The Latin
The following Latin text is taken from D. F. S. Thomson.
| Line | Latin Text |
|---|---|
| 1 | Disertissime Romuli nepotum, |
| 2 | quot sunt quotque fuere, Marce Tulli, |
| 3 | quotque post aliis erunt in annis, |
| 4 | gratias tibi maximas Catullus |
| 5 | agit pessimus omnium poeta, |
| 6 | tanto pessimus omnium poeta |
| 7 | quanto tu optimus omnium patronus. |
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Famous quotes containing the word latin:
“Whither goest thou?”
—Bible: New Testament Peter, in John, 13:36.
The words, which are repeated in John 16:5, are best known in the Latin form in which they appear in the Vulgate: Quo vadis? Jesus replies, “Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.”
“In my dealing with my child, my Latin and Greek, my accomplishments and my money stead me nothing; but as much soul as I have avails. If I am wilful, he sets his will against mine, one for one, and leaves me, if I please, the degradation of beating him by my superiority of strength. But if I renounce my will, and act for the soul, setting that up as umpire between us two, out of his young eyes looks the same soul; he reveres and loves with me.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)