# Epigrammaton Libri 3.63

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 3.63. Latin.

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Cotile, bellus homo es: dicunt hoc, Cotile, multi.
Audio: sed quid sit, dic mihi, bellus homo?
"Bellus homo est, flexos qui digerit ordine crines,
balsama qui semper, cinnama semper olet;
cantica qui Nili, qui Gaditana susurrat,
qui mouet in uarios bracchia uolsa modos;
inter femineas tota qui luce cathedras
desidet atque aliqua semper in aure sonat;
qui legit hinc illinc missas scribitque tabellas;
pallia uicini qui refugit cubiti;
qui scit quam quis amet, qui per conuiuia currit,
Hirpini ueteres qui bene nouit auos."
Quid narras? Hoc est, hoc est homo, Cotile, bellus?
Res pertricosa est, Cotile, bellus homo.

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