about. Medicus, doctor. Convocāre -ō, -āvī, -ātum,call together. Sānus, sane, right in the head. Id quod valet, what she is worth.)

Martial Telling it straight

Nōn amo tē, Sabidī, nec possum dīcere quārē.Hoc tantum possum dīcere: nōn amo tē- Martial 1.32Sabidī, vocative of Sabidius, a name. Nec, nor. Possum, I can. Dīcere, to say.Quārē, why. Hoc, this, accusative case. Tantum, adv. only.

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