Catullus+7

hendecasyllabic
 * Catullus 7**

//You ask how many kisses, Lesbia, are enough//
 * Quaeris quot mihi basiationes**

//and more than enough for me.// - quot to superque - indirect question - sint - present subjunctive of sum, esse
 * tuae, Lesbia, sint satis superque.**

//As great a number of Libyan sand that lie//
 * quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae**

//on lasarcipium producing Cyrene// - lasarpiciferis - really long compound word - example of Alexandrianizing - lasarpiciferis - refers to Cyrenis - Cyrenis - locative
 * lasarpiciferis iacet Cyrenis**

//between the oracle of sweltering Jupiter// - aestuosi - example of transferred epithet - adjective modifying wrong noun
 * oraclum Iovis inter aestuosi**

//and sacred tomb of old Battus// - chiasmus
 * et Batti veteris sacrum sepulcrum,**

//or as many as stars, when the night is silent,// - sidera - nom. pl.
 * aut quam sidera multa, cum tacet nox,**

//that see secret loves of men;// - hominum - gen. pl.
 * furtivos hominum vident amores;**

//that you kiss so many kisses// - can be taken as an indirect statement
 * tam te basia multa basiare**

//is enough and more for insane Catullus// - vesano refers to Catullo
 * vesano satis et super Catullo est,**

//which neither are the curious able to count nor//
 * quae nec pernumerare curiosi**

//is the evil tongue able to bewitch. - mala refers to lingua//
 * possint nec mala fascinare lingua.**