Catullus 3 & 4

Question 1

Lugete, o Veneres Cupidinesque,

Answer 1

Mourn, o Venuses and Cupids,

Question 2

et quantum est hominum venustiorum:

Answer 2

and how much there is of rather attractive people:

Question 3

passer mortuus est meae puellae,

Answer 3

the sparrow of my girl is dead/has died,

Question 4

passer, deliciae meae puellae,

Answer 4

the sparrow, delight of my girl,

Question 5

quem plus illa oculis suis amabat.

Answer 5

whom she loved/used to love more than her own eyes.

Question 6

nam mellitus erat suamque norat

ipsam tam bene quam puella matrem,

Answer 6

For it was honey-sweet and he knew his

mistress as well as a girl knows her mother,

Question 7

nec sese a gremio illius movebat,

Answer 7

nor was it moving itself from her lap,

Question 8

sed circumsiliens modo huc modo illuc

Answer 8

but jumping around now here now there

Question 9

ad solam dominam usque pipiabat.

Answer 9

to its mistress alone it chirped continuously.

Question 10

qui nunc it per iter tenebricosum

Answer 10

it now goes through to there along a shadowy road

Question 11

illuc, unde negant redire quemquam.

Answer 11

from where they deny that anyone returns.

Question 12

at vobis male sit, malae tenebrae

Answer 12

But may it go badly for you, evil shades

Question 13

Orci, quae omnia bella devoratis:

Answer 13

of Orcus, which all beautiful things you devour:

Question 14

tam bellum mihi passerem abstulistis

Answer 14

so beautiful a sparrow to me you have taken away

Question 15

o factum male! o miselle passer!

Answer 15

o bad deed! o wretched little sparrow!

Question 16

tua nunc opera meae puellae

flendo turgiduli rubent ocelli.

Answer 16

now on account of your work the swollen little eyes

of my little girl are red from weeping

Question 17

Phaselus ille, quem videtis, hospites,

Answer 17

That boat, which you see, strangers,

Question 18

ait fuisse navium celerrimus,

Answer 18

says that it was the fastest of ships

Question 19

neque ullius natantis impetum trabis

Answer 19

nor (it says) that it was unable to surpass/overcome the attack of any other swimming timber

Question 20

nequisse praeterire, sive palmulis

opus foret volare sive linteo.

Answer 20

(it says) it unable to pass, or whether there was need

to fly by means of oars or with a sail.

Question 21

et hoc negat minacis Hadriatici

negare litus insulasve Cycladas

Answer 21

and it (the ship) denies that the shore of the threatening
Adriatic denies this, or the Cyclades islands

Question 22

Rhodumque nobilem horridamque Thraciam

Propontida trucemve Ponticum sinum,

Answer 22

and noble Rhodes, rough Thracian

Propontis or the wild Black Sea

Question 23

ubi iste post phaselus antea fuit

comata silva;

Answer 23

where that later a small boat was before

a leafy forest;

Question 24

nam Cytorio in iugo

loquente saepe sibilum edidit coma.

Answer 24

for on a ridge of Mount Cytorus

the foliage often brought forth a rustling.

Question 25

Amastri Pontica et Cytore buxifer,

Answer 25

Pontic Amastris and boxwood-producing Cytorus

Question 26

tibi haec fuisse et esse cognitissima | ait phaselus: ultima ex origine

Answer 26

the boat said that these things were and are very well known to you: from the very beginning

Question 27

tuo stetisse dicit in cacumine,

Answer 27

it said that it stood on your peak,

Question 28

tuo imbuisse palmulas in aequore,

Answer 28

that it dipped its little oars in your sea,

Question 29

et inde tot per impotentia freta | erum tulisse, laeva sive dextera

Answer 29

and from there it carried its master though so many wild straits, whether from the left or the right

Question 30

vocaret aura, sive utrumque Iuppiter | simul secundus incidisset in pedem;

Answer 30

the wind was calling, or favorable Jupiter had fallen onto each foot (sheet);

Question 31

neque ulla vota litoralibus deis sibi esse facta, cum veniret a mari novissimo hunc ad usque limpidum lacum.

Answer 31

And it says that not any vows were made to the gods of the shore for itself when it was coming from the most recent sea (the Adriatic) all the way to this clear lake.

Question 32

sed haec prius fuere: nunc recondita | senet quiete seque dedicat tibi,

Answer 32

But these events were earlier: now it grows old in secluded quiet and it dedicates itself to you

Question 33

gemelle Castor et gemelle Castoris.

Answer 33

You little twin Castor and little twin of Castor.