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  • Catullus, who detested him, always called him "the bald catamite," in his epigrams: he set forth that his friendship with Mamurra was not at all honorable; he called this Mamurra "pathicus," a name which they bestowed upon those who looked for favors among mature men or among men who had passed the stage of adolescence.

    Satyricon 2007

  • Catullus, who detested him, always called him "the bald catamite," in his epigrams: he set forth that his friendship with Mamurra was not at all honorable; he called this Mamurra "pathicus," a name which they bestowed upon those who looked for favors among mature men or among men who had passed the stage of adolescence.

    The Satyricon — Volume 07: Marchena Notes 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

  • Catullus, who detested him, always called him "the bald catamite," in his epigrams: he set forth that his friendship with Mamurra was not at all honorable; he called this Mamurra "pathicus," a name which they bestowed upon those who looked for favors among mature men or among men who had passed the stage of adolescence.

    The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

  • Multos home es, Naso neque tecum multus homost qui descendit: Naso, multus es et pathicus

    languagehat.com: ZUKOFSKY EUSKARAZ. 2004

  • Iftud monftri eft fimilc, quod Deus pathicus hue intro advenit,

    Icelandic poetry 1797

  • A perfect arrangement: Anglicans send Rome all their pathicus clergy in exchange for Rome’s children.

    An Anglican/Catholic exchange program « Anglican Samizdat 2010

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