Sunday, February 10, 2019

Lady Luck

Quae legis causa nupsit tibi Laelia, Quinte,
uxorem potes hanc dicere legitimam.

Laelia, who married you, Quintus, to satisfy the law,
You may call your “lawful” spouse.

Martial, Epigrams, Book 5, LXXV
English translation by Walter C. A. Ker

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