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Epigram LXI. — On an Utterance of Rufus
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Rufus the rhetorician, being once invited to a wedding — a thing oft done at crowded festivals'- — to show his skill in grammar, expressed these wishes for the wedded pair: "May ye get sons of gender masculine, feminine and neuter."
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXI. — On an Utterance of Rufus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/263/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram LXI. — On an Utterance of Rufus.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/263/.
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