Delicium, blanditiae, ludus, amor,...
Language: Latin
Delicium, blanditiae, ludus, amor, voluptas,
barbara, sed quae Latias vincis alumna pupas,
Bissula, nomen tenerae rusticulum puellae,
horridulum non solitis, sed domino venustum.
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Confirmed with Ausonius I, Loeb Classical Library 96, London: William Heinemann, 1919, Page 220.
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O my darling, delight, playmate, love,...
Language: English after the Latin
O my darling, delight, playmate, love, joy,
raised a barbarian yet surpassing the Latin girls,
Bissula, a rustic-sounding name for a delicate girl,
rather uncouth to those unaccustomed to it, but to your master beautiful.
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Translations of titles:
"Bissula" = "Bissula"
"De eadem Bissula" = "On the same Bissula"
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