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Ovid Amores 1.9
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Term | Definition |
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militat omnis amans | Every lover serves as a soldier |
turpe senex miles | Disgraceful [is] an old man as a soldier |
pervigilant ambo; terrā requiescit uterque | Both keep watch at night; each rests on the ground; |
ille fores dominae servat, at ille ducis | One guards his mistress' door, the other his general's |
militis officium longa est via | The duty of the soldier is the long road |
strenuus exempto fine sequetur amans | The vigorous lover will follow with boundary removed |
hic portas frangit, at ille fores | one breaks down gates, the other doors |
nempe maritorum somnis utuntur amantes | Certainly lovers use the sleep of husbands |
Mars dubius nec certa Venus | Mars is doubtful nor is Venus certain |
ipse ego segnis eram | I myself was lazy |
inde vides agilem nocturnaque bella gerentem | Then you see me agile and waging nocturnal war |
qui nolet fieri desidiosus, amet | He who does not want to become idle, let him love |