Catullus 7
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This is one of Catullus's poems to his [[Mistress (lover)|mistress]] [[Lesbia]]. Similar to [[Catullus 5]], this poem revels in counting [[kiss]]es, with a touch of [[star|stellar]] voyeurism.
The [[meter (poetry)|meter]] of this poem is [[hendecasyllabic verse|hendecasyllabic]], a common form in Catullus' poetry.
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==Latin text and translation==
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||quaeris quot mihi basiationes
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||tuae Lesbia sint satis superque
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||quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae
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|4
||lasarpiciferis iacet Cyrenis
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|5
||oraclum Iovis inter aestuosi
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|6
||et Batti veteris sacrum sepulcrum
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|7
||aut quam sidera multa cum tacet nox
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|8
||furtivos hominum vident amores
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|9
||tam te basia multa basiare
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|10
||vesano satis et super Catullo est
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|11
||quae nec pernumerare curiosi
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|12
||possint nec mala fascinare lingua
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==Bibliography==
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* {{cite journal | last = Johnston | first = PA | yar = 1993 | title = Love and Laserpicium in Catullus 7 | journal = Classical Philology | volume = 88 | pages = 328–329 | doi = 10.1086/367376 | year = 1993}}
* {{cite journal | last = Arkins | first = B | year = 1979 | title = Catullus 7 | journal = L'Antiqué Classique | volume = 48 | pages = 630–635}}
* {{cite journal | last = Segal | first = C | year = 1974 | title = More Alexandrianism in Catullus VII? | journal = Mnemosyne | volume = 27 | pages = 139–143 | doi = 10.1163/156852574X00836}}
* {{cite journal | last = Segal | first = C | year = 1968 | title = Catullus 5 and 7: A Study in Complementaries | journal = American Journal of Philology | volume = 89 | pages = 284–301 | doi = 10.2307/293446}}
* {{cite journal | last = Moorhouse | first = AC | year = 1963 | title = Two Adjectives in Catullus 7 | journal = American Journal of Philology | volume = 84 | pages = 417–418 | doi = 10.2307/293237}}
==External links==
* [http://la.wikibooks.org/wiki/Carmina Carmina] for some of the texts in Latin.
* [http://rudy.negenborn.net/catullus/text2/l7.htm Gaius Valerius Catullus]
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