Catullus 85 – English

☜84

85 English • Latine

86☞

odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris
     nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.

Vocaubulary

amō (1) – love
et – conj – and
excruciō (1) – torture
faciō, -ere, fēcī, factum – make, do
fīō, fierī, factus sum – become, happen
fortasse – adv – maybe
is, ea, id – pronoun – he, she, it
nesciō (4) – not know
ōdī, ōdisse – hate
quārē – adv – why, what reason
requīriō, -ere, -īsīvī, -īsītum – ask, seek
sed – conj – but
sentiō, -īre, sēnsī, sēnsum – feel, think
Notes
1. faciam – subjunctive, because of indirect question
nescio – short o, which is usually long ō, is for meter
2. fierī – compliments sēntiō

Roganda ad compraehendendum 
1. Quid agit Catullus? Quinque sunt responsa. (Fortasse etiam sex.)
2. Quae praecedentum sunt ad causam? Quae ad consequentia?
3. Quid lector requirit? Responde incipiens, “Catulle…”
4. Quomodo respondit Catullus uno verbo?
5. Cur ita respondit Catullus?

Take me to the Latin-only version.