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CATULLUS 12

CATULLUS 12. A NAPKIN THIEF?. Marrucine Asini, manu sinistra non belle uteris. What case are Marrucine and Asini? Asini a pun? What case and declension is U? What form is uteris?. in ioco atque vino tollis lintea neglegentiorum. What “theft” has occurred? What form is neglegentiorum?

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CATULLUS 12

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  1. CATULLUS 12 A NAPKIN THIEF?

  2. Marrucine Asini, manu sinistranon belle uteris • What case are Marrucine and Asini? • Asini a pun? • What case and declension is U? • What form is uteris?

  3. in ioco atque vinotollis lintea neglegentiorum • What “theft” has occurred? • What form is neglegentiorum? • Visualize the theft.

  4. Hoc salsum esse putas? Fugit te, inepte: • Hoc...esse is what kind of expression? • What is the subject of fugit? • What is the tone here?

  5. quamvis sordida res et invenusta est • So what is the “theft” REALLY? • What can be sordida and invenusta

  6. Non Credis mihi? Crede Pollioni...fratri • Tricky verb here: credo takes dative • What form is crede? • Why envoke the brother?

  7. qui tua furta vel talento mutari velit • What form is velit? • What form is mutari? • What does the line mean?

  8. est enim leporum--differtus puer ac facetiarum • Notice the interesting selection of differtus • What case is -um? • Why refer to the brother as “puer?”

  9. Quare aut hendecasyllabos trecentos--exspecta • What will Catullus do if the napkin is not returned?

  10. aut mihi linteum remitte • What forms are remitte and exspecta in the previous line?

  11. quo me non movet aestimatione verum est mnemosynum mei sodalis • Why is the napkin valuable? • What is the significance of mnemosynum?

  12. Nam sudaria Saetaba ex Hiberis miserunt mihi muneri Fabullus et Veranius; • What “sentimental value” do these napkins have? • Why is Saetaba mentioned? • Note double dative

  13. haec amem necesse est ut Veraniolum meum et Fabullum • What form is amem? • To what does haec refer? • Veraniolum is a diminutive

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