O REM ridiculam, Cato, et iocosam,
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O, Cato, what an absurdly funny thing,
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dignamque auribus et tuo cachinno!
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worthy for you to hear and laugh at!
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ride quidquid amas, Cato, Catullum:
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Laugh, as much as you love Catullus, Cato.
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res est ridicula et nimis iocosa.
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The thing is too absurd and funny.
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deprendi modo pupulum puellae
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I just found a young boy havnig sex with a girl:
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trusantem; hunc ego, si placet Dionae,
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May it please Diona, I attacked him
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pro telo rigida mea cecidi.
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with my rigid thing, using it as a spear. |