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Catullus [kəˈtʌləs] n
(Biographies / Catullus, Gaius Valerius (?84 bc-?54 bc) M, Roman, WRITING: poet) Gaius Valerius (ˈgaɪəs vəˈlɪərɪəs). ?84-?54 Catullan [kəˈtʌlən] adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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And then she would sit on my knee, and we would translate Catullus together,--into English kisses; for she was curiously interested in the learned tongue. With him Sauterne was to Medoc what Catullus was to Homer. Certain odd minutes every day went to learning things by heart; he never took a ticket without noting the number; he devoted January to Petronius, February to Catullus, March to the Etruscan vases perhaps; anyhow he had done good work in India, and there was nothing to regret in his life except the fundamental defects which no wise man regrets, when the present is still his. |
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