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English Translation
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Lesbia mi dicit semper male nec tacet umquam
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Lesbia is always verbally abusing me, and is never silent
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de me: Lesbia me dispeream nisi amat.
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about me: may I perish if Lesbia does not love me.
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quo signo? qui sunt totidem mea: deprecor illam
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By what sign? Because my matters are just the same: I criticise her
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assidue, verum, dispeream nisi amo.
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constantly, even so, may I perish if I do not love her.
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- totidem - just as many; just the same; all the same
- deprecor, -ari, -atus sum - criticise; deprecate
- assidue (adv.) - constantly; continually
- verum (adv.) - truly; even so; but; yet; still
