# A. Persi Flacci Saturae 5.176-191

Persius, A. Persi Flacci Saturae, Lines 5.176-5.191. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/persius/a-persi-flacci-satvrae/5.176

ius habet ille sui, palpo quem ducit hiantem
cretata Ambitio? uigila et cicer ingere large
rixanti populo, nostra ut Floralia possint
aprici meminisse senes. quid pulchrius? at cum
Herodis uenere dies unctaque fenestra
dispositae pinguem nebulam uomuere lucernae
portantes uiolas rubrumque amplexa catinum
cauda natat thynni, tumet alba fidelia uino,
labra moues tacitus recutitaque sabbata palles.
tum nigri lemures ouoque pericula rupto,
tum grandes galli et cum sistro lusca sacerdos
incussere deos inflantis corpora, si non
praedictum ter mane caput gustaueris ali.
dixeris haec inter uaricosos centuriones,
continuo crassum ridet Pulfenius ingens
et centum Graecos curto centusse licetur.

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