Catullus+1


 * Catullus 1**
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//To whom do I give the charming new little book// - dative singular
 * Cui dono lepidum novum libellum**

//polished just now with a dry pumice stone// - arida ... pumice - ablative means - expolitum - perf. pass. part - pumice expolitum- elision
 * arida modo pumice expolitum?**

//To you Cornelius//: //for you were accustomed -// Corneli - vocative sing.
 * Corneli, tibi: namque tu solebas**

//to think that my trifles were something// - indirect statement
 * meas esse aliquid putare nugas**

//already at that time, when you alone of the Italians dared -// Italorum - partitive genitive - ausus es - semi-deponent - 2nd, sing, perf, act, ind.
 * iam tum, cum ausus es unus Italorum**

//to unroll all of history with three volumes**,**//
 * omne aevum tribus explicare cartis**

//learned and labored over, by Jupiter//**,** - doctis, laboriosis - adjectives with cartis
 * doctis, Iuppiter, et laboriosis.**

//for this reason, take for yourself whatever this (is) of a little book//
 * quare habe tibi quidquid hoc libelli,**

//whatever sort which may//
 * qualecumque quod,  patrona virgo,**

//endure for more than one perennial generation, O Patron Virgin.//
 * plus uno maneat perenne saeclo.**