The C. Valerius Catullus Society

Meters of Catullus

Phalaecian hendecasyllable: Carmina i, ii, iii, v, vi, vii, ix, x, xii, xiii, xiv, xv, xvi, xxi, xxiii, xxiv, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii, xxxii, xxxiii, xxxv, xxxvi, xxxviii, xl, xli, xlii, xliii, xlv, xlvi, xlvii, xlviii, xlix, l, liii, liv, lv, lvi, lvii & lviii.

Iambic trimeter: Carmina iv, xxix & lii.

Scazon (Choliambics): Carmina viii, xxii, xxxi, xxxvii, xxxix, xliv, lix & lx.

Sapphic stanza: Carmina xi & li.

Priapean: Carmen xvii.

Iambic tetrameter catalectic: Carmen xxv.

Greater Asclepiad: Carmen xxx.

a mixture of Glyconics and Pherecratean: Carmina xxxiv & lxi.

Dactylic hexameter: Carmina lxii & lxiv.

Galliambic: Carmen lxiii.

Elegiac couplet: Carmina lxv - cxvi.


          poem      meter      first line
          ihendecasyllableCui dono lepidum novum libellum
          iihendecasyllablePasser, deliciae meae puellae,
          iiihendecasyllableLugete, o Veneres Cupidinesque,
          iviambic trimeter Phaselus ille, quem videtis, hospites,
          vhendecasyllableVivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus,
          vihendecasyllableFlavi, delicias tuas Catullo,
          viihendecasyllableQuaeris, quot mihi basiationes
          viiiscazonMiser Catulle, desinas ineptire,
          ixhendecasyllableVerani, omnibus e meis amicis
          xhendecasyllableVarus me meus ad suos amores
          xisapphic Furi et Aureli, comites Catulli,
          xiihendecasyllableMarrucine Asini, manu sinistra
          xiiihendecasyllableCenabis bene, mi Fabulle, apud me
          xivhendecasyllableNi te plus oculis meis amarem,
          xvhendecasyllableCommendo tibi me ac meos amores,
          xvihendecasyllablePedicabo ego vos et irrumabo,
          xviipriapean O Colonia. quae cupis ponte ludere longo,
          xxihendecasyllableAureli, pater esuritionum,
          xxiiscazonSuffenus iste, Vare, quem probe nosti,
          xxiiihendecasyllableFuri, cui neque servus est neque arca
          xxivhendecasyllableO qui flosculus es Juventiorum,
          xxviambic tetrameter catalecticCinaede Thalle, mollior cuniculi capillo
          xxvihendecasyllableFuri, villula nostra non ad Austri
          xxviihendecasyllableMinister vetuli puer Falerni
          xxviiihendecasyllablePisonis comites, cohors inanis
          xxixiambic trimeter Quis hoc potest videre, quis potest pati,
          xxxgreater Asclepiad Alfene immemor atque unanimis false sodalibus,
          xxxiscazonPaene insularum, Sirmio, insularumque
          xxxiihendecasyllableAmabo, mea dulcis Ipsitilla,
          xxxiiihendecasyllableO furum optime balneariorum
          xxxivglyconics Dianae sumus in fide
          xxxvhendecasyllablePoetae tenero, meo sodali
          xxxvihendecasyllableAnnales Volusi, cacata charta,
          xxxviiscazonSalax taberna vosque contubernales,
          xxxviiihendecasyllableMale 'st, Cornifici, tuo Catullo,
          xxxixscazonEgnatius, quod candidos habet dentes,
          xlhendecasyllableQuaenam te mala mens, miselle Ravide,
          xliglyconics Ameana puella defututa
          xliihendecasyllable Adeste, hendecasyllabi, quot estis
          xliiihendecasyllableSalve, nec minimo puella naso
          xlivscazonO funde noster seu Sabine seu Tiburs
          xlvhendecasyllableAcmen Septimius suos amores
          xlvihendecasyllableJam ver egelidos refert tepores,
          xlviihendecasyllablePorci et Socration, duae sinistrae
          xlviiihendecasyllableMellitos oculos tuos, Juventi,
          xlixhendecasyllableDisertissime Romuli nepotum,
          lhendecasyllableHesterno, Licini, die otiosi
          lisapphic Ille mi par esse deo videtur,
          liiiambic trimeter Quid est, Catulle? Quid moraris emori?
          liiihendecasyllableRisi nescio quem modo e corona,
          livhendecasyllableOthonis caput oppido pusillum
          lvhendecasyllableOramus si forte non molestum 'st,
          lvihendecasyllableO rem ridiculam, Cato, et jocosam
          lviihendecasyllablePulchre convenit improbis cinaedis,
          lviiihendecasyllableCaeli, Lesbia nostra, Lesbia illa,
          lixscazonBononiensis Rufa Rufuli fellat
          lxscazonNum te leaena montibus Libystinis
          lxiglyconics Collis o Heliconii
          lxiidactylic hexameter Vesper adest, juvenes, consurgite: Vesper Olympo
          lxiiigalliambic Super alta vectus Attis celeri rate maria
          lxivdactylic hexameterPeliaco quondam prognatae vertice pinus
          lxvelegiac coupletEtsi me assiduo confectum cura dolore
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          celegiac coupletCaelius Aufilenum et Quintius Aufilenam
          cielegiac coupletMultas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus
          ciielegiac coupletSi quicquam tacito commissum 'st fido ab amico,
          ciiielegiac coupletAut, sodes, mihi redde decem sestertia, Silo,
          civelegiac coupletCredis me potuisse meae maledicere vitae,
          cvelegiac coupletMentula conatur Pipleum scandere montem:
          cvielegiac coupletCum puero bello praeconem qui videt esse.
          cviielegiac coupletSi quicquam cupidoque optantique optigit umquam
          cviiielegiac coupletSi, Comini, arbitrio populi tua cana senectus
          cixelegiac coupletJucundum, mea vita, mihi proponis amorem
          cxelegiac coupletAufilena, bonae semper laudantur amicae:
          cxielegiac coupletAufilena, viro contentam vivere solo,
          cxiielegiac coupletMultus homo 's Naso, neque tecum multus homo 'st qui
          cxiiielegiac coupletConsule Pompeio primum duo, Cinna, solebant
          cxivelegiac coupletFirmano saltu non falso Mentula dives
          cxvelegiac coupletMentula habet noster triginta jugera prati,
          cxvielegiac coupletSaepe tibi studioso animo venante requirens