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GELLIVS audierat patruum obiurgare solere, |
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GELLIUS had heard that his uncle used to reprove |
si quis delicias diceret aut faceret. |
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any one who talked of indulgence or used it. |
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hoc ne ipsi accideret, patrui perdepsuit ipsam |
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To avoid this himself, he seduced his uncle's own wife, |
uxorem, et patruum reddidit Harpocratem. |
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and so made him as dumb as Harpocrates. |
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quod uoluit fecit: nam, quamuis irrumet ipsum |
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He did what he wanted; for even if he should clintonize |
nunc patruum, uerbum non faciet patruus. |
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the uncle himself, uncle will not say a word. |