Epigrammata

Martial

Martial. M. Valerii Martialis Epigrammata. Heraeus, Wilhelm, editor; Borovskij, Jacobus, editor. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1925. Reprinted with corrections in 1976.

  1. Callidus effracta nummos fur auferet arca,
  2. Prosternet patrios impia flamma lares:
  3. Debitor usuram pariter sortemque negabit,
  4. Non reddet sterilis semina iacta seges:
  5. Dispensatorem fallax spoliabit amica,
  6. Mercibus extructas obruet unda rates.
  7. Extra fortunam est, quidquid donatur amicis:
  8. Quas dederis, solas semper habebis opes.