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QVID facit is, Gelli, qui cum matre atque sorore
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1
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WHAT is he doing, Gellius, who tingles with mother and sister,
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prurit, et abiectis peruigilat tunicis?
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2
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And keeps vigil tunics all thrown off ?
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quid facit is, patruum qui non sinit esse maritum?
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3
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What is he doing, who will not let his uncle be a husband?
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ecquid scis quantum suscipiat sceleris?
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4
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Do you know how much guilt he incurs?
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suscipit, o Gelli, quantum non ultima Tethys
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5
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More he incurs, O Gellius, than furthest Tethys
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nec genitor Nympharum abluit Oceanus:
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6
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can wash away, or Ocean, father of the nymphs:
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nam nihil est quicquam sceleris, quo prodeat ultra,
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7
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for there is no guilt whatever beyond for him to attain to,
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non si demisso se ipse uoret capite.
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8
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not even if he bent down his head and swallowed himself.
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