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On a visit of reconciliation from Lesbia. Apparently written after the period of temporary estrangement marked by Catul. 8.1ff. Cf. Intr. 19.

cupido: on the hiatus see Intr. 86d.

[2] proprie: genuinely; cf. Quint. 10.1.114mira sermonis, cuius proprie studiosus fuit, elegantia” .

[3] carius auro: for similar expressions of estimated value cf. Catul. 3.5n.

[6] lucem candidiore nota: cf. Catul. 68.148n.

[7] quis: etc. cf. Catul. 9.10n.


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