Latin (Martial, Epigrams 5.34) Literature Text

Front 1

hanc tibi, Fronto pater, genetrix Flacilla, puellam

Back 1

To you, Fronto, father, and mother, Flacilla, I entrust this girl,

Front 2

oscula commendo deliciasque meas;

Back 2

my little sweety and my darling;

Front 3

parvula ne nigras horrescat Erotion umbras

Back 3

so that tiny Erotion may not shudder at the dark shadows

Front 4

oraque Tartarel prodigiosca canis.

Back 4

and the monstrous mouths of the dog of the underworld.

Front 5

impletura fuit sextae modo frigora brumae,

Back 5

She is going to complete the chills of her sixth winter now,

Front 6

vixisset totidem ni minus illa dies.

Back 6

if she had not lived as many days too few.

Front 7

inter tam veteres laudat lasciva patronos

Back 7

Among so old protectors may she play mischievously

Front 8

et nomen blaeso garriat ore meum.

Back 8

and may she chatter my name with lisping mouth.

Front 9

mollia non rigidus caespes tegat ossa; nec illi,

Back 9

May the turf not harshly cover her soft bones; and may you,

Front 10

terra, gravis fueris: non fuit illa tibi.

Back 10

earth, not be heavy for her: she was not for you.