Pīsōnis comitēs, cohors inānis,
aptīs sarcinulīs et expedītīs,
Vērānī optime tūque mī Fabulle,
quid rērum geritis? Satisne cum istō
vappā frīgoraque et famem tulistis? 5
Ecquidnam in tabulīs patet lucellī
expēnsum, ut mihi, quī meum secūtus
praetōrem referō datum lucellō?
Ō
tōtā istā trabe lentus irrumāstī. 10
Sed, quantum videō, parī fuistis
cāsū: nam nihilō minōre verpā
fartī estis. pete nōbilēs amīcōs!
At vōbīs mala multa dī deaeque
dent, opprōbria Rōmulī Remīque. 15
vocabulary
Pīsō –onis m.: cognomen of the gens Calpurnia
inānis inānis ināne: empty, empty-handed; foolish; vain, futile, unprofitable
sarcinula –ae f.: a light knapsack
expedītus –a –um: unencumbered; lightened, as for action or travel
Verānius –iī m.: friend of Catullus
Fabullus –ī m.: a nomen gentile of the Roman gens Fabius (dim. of Fabius)
vappa –ae f.: flat wine; masc., a person who had gone flat, a nerd or dud 5
frīgus frīgoris n.: cold
ecquisnam: any one? anybody?
tabula tabulae f.: a flat piece of wood; a wax-coated writing tablet; pl., account books
lucellum –ī n.: a small profit (dim. of lucrum)
expendō –ere –pendī –pēnsus: weigh; pay out
ō: interjection, expressing grief, pleasure, indignation, or adjuration
Memmius –iī m.: Roman nomen gentile
supīnus –a –um: lying on the back; facing upwards; flat; helpless
trabs trabis f.: tree trunk, timber; by metonymy, boat; penis, "shaft" 10
lentus –a –um: supple, pliant; slow, taking one's time, unconcerned, at ease
irrumō irrumāre irrumāvī irrumātus: to force someone to give oral sex (fellatio), as a means of humiliating him
nihilum/nīlum nihilī/nīlī n.: nothing; abl. w/ adv. Force, an emphatic form of non: not at all
verpa –ae f.: penis with foreskin drawn back; erect penis
farciō farcīre farsī fartum: stuff
malum malī n.: trouble, misfortune, woe, aliment
opprobrium –ī n.: shame, disgrace 15
Rōmulus –ī m.: eponymous founder of Rome
Remus –ī m.: brother of Romulus, legendary founder of Rome