Catullus 76
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An Urgent Plea for a "Quid pro Quo"
Catullus appeals to the gods for salvation.
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45 terms
Latin | English |
|---|---|
| 1. Siqua recordanti benefacta prior voluptas |  If there is any pleasure for a man in remembering former |
| 2. est homini, cum se cogitat esse pium, | good deeds, when he thinks himself to be dutiful, |
| 3. nec sanctum violasse fidem, nec foedere nullo | nor to have violated a sacred trust, nor in any contract |
| 4. diu\um\ ad fallendos numin\e\ abusum homines, | of the gods abused divine power to deceive men, |
| 5. multa parata manent in longa aetate, Catulle, | much joy remains for you in this long life, Catullus, |
| 6. ex hoc ingrato gaudia amore tibi. | furnished from this ungrateful love to you. |
| 7. Nam quaecumque homines bene cuiquam aut dicere possunt | For whatever man can either say or do well for anyone |
| 8. aut facere, haec a te dictaque factaque sunt. | these are said and done by you. |
| 9. Omnia quae ingratae perierunt credita menti. | All the things which have perished were entrusted to an ungrateful mind. |
| 10. Quare iam te cur amplius excrucies? | Therefore why Catullus do you torture yourself now even more? |
| 11. Quin tu anim\o\ offirmas atq\ue\ istinc te ipse reducis, | Why are you making your mind firm and not from the state you are in you bring back Why then don't you firm yourself up in your mind |
| 12. et dis invitis desinis esse miser? | and why don't you cease to be miserable? |
| 13. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem, | It is difficult suddenly to place long love, |
| 14. difficile est, verum hoc qualubet eficias; | it is difficult, but this you must somehow or another; |
| 15. una salus haec est, hoc est tibi pervincendum, | one salvation is this, this is to you overwhelming, |
| 16. hoc facias, sive id non pote sive pote. | this you should do, whether this is possible or not possible. |
| 17. O di, si vestrum est misereri, aut si quibus umquam | O gods, if it is within you to have mercy, or if to anyone at any time |
| 18. extremam iam ipsa in morte tulistis opem, | now in death itself you have supported last-minute help |
| 19. me miserum aspicite et, si vitam puriter egi, | look at miserable me and, if I have conducted life in a clean manner, |
| 20. eripite hanc pestem perniciemque mihi, | take away this plague and destruction for me, |
| 21. quae mihi subrepens imos ut torpor in artus | who having stolen upon this innermost joy so that numbness in my limbs |
| 22. expulit ex omni pectore laetitias. | is expelled out of my entire chest. |
| 23. Non iam illud quaero, contra me ut diligat illa, | I seek this thing no longer, against me so that is singled out/prized, |
| 24. aut, quod non potis est, esse pudica velit: | or, that which is not able, that she want to be virtuous: |
| 25. ipse valere opto et taetrum hunc deponere morbum. | I choose to have strength and to put away this revolting disease. |
| 26. O di, reddite mi hoc pro pietate mea. | O gods, prepare this of me in return for my loyalty. |
| Recordanti (1) | present dative singular participle |
| esse (2) | infinitive I.S. |
| Fallendos (4) | gerundive - future passive participle translate as something that must be done ad + gerundive = purpose |
| diuum (4) | brings up gods because.... its most emphatic genitive contracted from diorum |
| fidem (3) | language of contract again (70, 73) |
| Theme of speech vs. action | he's saying that he actually follows his words through with his actions but Lesbia promised a lot of things that she never actually put into action |
| dis invitis (12) | Absolute Ablative |
| violasse (3) | perfect contracted infinitive |
| ex hoc ingrato gaudia amore tibi(6) | hoc ingrato gaudia amore = ablative tibi = dative |
| cuicum (7) | dative singular |
| amplius (10) | comparative |
| Less of a stary-eyed and now more legal | Theme of right vs. wrong |
| perierunt theme | theme of being destroyed (look at 85) |
| reddite (26) | imperative |
| diligat + vellit (23-24) | present subjunctive indirect command |
| eficias (14) | horatory |
| difficile est (14) | exact middle of poem, transition |
| love | =disease that he not only needs to be cured from but also deserves to be cured |
| longum subito (13) | long love with wanting (but not really expecting) instant cure |
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