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Catullus 46

Catullus rejoices over the arrival of spring and his imminent departure from Bithynia to return home.

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Iam ver egelidos refert tepores,
iam caeli furor aequinoctialis
iucundis Zephyri silescit aureis.
linquantur Phrygii, Catulle, campi
Nicaeaeque ager uber aestuosae:..........................5
ad claras Asiae volemus urbes.
iam mens praetrepidans avet vagari,
iam laeti studio pedes vigescunt.
o dulces comitum valete coetus,
longe quos simul a domo profectos......................10
diversae varie viae reportant.

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Meter: hendecasyllabics.
3. aureis: an archaic spelling of auris; probably the form Catullus used.
4. linquantur: Jussive subjunctive.
10. longe: with profectos.
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