On a boy walking with an auctioneer. Some critics, comparing Catul. 21.5, have thought of Juventius
and Furius; others, of Clodius; but the epigram may well be
suggested by an accidental encounter on the street.
[2] se: i. e. puerum, the implied subject of discupere.
[2] discupere: of eager desire that searches for satisfaction in every direction (dis-); cf. Pl. Trin. 932 “quin discupio dicere” ; Cic. Fam. 8.15.2 “te videre discupio” .