Thursday, August 20, 2009

Nubere nolo

















Nubere Paula cupit nobis, ego ducere Paulam
nolo: anus est. Vellem, si magis esset anus.

-Martial 10.8

(Paula is eager to marry [me], [but] I do not wish
to marry Paula: she is old. I would wish [to marry her] if she were older.)

Nubere vis Prisco: non miror, Paula; sapisti.
Ducere te non vult Priscus: et ille sapit.

-Martial 9.10

(You want to marry Priscus: I do not wonder [at this], Paula; you are sensible.
Priscus does not want to marry you: and he is sensible.)


Clearly, we have met our Classical Latin match.

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