Nōn cūstōs sī fingar ille Crētum,
nōn Lādās ego pinnipēsve Perseus,
nōn sī Pēgaseō ferar volātū,
nōn Rhēsī niveae citaeque bīgae;
adde hūc plūmipedās volātilēsque, 5
ventōrumque simul requīre cursum,
quōs iūnctōs, Camerī, mihī dicārēs:
dēfessus tamen omnibus medullīs
et multīs languōribus perēsus
essem tē mihi, amīce, quaeritandō. 10
vocabulary
Crēs –ētis: the Cretans
Pēgaseus –a –um: of the winged horse Pegasus
volātus –ūs m.: flight
Lādās –ae m.: Spartan runner, proverbial for speed
pennipēs pennipedis: that has wings on his feet , wing-footed
Perseus –eī m.: son of Zeus and Danaë
Rhēsus –ī m.: Thracian king, brother of Hecuba, ally of Priam, killed by Diomedes and Ulysses in the Trojan War
niveus –a –um: snowy, white
bīgae –ārum f. pl: a pair of horses (or the chariot drawn by them)
plūmipes –pedis: having feathers on the feet
volātilis –e: able to fly
requīrō requīrere requīsīvī requīsītus: try to find, seek, look for, ask about; need, miss
Camerius –iī m.: nomen gentile of Catullus' friend sought in poem 55 and 58_b
dicō dicāre dicāvī dicātus: indicate, show; assign, bestow
dēfessus –a –um: exhausted, tired out
medulla medullae f.: the marrow of the bones; the interior, inside, seat of the emotions
languor –ōris m.: faintness, exhaustion, lassitude
peredō –edere –ēdī –ēsum: eaten up, worn away, wasted
amīcus amīcī m.: friend
quaeritō –āre –āvī –ātum: ask, ask for, seek