CATULLUS

CATULLUS
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CATULLUS
Caius, vel Quintus Valerius, Poeta Veronensis, in Peninsul. Sirmio, hodie Lac de la Garde, septimô Consulatu Marii, natus, Epigrammatum scriptor, quorum 117. supersunt, annô unô Sallustio maior, quô tempore Romanorum imperium Marii et Syllae factionibus concutiebatur. Latinae puritatis custos fuit religiosissimus, unde et Docti cognomen meruit. Martialis, l. 1. Epigr. 62. v. 1.
Verona docti syllabas amat Vatis.
Alioqui lascivus, et supra modum mordax, utpote qui ne Caesari quidem, iam rerum potito, pepercerit. Ipsitillam et Clodiam, amicas celebravit, quarum hanc fictô nomine Lesbiam dixit. Ovid. Trist. l. 2. v. 427.
Sic sua lascivo cantata est saepe Catullo
Femina, cui falsum Lesbia nomen erat.
Martialis, l. 6. Epigr. 34. v. ult.
Nolo quot arguto dedit exorata Catullo.
Lesbia. ------
Obiit an. aetatis 30. Urb. Cond. 698. Hieron, in Chron. Quintil. lilius Girald. 10. dial. de Poet. Latin. Voss. de Poet. Latin c. 1. Nic. Lloydius.
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CATULLUS
cognomine Urbicarius, mimographus, de quo Iuvenal. Sat. 13. v. 111.
------ Mimum agit ille
Urbanus qualem fugitivus scurra Catulli.
Idem, Sat. 8. v. 186.
Consumptis opibus vocem, Damasippe, locâsti
Sipario, clamosum ageres ut Phasina Catulli.
Ubi vide sis veterem Scholiast.

Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.

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