Catullus 13

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{{Short description|Latin poem by Catullus}}
[[File:Catullus 13.webm|thumb|A Latin recitation of Catullus 13]]'''''Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me''''' is the first line, sometimes used as a title, of ''[[Poetry of Catullus|Carmen]]'' 13 from the collected poems of the 1st-century BC [[Latin poetry|Latin poet]] [[Catullus]]. The poem belongs to the [[literary genre]] of mock-invitation.<ref>D.F.S. Thomson, ''Catullus'' (University of Toronto Press, 1997, 2003), p. 242.</ref> Fabullus is invited to dine at the poet's home, but he will need to bring all the elements of a dinner party (''[[cena]]'') himself: the host pleads poverty. Catullus will provide only ''meros amores'', "the essence of love",<ref>[[Emily Gowers]], ''The Loaded Table: Representation of Food in Roman Literature'' (Oxford University Press, 1993, 2003), p. 234.</ref> and a perfume given to him by his girlfriend, granted to her by multiple [[Venus (mythology)|Venuses]] and [[Cupid]]s, guaranteed to make Fabullus wish he were ''totum nasum'' ("all nose").

==Latin text and translation==
{| class="wikitable"
! Line !! [[Latin]] text !! [[English language|English]] [[translation]]
|-
! 1
| Cenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me
| You will dine well, my Fabullus, at my house,
|-
! 2
| paucis, si tibi di favent, diebus
| in a few days, if the gods favor you,
|-
! 3
| si tecum attuleris bonam atque magnam
| if with you you bring a good and great
|-
! 4
| cenam, non sine candida puella
| meal, not without an innocent girl
|-
! 5
| et vino et sale et omnibus cachinnis
| both wine and wit and all the banter.
|-
! 6
| Haec si, inquam, attuleris, venuste noster,
| If you bring these, I say, our dear friend,
|-
! 7
| cenabis bene; nam tui Catulli
| you will dine well, for the wallet of your Catullus
|-
! 8
| plenus sacculus est aranearum.
| is full of cobwebs.
|-
! 9
| Sed contra accipies meros amores
| But in exchange you will receive the most pure friendship
|-
! 10
| seu quid suavius elegantiusve est:
| or whatever is more sweet or more elegant:
|-
! 11
| nam unguentum dabo, quod meae puellae
| for I will give perfume, which to my girl
|-
! 12
| donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque,
| Venuses and Cupids have given,
|-
! 13
| quod tu cum olfacies, deos rogabis,
| which when you will smell it, you will ask the gods,
|-
! 14
| totum ut te faciant, Fabulle, nasum.
| to make you, Fabullus, all nose.
|}

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