Catullus 7

1. Quaeris, guot mihi basiationes

2. tuae, Lesbia, sint satis superque.

3. quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae

4. lasarpiciferis iacet Cyrenis

5. oraclum lovis inter aestuosi

6. et Batti veteris sacrum sepulcrum;

Lesbia, you ask how many of your kissifications are enough and more than enough for me. As great a number of Libyan sand that lies in the cylphium producing Cyrene. Between the oracle of sweltering Jove and the sacred tomb of old Batus.

7. aut quam sidera multa, cum tacet nox,

8. furtivos hominum vident amores:

9. tam te basia multa basiare

10. vesano satis et super Catullo est,

11. quae nec pernumerare curiosi

12. possint nec mala fascinare lingua

Or as many stars, when the night is quiet, that see secret love affairs of men. To kiss you, so many kisses is enough and more then enough for crazy Catullus, which the curious men are not able to count up nor to bewitch with an evil tongue

Relative pronoun with GNC and antecedent

quam —» neuter, plural, accusative

antecedent - basia

Ablative of place where

Cyrenis

A complementary infinitive

pernumerare —» possint

Dative of reference

vesano Catullo —» crazy Catullus

A genitive plural noun

hominum —» men

Noun-adjective agreement

• Lybibyssae narende → Libyan sand

• basiationes tuae → your kissis

• lasarpiciferis Cyrenis → cylphium producing Cyrene

• sacrum sepucrum → Sacred tomb

• mala lingua → evil tongue

• magnus numberus → great number

• sidera multa → many stars

Noun in the vocative

Lesbia

Subject of iacet (line 4)

numerus

What word does aestuosi modify

Iouis

What is the case and use of sepulcrum

accusative —» preposition

What is the case and use of basia multa

accusative —» direct object

What is the case and use of lingua

ablative of means

Conjugated verbs and the subject

• vident —» sidera

• possint —» curiosi

• tacet —» nox

• est —» basiare

• quaeris —» Lesbia

• iacet —» numberus

• sint —» basiationes