An epigram on his own feeling for Lesbia; written at about the same
time with Catul. 72.1ff. and Catul. 75.1ff.
odi et amo: cf. Ov. Am. 2.4.5 “odi nec possum cupiens non quod odi” .
[2] nescio: etc. cf. Mart. 1.32 “Non amo te, Sabidi, nec possum dicere quare: hoc tantum possum dicere, non amo te;” and its imitation by Tom Brown, I do not love thee, Dr. Fell, etc.