Bonōniēnsis Rūfa Rūfulum fellat,
uxor Menēnī, saepe quam in sepulcrētīs
vīdistis ipsō rapere dē rogō cēnam,
cum dēvolūtum ex igne prōsequēns pānem
ab sēmirāsō tunderētur ustōre. 5
vocabulary
Bonōniensis –e: from Bononia (mod. Bologna)
Rūfa –ae f.: woman's cognomen
Rūfulus –ī m.: dim. of Rufus
fellō –āre –āvī –ātum: suck milk; perform oral sex on a man
Menēnius –a um: name of a plebian gens
sepulcrētum –ī n.: cementary, graveyard
rogus rogī m.: funeral pyre
cēna cēnae f.: dinner (the principal Roman meal, normally eaten in the evening)
dēvolvō –ere –volvī –volūtus: roll something down from
prōsequor prōsequī prōsecūtus sum: escort; chase after
pānis pānis m.: bread
sēmirāsus –a –um: partly shaven
tundō tundere tutudī tūnsus: beat repeatedly, buffet, pound
ustor –oris m.: a person employed to burn dead bodies