Catullus

Monday, February 27, 2006

Catullus 2B

tam gratum est mihi quam ferunt puellae
pernici aureolum fuisse malum
quod zonam soluit diu ligatam.

Notice the indirect statement that ferunt creates with fuisse as the infinitive and the aureolum malum as its accusative subject, which can also be taken as the nominative subject of est. Catullus was a master!

1 Comments:

At 6:20 AM, Blogger AwesomeAndrade said...

the golden apple is pleasing to me more than they say it was to the swift footed girl which loosened the long bound girdle.

 

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