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Horace 1.11, Catullus 5 and 8

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  • basia
    kisses
  • invida aetas
    envious time
  • fugerit (future perfect)
    will have fled
  • dum loquimur
    while we talk
  • (cum) obstinatā mente
    with a determined/resolute mind
  • candidi soles fulsere (fulsere = fulserunt)
    bright suns shone/gleamed
  • quem finem
    which end
  • nefas (est)
    it is forbidden (unspeakable offense)
  • mare Tyrrhenum
    the Tyrrhenian sea (west coast of Italy)
  • ultimam
    last/final
  • adibit
    will approach (will go toward)
  • soles occidere possunt
    suns can fall
  • miser
    love sick (wretched)
  • brevis lux
    brief light
  • soles redire possunt
    sons can return
  • volebat v. nolebat
    was wanting v. was not wanting
  • bella (the adjective)
    pretty
  • hiemes
    winter
  • cui
    to whom (for whom)
  • seu...seu
    whether...or
  • videberis (future passive)
    will you seem?
  • quis v. quem
    who v. whom
  • vere
    truly
  • quidquid
    whatever
  • quondam
    once
  • cuius
    whose
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