Aufīlēna, virō contentam vīvere sōlō,

nūptārum laus ex laudibus eximiīs:

sed cuivīs quamvīs potius succumbere pār est,

quam mātrem frātrēs efficere ex patruō.

    Aufillēna –ae f.: name of a sister in poem 100

    contentus –a –um: satisfied

    nupta –ae f.: wife

    eximius –a –um: excepted; exceptional, choice

    quīvīs quaevīs quodvīs or (subst.) quidvīs: whoever or whatever you wish; anyone, anything

    potius: more, more than, rather

    succumbō –ere –cubuī –cubitus: collapse; (w/ dat.) "go down," lie under or submit to (a man) in the act of sex

    patruus patruī m.: paternal uncle

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