Exempla antiqua

Classical and Medieval Latin examples for learners

Balnea vina Venus

CIL 6.15258, 5-8

Balnea, vīna, Venus corrumpunt corpōra nostra,

sed vītam faciunt b(alnea), v(īna), V(enus)


3rd conjugation verbs in Shelmerdine 8, including facio. 3rd decl nouns, incl. corpus, were just introduced in Shelmerdine 7. Everything before corpora not in vocab yet.

Asyndeton (bvv) and metonymy (Venus)

Erected by a freedwoman of Claudius, for her partner, Tiberius Claudius Secundus, a freedman of Claudius.

By Roman Hands # 13. Courtney 170a

Full text

V(ixit) an(nis) LII.
D(is) M(anibus)
Ti(beri) Claudi Secundi.
Hic secum habet omnia.
Balnea, vina, Venus
corrumpunt corpora
nostra, set vitam faciunt,
b(alnea) v(ina) V(enus),
karo contubernal(i)
fec(it) Merope Caes(aris) 〈:serva〉
et sibi et suis p(osterisque) e(ius).


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