“Scortillum” is the Latin word which Green renders as “scrubber,” a euphemism which he unwisely chooses instead of “slut.” And Green and his predecessors would do well to render “praetor,” as say, “contractor.” “Fuckface” for “irrrumator” is an inspired move: more than funny, the double-syllabic punch conveys the lethal humor of the speaker’s anger, a lethality which is really Catullus’ muse. Because he refuses to repress or to explain away his anger, he’s a prophet of emotional truth, an artist who was such a master at meter and form that he could give his verse over to the raw without risking the charge of amateurishness.Catullus X (texto y traducción)
Lectura de Catullus X
Filología: scortillum (putilla); scortor (putear); scortum (piel, cuero); scortator (putero)
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