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| | this is a test | | | mmkandel |
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| | I have been reading Ovid on Catullus. I understand the meaning (from www.sacred-texts.com) but am puzzled about the grammar of this phrase from Elegy IX: Obvius huic venias hedera iuvenalia cinctus tempora cum Calve, docte Catulle, tuo. I think I have the thing worked out except for iuvenalia, cinctus, tempora. Cinctus seems to be the past participle, masculine nominative, of cingo. (I do understand that in poetry you can use the nominative of an adjective to modify the vocative, so this may refer to Catullus' brow being wreathed.) Iuvenalia tempora seem to be in the accusative. Any suggestions?
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