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Catullus, Poem 83 – lines 3-6mule, nihil sentis? si nostri oblita taceret,sana esset: nunc quod gannit et obloquitur,non solum meminit, sed, quae multo acrior est res,irata est. hoc est, uritur et loquitur.53 mulus, muli, m. - ass, mulenihil, n. - nothingsentio, sentire, sensi, sensus - realisesi - ifnos, nostri - weobliviscor, oblivisci, oblitus sum + gen. -forgettaceo, tacere, tacui - be quiet, be silent4 sanus, sana, sanum - cured, sound in mindsum, esse, fui - benunc - as it is, as things arequod - becausegannio, gannire - grumble, snarlet - andobloquor, obloqui, oblocutus sum - abuse;interrupt5 non - notsolum - onlymemini, meminisse - remembersed - butqui, quae, quod - who, whichmulto - much, by faracer, acris, acre - criticalsum, esse, fui - beres, rei, f. - thing6 iratus, irata, iratum - angrysum, esse, fui - behic, haec, hoc - thissum, esse, fui - beuror, uri, ustus sum - be inflamedet - andloquor, loqui, locutus sum - speak60 WJEC Level 2 Latin Literature Unit 9541 Love and Marriage
Check10. Who does Catullus imagine himself addressing from line 3 onwards? What animal name does he give him?What question does he ask him?11. The Romans regarded the mule as an example of slowness. Nowadays it is regarded as an example ofstubbornness or obstinacy. Does Catullus regard it as stubborn, obstinate or slow, or as having a different fault?If stuck, look again at the words nihil sentis? and the vocabulary’s other suggestion for translating mulus.12. Study these examples, which may help you with lines 3-4:(i)si pater hodie viveret, me laudaret.If my father were alive today, he would be praising me.viveret and laudaret are subjunctive, and the translation includes the word “would”, because thespeaker is talking about a situation that doesn’t exist, i.e. his father is dead. Very often, the translationalso includes the word “were”, as in the example above.(ii) si ego dominus illorum servorum essem, diligentius laborarent.Translate:If I were master of those slaves, they would be working harder.(The subjunctive, and the words “were” and “would”, are used because the speaker is not master of theslaves.)(iii) si sol media nocte fulgeret, miraculum esset.(iv) si hostes timerem, non nunc pugnarem.(v) si Lesbia semper de Catullo taceret, eum non amaret.(vi) A shortened version of the sentence which completes line 3 and starts line 4:si taceret, sana esset.13. sana (line 4) may seem an odd choice of words. But love is often described in Roman poetry as a morbus(disease) from which one of a pair of lovers wishes to be cured.14. oblita (line 3) is the perfect participle of the deponent verb oblivisci, forget. It is used with the genitive case, justas English says “to be forgetful of …”. Which pronoun in line 3 is a genitive?15. The genitive pronoun in line 3 can be explained in either of two ways. Catullus could be using it in place of mei (ofme), i.e. as a “royal plural” like nobis (by me) in line 5 of Poem 8. Alternatively, it could have its usual translation ofus, meaning “of our love affair”, just as the sentence “Suppose your wife found out about us” could be short for “…found out what you and I are getting up to”. Either of these explanations is acceptable for exam purposes.16. Which of these translations of si nostri oblita taceret … is literally correct? Which of the two naturaltranslations do you prefer?(a) If she, having forgotten about us, were silent, …(b) If she were silent, because she had forgotten about us, …(c) If she had forgotten about us and was silent …17. You will see from the vocabulary that nunc in line 4 means as it is rather than now. It is being used to contrast“how things might have been” with “how things actually are”. Here is a similar example:si puer esses, tibi ignoscerem; nunc es iuvenis, quem puniam.If you were a boy, I should forgive you. As it is, you are a young man, and I shall punish you.18. quod, like nunc, is being used in an unusual way. Catullus is referring to Lesbia’s abuse of him, before going onto explain it. As for the fact that … is a very wordy translation, but makes the point clear.19. What does he say Lesbia is doing when she abuses him? gannit is a lively word, normally used of dogs snarlingand growling.20. What does he say about her at the start of line 5? Who or what does she remember? Your answer to question17 may help you. Which word in line 3 contrasts with meminit?21. Look ahead to line 6. What else does Catullus say about Lesbia in addition to the fact that she remembers him?According to the second part of line 5, which of these two facts is more important? Fact, matter, point and manyother words can be used to translate res; serious and important are two of many possibilities for acrior. Choosethe translation (your own, perhaps) which seems to you to lead most naturally into line 6.22. The statement at the start of line 6 may seem over-obvious, but Catullus goes on to explain why he thinks it isimportant. hoc est could be translated what this means is … or That is to say, … or just That is, ….23. Why does he regard her anger as very significant, and not by any means something for Lesbia’s husband to bepleased about? If you are not sure what Lesbia is inflamed by, according to Catullus, look back to line 5 of Poem72. Which is more important, uritur or loquitur?WJEC Level 2 Latin Literature Unit 9541 Love and Marriage 61
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