• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    5·
    17 hours ago

    Fuck me, fixed it. It’s Martial, not Juvenal, I was mistaken.

    In omnibus Vacerra quod conclavibus

    Consumit horas et die toto sedet,

    Cenaturit Vacerra , non cacaturit.

    Epigrams, Book 11, Epigram 77

    A poetic translation being given as

    In privies Vacerra consumes the hours;

    the whole day does he sit;

    Vacerra wants to dine,

    he does not want to shit

    • U de Recife@literature.cafeEnglish
      3·
      17 hours ago

      Thanks. No harm done. I also mix up authors names at times.

      Thanks for the precise references. I love learning about ancient ways. Some parts of their lives seem so alien to us today.