Notes

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4 Maronilla has tuberculosis. How would that make her more attractive, and to whom?
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2 aliter nón = 'in no other way'.
3
2 tantum: 'only' or 'so much'?
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1 Ámissum: here 'lost' = 'dead'.
2 quis: equivalent to aliquis, as usual after sí, nisi, né, and num.
4 ille: Why is this masculine, when the subject is feminine?
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2 facit, fécerat: note the variation of tenses and the word-order.
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1 puella is more or less equivalent to an adjective here.
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1 This is a jussive noun clause. Here, as often, noster is equivalent to meus.
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3 positís custódibus is an adjective absolute.
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1 quam: used because mávolt (etymologically magis/ mage + volt) is equivalent to a comparative.

crédó, crédere, crédidí, créditum, here not 'believe', but 'lend'. The most basic sense is 'trust'.
2 mávolt: 3.Sg.Pres.Ind.Act. of máló, málle, máluí, irregular like nóló, 'to prefer'.

perdó, perdere, perdidí, perditum, here not 'destroy' but 'lose'.

dímidium: of what amount is this half and tótum (1) the whole?
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1 débés: is this 'ought' or 'owe' here, and how is it easy to tell?
2 solvó, solvere, solví, solútum, here not 'release', but 'pay (a debt)'.

Translate as if the word-order were sí quis solvere potest, [ille] débet.
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1 carmina: here 'poems', not 'songs'.
2 quod: introduces a relative clause of characteristic.

iúre: though ablative (of iús, iúris, N.), used more or less adverbially.
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1 querulum . . . acerbum: both of these are adverbial uses of the accusative.
2 Note the vivid s-alliteration.

Would this be wittier or less witty if Martial had written suós? Why?
3 factam: here 'accomplished'. Just what is Bithynicus' 'done deal'?
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2 dat: as a sexual euphemism, dare is more or less equivalent to 'give in' or, more crudely, 'put out'.
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1 pexátus, -a, -um, 'wearing a garment with a nap on it', i.e. a new and expensive one.
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2 nescís here = nescísne.

quod here = id quod.

Just what are the people saying?
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1 Tháīda: three syllables, not two, the Greek accusative singular of Tháīs, who was one of the great courtesans of the Ancient World. The name was often used by later professionals in the same field.
2 nón habet: idiomatically = 'is missing'.
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1 in: here = 'against' and mé is accusative, not ablative.
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1 Marió: Is this dative or ablative, and what kind of dative (or ablative) is it?
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1 volt = vult, 3.Sg.Pres.Ind.Act. of vóló, velle, voluí.

dare: cf. note on 14.2 dat for the sexual euphemism.
2 quod: is this 'which' or 'because'? Why is there a quod in the first half, a quid in the second?
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3 natibusque clúnibusque: why Martial should mention both natés and clúnés here is not at all clear. I can't see any difference in meaning.
4 labórem: Is this the accusative of labór, labóris, M., or a form (which one?) of labóró, labóráre?
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2 What kind of genitive is linguae?
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1 Tháī: Greek vocative of Tháīs.
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2 nimium: adverbial, with diú.
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2 factum: this is a participle, not a noun.

Word order: translate as if probatque, quod videt sé factum beátum, dum negat haec.
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1 Sétína . . . Massica: expensive varieties of wine, named after their places of origin. The words are neuter, to agree with vína understood, as often.

pónis here = 'put on the table, serve'.
2 Supply esse, for indirect statement.
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1 restis, restis, F., 'rope, cord'.
2 ultimís . . . cérís: wills and other legal documents were written on wax tablets.
3 In logical order, quis putáret posse fierí? The imperfect subjunctive means the question is potential.
4 mortuum is predicative.
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2 murra, murrae, F., 'agate', a semi-precious stone: expensive cups were made of it. Not to be confused with myrrha, which is a spice or incense (as in 'frankincense and myrrh').
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1 Symmachus is a doctor. His name shows that he is a Greek, like most of the doctors in Rome.

comitátus acts like a perfect passive participle, even though it comes from a deponent verb.
3 tetigére: shortened form (= tetigérunt) of the reduplicated perfect of tangere.

