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.
vocabulary
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