# Epigrammaton Libri 8.44

Martial, Epigrammaton Libri, Poem 8.44. Latin.

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Titulle, moneo, uiue: semper hoc serum est;
sub paedagogo coeperis licet, serum est.
At tu, miser Titulle, nec senex uiuis,
sed omne limen conteris salutator
et mane sudas urbis osculis udus,
foroque triplici sparsus ante equos omnis
aedemque Martis et colosson Augusti
curris per omnis tertiasque quintasque.
Rape, congere, aufer, posside: relinquendum est.
Superba densis area palleat nummis,
centum explicentur paginae Kalendarum,
iurabit heres te nihil reliquisse,
supraque plutcum te iacente uel saxum,
fartus papyro dum tibi torus crescit,
flentes superbus basiabit eunuchos;
tuoque tristis filius, uelis nolis,
cum concubino nocte dormiet prima.

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