C. Valerius Catullus, Carmina (ed. E. T. Merrill)
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Cui dono*++ lepidum++ novum*+ libellum*++++++
arido* modo+ pumice*++ expolitum++?
Corneli*, tibi; namque tu solebas*
meas esse+ aliquid*+ putare+ nugas*++,
iam tum cum* ausus+ es unus+ Italorum*
omne aevum*+ tribus+ explicare+ chartis*+,
doctis, Iuppiter*, et laboriosis!
quare habe tibi** quidquid* hoc libelli*
qualecumque**, quod, o patrona virgo*,
plus* uno maneat perenne saeclo*.
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Further comments from E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus:
poem 1 (general note)
poem 1, line 1 (general note)
poem 1, line 1: cui
poem 1, line 8: hoc
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