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Epigram VI. — On Auxilius a Grammar-Master
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
How can a master speak a word correctly who cannot utter his own name without mistake? "Aux-ilium" (a help) callest thou thyself forsooth, ignorant usher? Give the nominative: straightway thou wilt be a solecism!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram VI. — On Auxilius a Grammar-Master.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/209/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram VI. — On Auxilius a Grammar-Master.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/209/.
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