Catullus 7 1946208 222598923 2008-06-30T05:10:53Z Yolgnu 6690847 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. __TOC__ ==Latin text and translation== {| class="wikitable" style="border:1px; border: thin solid gold; background-color:#f7f8ff" align=center cellpadding="7" |-align="center" bgcolor="#e6e9ff" !width="1"|Line!!width="349"|Latin text |- |1 ||quaeris quot mihi basiationes |- |2 ||tuae Lesbia sint satis superque |- |3 ||quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae |- |4 ||lasarpiciferis iacet Cyrenis |- |5 ||oraclum Iovis inter aestuosi |- |6 ||et Batti veteris sacrum sepulcrum |- |7 ||aut quam sidera multa cum tacet nox |- |8 ||furtivos hominum vident amores |- |9 ||tam te basia multa basiare |- |10 ||vesano satis et super Catullo est |- |11 ||quae nec pernumerare curiosi |- |12 ||possint nec mala fascinare lingua |} ==Bibliography== {{Wikisourcelang|la|Catullus 7|Catullus 7}} {{Wikisourcelang|en|Catullus 7|Catullus 7}} * {{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] {{Catullus}} {{poem-stub}} [[Category:Poetry by Catullus|C007]]