Aquiló, Aquilónis, M., 'the North-Northeast Wind', used loosely to mean the North Wind and even more loosely for any cold wind. Note : All winds are masculine. This may be because they were rather blustery gods.
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1 The Lex Iulia de Adulteriis, passed by Augustus and still in force, made adultery and sometimes fornication illegal, and might force a pair of illicit lovers to marry.
2 There is a sort of etymological pun here: Laelia is légitima because she légem timet.
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1 Why is dónem subjunctive? Shouldn't nón be né when the verb is subjunctive? And what is the main verb of the first sentence? (Hint: These three questions are related.)
4 Grammatically, this is not a complete sentence because the missing parts are implied by the context.
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2 What is the construction of tuum?
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2 What form of futuó, futuere, futuí, futútum is futuí? Clue: this looks like a Smoky the Bear question. Is it? (Q: 'What is Smokey the Bear's middle name?' A. 'The'.).
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2 libellós: of poetry, like the one this poem is part of.
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1 aes, aeris, N., 'bronze; money, cash, small change'. Larger sums would be in the form of gold or silver coins.

domí: locative of domus.

num, adv., used in questions expecting a negative answer. Enclitic -ne is used for neutral questions, nonne for those expecting a positive answer.

supersum, superesse, superfuí, 'be left, be left over' < super + esse.
2 numquid = num + (ali)quid.
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2 noster here = 'our friend' or 'our acquaintance' or 'someone we both know', probably the last.
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1 The implied noun with the numbers is sestertiís, 'sesterces', abl.pl. of sestertium, a standard unit of Roman money. The sum specified is quite a large one.
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2 sí . . . sentís here = 'if you have any sense' = 'if you are not completely unconscious'.

morere: deponent imperative - of what verb?
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3 What does it mean to say that conveníre is impersonal here?
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3 ignoscás petimus: supply ut, translating petimus[ut] ignoscás.

tantí: genitive of value - not to be confused with the ablative of price. What's the difference?
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2 sé fécísse: the tomb was inscribed Chloé fécit, 'Chloe made (this tomb)'. Martial gives the inscription in indirect statement. What is the punning second meaning?

Chloé: Greek nominative singular feminine.
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1 vís: This is not the feminine noun meaning 'force, violence', but a form of the verb velle. Which form?
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This is the last couplet of a longer epigram. That is why the addressee is not named here: he had already been named in the preceding part.
1 levis: this is levis, 'light' (the opposite of 'heavy'), not lévis, 'smooth'.
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1 múrex, múricis, M., 'murex, shellfish from which purple dye was made'. The (very expensive) dye gave the clothing a much-admired deep-purple color along with a mild but nasty smell.
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2 exáctus = 'elegant, finished, polished', not 'exact'.
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1 Lége: the quantity of the first vowel shows that this is not the imperative of legó, legere. What is it?
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1 clínicus, clínicí, M., 'physician who makes house calls on the bedridden'. Many ancient doctors made housecalls, and some had a reputation for stealing family property and molesting the servants.

trulla, trullae, F., 'scoop, ladle'. (This one is for pouring wine from a big bowl into individual cups.

subdúcó, subdúcere, subduxí, subductum, 'steal, purloin', among other meanings.
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2 anus: from anus, anús, F., 'old woman', not to be confused with ánus, ání, M., 'ring; anus (a ring-shaped part of the body)'.
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1 mittébás: This refers to New Year's presents.
2 Tantí: what kind of genitive?
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2 surdus: in what circumstances would a deaf mule-driver be more valuable than one who could hear?
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2 numeró, numeráre, 'count, number', here = 'count out, pay'.
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2 Is cupiam future or subjunctive? And why do you think so?
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1 Zóīle: the name has three syllables, not two.
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2 possum: sexual euphemism. The omitted infinitive would presumably be futuere or some less crude equivalent.
2 peream . . . sí: 'may I die, if', idiom for 'no way', like English 'cross my heart and hope to die'.
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2 míliéns, numerical adverb, 'a thousand times', also used as an abbreviation for míliéns centéna mília sestertium, '100,000,000 sesterces', in which case it acts as if it were a noun.
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2 There is an obscene double entendre in habet, which has much the same range of meanings as English ' have'.
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1 faciés can be either a noun or a verb - which is it here?
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1 quod = 'the fact that'.

gulósus, gulósa, gulósum, 'gluttonous' < gula, gulae, F., 'throat'.
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2 Is crédam future or subjunctive, and how do you know?