[Sca-cooks] translation needed

[Rikke D. Giles]

On 2005.11.03 01:03, Volker Bach wrote:

> Doesn't Catullus write of kissing a lover?

And Martial mentions kissing in a sexual context many times, here's a  
few examples.

V.46
Basia dum nolo nisi quae luctantia carpsi,
et placet ira mihi plus tua quam facies...

'The only kisses I enjoy,
Are those I take by violence, boy...'

XII.93
Qua moechum ratione basiaret
coram coniuge repperit Labulla

'Labullu has worked out a way to kiss
Her lover in her husband's presence...'

XI.98
Effugere non est, Flacce, basiatores...
et nuptiale basium reservantem.

'There's no escaping the kissers, Flaccus...
Even a mouth reserved for your bride's embrace.'

XI.104
Basia me capiunt blandas imitata columbas:
tu mihi das aviae qualia mane soles.

'I love girls who kiss like doves and hang round my neck:
You give me the sort of peck
Due to your grandmother as a morning salute.'

Aelianora de Wintringham
Barony of Dragon's Laire
Kingdom of An Tir