Martial: Friends & Lovers

tussit

• she wishes

• she coughs

• she is foul

• she is old

vetulisque foediores

• foul and old

• you are allowed to be foul

• more foul than old women

• the most foul with respect to age

basia das aliis

• I give a kiss to you

• I choose kisses

• give a kiss to me

• you give kisses to some

nec sitio

• I do not think that

• I am not thirsty

• I am not pleased

• with no doubt

has ducis comites

• lead these ones as your companions

• you love your friends

• you lead your neighbors

• you speak of these kisses

solus habes nummos

• you live alone with nobody

• you are the only rich man

• you have wealth all to yourself

• you alone have wine

vicinus

• wealth

• flight

• shop

• neighbor

duo sunt quo nos disiungunt milia passum

• there are two miles which unite us

• there are two miles which separate us

• there are a thousand miles in between us

• two miles join us together

piget

• it is allowed

• it is pleasing

• it annoys

• it delights

non est quod puerum vexes

• there is no need to bother your slave boy

• there is nothing you do to annoy the boy

• you do not serve your slave boy wine

• it is not because the slave boy pleases you