Commendō tibi mē ac meōs amōrēs,
Aurēlī. Veniam petō pudentem,
ut, sī quicquam animō tuō cupīstī,
quod castum expeterēs et integellum,
cōnservēs puerum mihī pudīcē, 5
nōn dīcō ā populō, nihil verēmur
istōs, quī in plateā modo hūc modo illūc
in rē praetereunt suā occupātī,
vērum ā tē metuō tuōque pēne
īnfestō puerīs bonīs malīsque. 10
Quem tū quā lubet, ut lubet movētō
quantum vīs, ubi erit forīs parātum:
hunc ūnum excipiō, ut putō, pudenter.
Quod sī tē mala mēns furorque vēcors
in tantam impulerit, sceleste, culpam, 15
ut nostrum īnsidiīs caput lacessās.
Ā tum tē miserum malīque fātī!
Quem attractīs pedibus patente portā
percurrent raphanīque mūgilēsque.
vocabulary
commendō commendāre commendāvī commendātus: commit, entrust
Aurēlius –iī m.: belonging to the Roman gens Aurelia
venia veniae f.: a favor, kindness
pudens –entis: proper, decent, modest
expetō expetīre expetiī/expetīvī expetītus: request, desire
integellus –a –um: untouched, uninjured, safe (dim. of integer)
cōnservō cōnservāre cōnservāvī cōnservātus: save or keep from danger, preserve
pudīcus –a –um: chaste, decent, sexually modest 5
platēa –ae f.: street
praetereō praeterīre praeterīvī/praeteriī praeteritus: go beyond, pass
occupātus –a –um: grasp; occupy; engross, preoccupy
vērum: adversative conj., assenting to what has been said but adding a qualification: but in fact, but, actually
pēnis –is m.: tail; penis
īnfestus –a –um: hostile, dangerous, warlike; troublesome 10
forīs: outside, away from home
parātus –a –um: ready, prepared
pudenter: properly, decently, modestly
quod: because, the fact that
vēcors –cordis: demented
impellō impellere impulī impulsum: beat against, drive, compel 15
scelestus –a –um: lying under a curse; (applied pityingly) wretched; wicked
īnsidiae īnsidiārum f. pl.: ambush, plot
lacēssō lacēssere lacēssīvī lacēssītus: challenge, provoke, harass
ā: expletive of distress, pity, or entreaty
attrahō –ere –trāxī –trāctus: draw with force; draw up
percurrō –ere –cucurrī (–currī) –cursus: run through quickly
raphanus –ī m.: radish
mūgilis –is m.: a sea fish, the gray mullet (used in punishing adulterers)