The Poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus/92

Text And Translation

Line	Latin Text	English Translation
1	Lesbia mi dicit semper male nec tacet umquam	Lesbia is always verbally abusing me, and is never silent
2	de me: Lesbia me dispeream nisi amat.	about me: may I perish if Lesbia does not love me.
3	quo signo? qui sunt totidem mea: deprecor illam	By what sign? Because my matters are just the same: I criticise her
4	assidue, verum, dispeream nisi amo.	constantly, even so, may I perish if I do not love her.

Vocabulary

Line 2

• dispereo, -ire, -ii - be undone; perish

• nisi - unless

Line 3

• totidem - just as many; just the same; all the same

• deprecor, -ari, -atus sum - criticise; deprecate

Line 4

• assidue (adv.) - constantly; continually

• verum (adv.) - truly; even so; but; yet; still

External Links

• Catullus 92 A Translation of Catullus 92
• Catullus 92 Another Translation of Catullus 92