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The Latin reading blog: Catullus 45: and Amor saw that it was good.
Meter: hendacasyllabics  x x  - u u -  u - u - -
tenens in gremio 'mea' inquit 'Acme,
ni te perdite amo atque amare porro
omnes sum assidue paratus annos,
quantum qui pote plurimum perire,
solus in Libya Indiaque tosta
hoc ut dixit, Amor sinistra ut ante
at Acme leviter caput reflectens
et dulcis pueri ebrios ocellos
'sic' inquit 'mea vita Septimille,
huic uni domino usque serviamus,
ut multo mihi maior acriorque
ignis mollibus ardet in medullis.'
hoc ut dixit, Amor sinistra ut ante
nunc ab auspicio bono profecti
mutuis animis amant amantur.
unam Septimius misellus Acmen
mavult quam Syrias Britanniasque:
uno in Septimio fidelis Acme
quis ullos homines beatiores
vidit, quis Venerem auspicatiorem?
Acmen... suos amores: his love Acme (Acmen is a Greek acc.; suos amores: plural for singular)
perdite:  desperately, to bits etc.
quantum qui pote plurimum perire: as much as one who is able (pote = potest) to die very much (from love) = who is desperately in love
Libya Indiaque tosta:  in Libya and parched India (= in the Libyan and Indian deserts)
ebrius : drunken (from love)
sternuo: to sneeze (sneezing is an auspicious omen and he does that form both sides.
mea vita: my love
Septimille: diminutive of Septimius,  used as endearment
domino:  Amor, but some commentators take it as referring to Septimius,
proficiscor profectus sum:  to depart, start (profecti: if the subjects are both masculine and feminine, the participle takes the masculine.  Some take profecti from proficio `to accomplish, complete’, but they start their relationship under a good omen in order to fulfil their vows and wishes, they haven’t completed it yet.)
misellus: diminutive of miser. Of course Septimius is not really a bit miser: again a term of endearment.
Syrias Britanniasque: The plural is rather pathetic. At the moment this poem was written, Caesar was leading a military campaign in Britain and Crassus in Syria.
facit delicias libidinesque: takes pleasure and delight
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