Cinaede Thalle, mollior cunīculī capillō

vel ānseris medullulā vel īmulā ōricillā

vel pēne languidō senis sitūque arāneōsō,

īdemque, Thalle, turbidā rapācior procellā,

cum dīva mulier āriēs ostendit ōscitantēs, 5

remitte pallium mihī meum, quod involāstī,

sūdāriumque Saetabum catāgraphōsque Thȳnōs,

inepte, quae palam solēs habēre tamquam avīta.

Quae nunc tuīs ab unguibus reglūtinā et remitte,

nē lāneum latusculum manūsque mollicellās 10

inusta turpiter tibī flagella cōnscribillent,

et īnsolenter aestuēs, velut minūta magnō

dēprēnsa nāvis in marī, vēsāniente ventō.

    cinaedus –a –um: a catamite or passive homosexual, one who submits to anal intercourse; an effeminate male

    Thallus –ī m.: a praenomen

    cunīculus –ī m.: rabbit

    capillus capillī m.: hair

    ānser ānseris m.: goose

    medulla medullae f.: the marrow of the bones; the interior, inside, seat of the emotions

    īmulus –a –um: lowest, deepest

    auricula (auricilla or oricilla) –ae f.: a little ear (dim. of auris)

    pēnis –is m.: tail; penis

    languidus –a –um: weary, drooping, flaccid

    situs sitūs m.: stagnation, mold, rust, decrepitude

    arāneosus –a –um: cobwebby

    turbidus –a –um: turbulent, stormy

    rapax –ācis: predatory, rapacious

    procella –ae f.: storm, gale

    dīva –ae f.: goddess; any female immortal, e.g., the sea nymph Thetis 5

    mulierārius –a –um: belonging to a woman, sent by a woman

    oscitō –āre –āvī –ātum: yawn

    remittō remittere remīsī remissum: send back, return

    pallium palli(ī) n.: a rectangular cloth worn as an outer garment, Gk. himation

    involō –āre –āvī –ātum: fly at, swoop down upon (to steal)

    sūdārium sūdāri(ī) n.: a cloth carried to wipe off sweat (sudor), also used as a napkin

    Saetabus –a –um: of or made in Saetabis, a town in Hispania Tarraconensis (cf. mod. Tarragona)

    catagraphus –a –um: a piece of embroidery, an embroidered cloth

    Thÿnus –a um: Bithynian

    ineptus –a –um: foolish, gauche, awkward

    palam: openly

    avītus –a –um: of a grandfather; ancestral

    unguis –is m.: fingernail, claw, talon

    reglūtinō –āre –āvī –ātum: unglue, unstick

    remittō remittere remīsī remissum: send back, return

    lāneus –a –um: woolly 10

    latusculum –ī n.: side, flank (dim. of latus)

    molliculus (mollicellus) –a –um: somewhat voluptuous, unmanly, or erotic (dim. of mollis)

    inūrō inūrere inussī inūstus: burn, burn in, brand

    turpiter: in an unbecoming or disgraceful manner

    flagellum –ī n.: whip, lash; the whiplike shoot of a vine

    conscrībillō –āre –āvī –ātum: scrawl over, cover with scribbling, mark up

    insolenter: contrary to custom; immoderately; arrogantly

    aestuō aestuāre aestuāvī aestuātus: blaze; swelter; burn with pain or desire; toss about, seethe, writhe

    minūtus –a –um: small

    dēprehendō dēprehendere dēprehendī dēprehensus: seize, catch

    vēsāniō –īre: rage

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