Today’s entry is a line from a poem by Catullus, the Roman poet. The poem laments the “Death of a Pet Sparrow.”
Lugete, O Veneres Cupidinesque
et quantum est hominum venustiorum.
Lugete (lugeo, lugere, luxi, luctum) – verb; mourn, grieve
O – Oh!
Veneres Cupidinesque – Venuses and Cupids
et – and, even, however
quantum – adverb; how much, the most, the greater
est (sum, esse, fui, futurus) – verb; be, is
hominum – noun; fellow, fellow creature, man, person, mortal
venustiorum – more charming
I grieve, oh Vensuses and Cupids
even of all the people it is one more charming than ordinary men!
Now, this translation is probably wrong because translations of Catullus hate me. That is all.
