E. T. Merrill, Commentary on Catullus, Poem 77

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Like Catul. 73.1ff., addressed probably to M. Caelius Rufus. Cf. Intr. 59.

frustra: often of a finally unproductive investment; nequiquam, of one hopeless from the very beginning.

credite: believed; cf. Verg. A. 11.247 “[Cassandra] non unquam credita Teucris” .

[2] With the rhetorical figure (epanorthosis) in frustra … frustra? immo, etc., cf. Cic. Catil. 1.1.2 “hic tamen vivit. vivit? immo” , etc.

[2] magno cum pretio: cf. Catul. 40.8 “cum longa poena” .

[4] hei misero: cf. Catul. 68.92ff.

[4] omnia nostra bona: i. e. Lasbia's love; cf. Catul. 68.158 “omnia bona” ; nostra is for mea, with a change from the singular personal pronoun in the preceding verse like that in Catul. 91.1f; Catul. 116.5f.

[6] nostrae: i. e. the mutual friendship of Catullus and Rufus. With the change from the singular meaning in the preceding verse cf. Catul. 68.94ff.

Catullus. Catullus. E. T. Merrill. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1893.

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