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Catullus 87

Catullus has never been so committed to any woman as much as he is to Lesbia.

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Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam
vere, quantum a me Lesbia amata mea est.
nulla fides ullo fuit umquam foedere tanta,
quanta in amore tuo ex parte reperta mea est.

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Meter: elegiacs.
1. amatam: sc. esse; with se, indirect statement set up by dicere.
4. in amore tuo: "in my love of you"; 
reperta: modifies fides (line 3); take with est; 
mea: Ablative with parte.
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