Sulpicia, Carmina Omnia, poem 3

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This poem finshes the story begun in 2.

scis: To Cerinthus.

iter triste: The same “via intempestiva” referred to in the prior poem.

[2] licet: Oddly impersonal; neither the person giving permission nor the one receiving it is named. This echoes the slightly legalistic cast of “arbitrio meo, ” 2.8.

suo: Or perhaps the correct reading is “meo”.

[3] omnibus nobis: “Omnibus” implies that Sulpicia and Cerinthus will be joined by other friends, perhaps by Messalla and the rest of the household.

[4] qui: antecedent is “dies”.

venit: Present or perfect? Why?

Sulpicia: Text, translation, and commentary. Anne Mahoney. 2000. Text created electronically.

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