> Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 15:45:19 -0000
> From: Dan Jones <feuchard@...>
> Raymond Brown scripsit:
>
> > But Catullus ... well, that's a completely different ball game :)
> O, Catulle! Nates pilosas, fili, non potes asse venditare!
Is that a quote from someone, or your own opinion?
> Personally, I prefer Martial. He's nastier:
>
> Versus scribere posse te disertos
> Affirmas, Laberi; quid ergo non vis?
Indeed. But I can't get a grip on what the metre is.
(And how does disertus = lucid derive from pptc. dissertus -
elaborated? I thought consonant length was pretty stable in Latin).
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)