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. 10.1.114 “mira 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.