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.”
“He tries by a peculiar speech to speak
The peculiar potency of the general,
To compound the imagination’s Latin with
The lingua franca et jocundissima.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)