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Catullus, Poem 70nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere mallequam mihi, non si se Iuppiter ipse petat.dicit: sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti,in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.1 nullus, nulla, nullum - not any, nose - himself, herself, itselfdico, dicere, dixi, dictus - saymulier, mulieris, f. - womanmeus, mea, meum - mynubo, nubere, nupsi + dat. - marrymalo, malle, malui - prefer2 quam - thanego, mei - I, menon - notsi - ifse - himself, herself, itselfIuppiter, Iovis, m. - Jupiteripse, ipsa, ipsum - himself, herself, itselfpeto, petere, petivi, petitus - pursue3 dico, dicere, dixi, dictus - saysed - butmulier, mulieris, f. - womancupidus, cupida, cupidum - eager,passionatequi, quae, quod - who, whichdico, dicere, dixi, dictus - sayamans, amantis, m. - lover4 in - in, onventus, venti, m. - windet - andrapidus, rapida, rapidum - fast-flowing, swift,rapidscribo, scribere, scripsi, scriptus - writeoportet, oportere, oportuit - oughtaqua, aquae, f. - water50 WJEC Level 2 Latin Literature Unit 9541 Love and Marriage
1. Read the poem (aloud if possible) or listen to the audio on the CSCP website.2. Study the vocabulary.3. Read the poem (or listen to the audio) again.4. Find a noun-and-adjective phrase in the nominative case in line 1, which tells you who (according to Catullus)says (dicit) something.5. Which word in line 1 shows that Catullus regards the mulier as being in some relationship with him? (It is clearfrom another poem, which refers to lines 1-2 of this poem, that the mulier is Lesbia.)6. mea mulier is normal Latin, but my woman sounds odd in English; however, it is probably more suitable thanmy lady or other alternatives.CheckCheckCheck7. Notice the difference between two Latin sentences, which could have the same English translation but do nothave the same meaning:(i) mulier dicit se semper laborare.(ii) mulier dicit eam semper laborare.What is the translation?se and eam could both be translated as she but refer to two different people. What is the difference? Who doesse (unlike eam) refer to?8. Study two different ways of describing a marriage between Sextus and Julia:(i) Sextus Iuliam uxorem ducit. (You will need to include “as” in your translation.)(ii) Iulia Sexto nubit.What is the case of Sexto in sentence (ii)? Why is this case being used? Can you find an example of that casein line 1, being used by Catullus instead of part of nemo?9. In line 1 and the first two words of line 2, Catullus starts to report something Lesbia has been saying aboutherself and him. What has she been saying?10. Study two English sentences:“I wouldn’t come back, if you offered me ten times the money.”“He’ll never panic, not if the house falls to bits around him.”What word is often put in front of “if” in sentences like this, to make the sense clearer?11. The translation of line 2 is a good example of a sentence which is clearer with the extra word in front of “if”;Lesbia is saying that she would prefer Catullus to anyone else even if a particular event were to happen. What isthe event?12. Why would the person mentioned (a) appear very desirable to a girl as a possible lover, in view of his “status”,and (b) be quite likely, in view of his usual sexual habits, to pursue her? (petere and nubere can both be used torefer to unofficial relationships as well as marriage.) If you are puzzled, Google or a similar search engine shouldhelp with (a). Wikipedia (under the person’s other name, “Zeus”) has some entertaining information to help with (b).13. Translate lines 1-2, and re-read lines 3-4.14* Do Lesbia’s reported words in lines 1-2 sound like a reply (either real or imaginary) to a possible marriage-proposalby Catullus? If Lesbia is Clodia, it would be interesting to know whether Catullus wrote the poem in or after 59 BC,the year when Clodia’s husband died in suspicious circumstances. But the date of the poem is unknown.15. Which of these three translations seems to you to achieve the right emphasis in translating the first word of line 3?(a) That’s what she says.(b) That’s what she says.(c) That’s what she says.Hint: what is the second word in line 3? Which word is used most often in the poem?16. Find a nominative noun in line 3 which tells you who speaks, and a noun-and-adjective phrase which tells youwho the person speaks to. (Hint: What case will the phrase be in?)17. Translate line 3, omitting the first word, and beginning with sed, then quod. (Hint: How was quod translated inthe previous poem, line 2 et quod vides perisse perditum ducas?) The translation of line 3 will sound a bit odduntil the sentence is completed in line 4.18. (i) oportet (line 4) is an impersonal verb (see the Cambridge Latin Grammar, page 60), meaning it is right to dosomething or that somebody ought to do something:oportet magistro credere.Translate oportet in templo tacere.It is right to believe the teacher.WJEC Level 2 Latin Literature Unit 9541 Love and Marriage 51
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Page 4: CIL 1.2.1211, Epitaph to Claudia -
Page 7 and 8: NotesWJEC Level 2 Latin Literature
Page 9 and 10: 20. Read lines 5-8 (aloud if possib
Page 11 and 12: Follow your teacher's guidance over
Page 17 and 18: 28. Read lines 8-11 (aloud if possi
Page 21 and 22: 47. Read lines 11-14 (aloud if poss
Page 27 and 28: The poems of Catullus, who lived in
Page 36 and 37: Catullus, Poem 8 - lines 1-5miser C
Page 38 and 39: 18. According to Catullus in line 3
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Page 42 and 43: Catullus, Poem 8 - lines 9-11nunc i
Page 44 and 45: Catullus, Poem 8 - lines 12-15vale
Page 46 and 47: Catullus, Poem 8 - lines 16-19quis
Page 48 and 49: 82. Translate the last three words
Page 52 and 53: (ii) The person who ought to do som
Page 54 and 55: Catullus, Poem 72 - lines 1-4diceba
Page 56 and 57: Catullus, Poem 72 - lines 5-8nunc t
Page 58 and 59: Catullus, Poem 83 - lines 1-2Lesbia
Page 60 and 61: Catullus, Poem 83 - lines 3-6mule,
Page 62 and 63: 24. et in line 6 is more than just
Page 64 and 65: Ovid, Ars Amatoria 1.469-478, Advic
Page 66 and 67: 15. In time, what do these animals
Page 68 and 69: Ovid, Ars Amatoria 1.469-478, Advic
Page 70 and 71: 44. What is the literal translation
Page 72 and 73: Martial, Epigrams 8.12, Marital equ
Page 74 and 75: CheckCheckCheckTranslate these exam
Page 76 and 77: Pliny, Letters 4.19, To Calpurnia H
Page 78 and 79: Check12. Translate these examples:(
Page 84 and 85: allowed in court (see question 30),
Page 92 and 93: 77. The marriage (like Pliny’s tw
Page 94 and 95: Pliny, Letters 6.24, Faithful unto
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Pliny, Letters 6.24, Faithful unto
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