Ō rem rīdiculam, Catō, et iocōsam,
dignamque auribus et tuō cachinnō!
Rīdē quidquid amās, Catō, Catullum:
rēs est rīdicula et nimis iocōsa.
Dēprēndī modo pūpulum puellae 5
trūsantem; hunc ego, sī placet Diōnae,
prōtēlō rigidā meā cecīdī.
vocabulary
ō: interjection, expressing grief, pleasure, indignation, or adjuration
rīdiculus –a –um: funny
Catō –ōnis m.: Roman cognomen
iocōsus –a –um: full of laughs, jolly, happy
cachinnus cachinnī m.: laugh, guffaw; metaph. of rippling waves
Catullus –ī m.: cognomen of Gaius Valerius Catullus
dēprehendō dēprehendere dēprehendī dēprehensus: seize, catch 5
pūpulus –ī m.: a little boy
trūsō –āre –āvī –ātum: keep pushing or thrusting; w/ dat., of sexual intercourse
Diōnē –ēs f.: the goddess Dione, mother of Aphrodite / Venus
prōtēlum –ī n.: a team of draft animals such as oxen
rigida –ae f.: the erect penis