Social Commentaries
Book I, Epigram 65 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
Social Commentaries
When I called figs "ficus" you laughed at it as an outlandish word, and you require them, Caecilianus, to be called "ficos." We will call those "ficus" which we know grow on a tree; we will call your figs, Caecilianus, "ficos."
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 65 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/401/.
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Martial. “Book I, Epigram 65 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/401/.
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