Quid est, Catulle? Quid morāris ēmorī?
Sellā in curūli strūma Nōnius sedet,
per cōnsulātum pēierat Vatīnius:
quid est, Catulle? Quid morāris ēmorī?
vocabulary
Catullus –ī m.: cognomen of Gaius Valerius Catullus
ēmorior emorī ēmortuus sum: perish, die
sella –ae f.: seat; chair of office
curūlis –e: of high state office
strūma –ae f.: a swelling of the lymphatic glands; a person deformed by such swelling
Nōnius –iī m.: Roman official attacked in poem 52
cōnsulātus cōnsulātūs m.: the office of consul, consulship
pēierō –āre –āvī –ātum: swear falsely, perjure oneself
Vatīnius –iī m.: name of a Roman gens, and of Publius Vatinius