Catullus+12

hendecasyllabic
 * Catullus 12**

//Asinius Marrucinus, you do not use//
 * Marrucine Asini, manu sinistra**

//your left hand well: in joking and wine//
 * non belle uteris: in ioco atque vino**

//you lift the napkins of rather neglegent people.// - neglegentiorum - comparative
 * tollis lintea neglegentiorum.**

//Do you think that this is witty? It escapes you, foolish one;// - indirect statement
 * hoc salsum esse putas? fugit te, inepte;**

//the matter is extremely disgraceful and unattractive.//
 * quamvis sordida res et invenusta est.**

//Do you not believe me? Believe your brother Pollio,//
 * non credis mihi? crede Pollioni**

//who would like your thefts to be changed//
 * fratri, qui tua furta vel talento**

//even by a talent: for the boy is//
 * mutari velit: est enim leporum**

//chock full of grace and cleverness// - facetiarum - gen. pl.
 * differtus puer ac facetiarum.**

//for this reason reason expect either three hundred hendecasyllables//
 * quare aut hendecasyllabos trecentos**

//or give the napkin back to me,//
 * exspecta, aut mihi linteum remitte,**

//which does not move me because of price//
 * quod me non movet aestimatione**

//but is a keepsake of my friend.//
 * verum est mnemosynum mei sodalis.**

//For Fabullus and Veranius sent Saetaban napkins to me//
 * nam sudaria Saetaba ex Hiberis**

//from the land of the Iberians as a gift;// - mihi muneri - double dative - dative of purpose
 * miserunt mihi muneri Fabullus**

//it is necessary that I love these//
 * et Veranius; haec amem necesse est**

//just as I love my little Veranius and Fabullus. -// Veraniolum - diminutive
 * ut Veraniolum meum et Fabullum.**