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		<title>Martial -- Epigrams [Epigrammata], Book  1, epigram  83 (1.83) (AD 85-86) [tr. Davison (1608)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I muse not that your Dog turds oft doth eat; To a tongue that licks your lips, a turd’s sweet meat. [Os et labra tibi lingit, Manneia, catellus: Non miror, merdas si libet esse cani.] &#8220;On Manneia.&#8221; (Source (Latin)). Alternate translations: That thy Dog loves to lick thy Lips, th&#8217;art pleas&#8217;d; He&#8217;ll lick that too, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I muse not that your Dog turds oft doth eat;<br />
To a tongue that licks your lips, a turd’s sweet meat.</p>
<p><em>[Os et labra tibi lingit, Manneia, catellus:<br />
Non miror, merdas si libet esse cani.]</em></p>
<br><b>Martial</b> (AD c.39-c.103) Spanish Roman poet, satirist, epigrammatist [Marcus Valerius Martialis]<br><i>Epigrams [Epigrammata]</i>, Book  1, epigram  83 (1.83) (AD 85-86) [tr. Davison (1608)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://dmi.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/miscellany_274#:~:text=I%20muse%20not%20that%20your%20dog%20turds%20oft%20doth%20eat" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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"On Manneia." (<a href="http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi1294.phi002.perseus-lat1:1.83">Source (Latin)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>That thy Dog loves to lick thy Lips, th'art pleas'd;<br>
<span class="tab">He'll lick that too, of which thy Belly's eas'd;<br>
And not to flatter, and the Truth to smother,<br>
<span class="tab">I do believe, he knows not one from t'other.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/martialinenglish00mart/page/126/mode/2up">Killigrew</a> (1695)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>On thy lov'd lips, the whelpling lambent hung.<br>
No wonder if a dog can feed on dung.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Epigrams_of_M_Val_Martial/vksOAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA461&printsec=frontcover&bsq=%22welpling%20lambent%22">Elphinston</a> (1782), Book 12, ep. 171]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Your lap-dog, Manneia, licks your mouth and lips: <br>
I do not wonder at a dog liking to eat ordure.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/martial_epigrams_book01.htm#:~:text=Your%20lap%2Ddog%2C%20Manneia%2C%20licks%20your%20mouth%20and%20lips%3A%20I%20do%20not%20wonder%20at%20a%20dog%20liking%20to%20eat%20ordure.">Bohn's Classical</a> (1859)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Your face and lips, Manneia, your little dog licks;<br>
I don't wonder that a dog likes to eat filth.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Epigrams/w4ZfAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=manneia&pg=PA81&printsec=frontcover">Ker</a> (1919)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Your dog licks your mouth and you don't push him from it.<br>
But what says the proverb -- "A dog and his vomit"?<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/martialtwelveboo0000tran/page/26/mode/2up?q=lxxxiii">Pott & Wright</a> (1921)]</blockquote><br>



<blockquote>Your puppy licks your face and your lips:<br>
No wonder, considering the way he also dips<br>
into turds.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/epigramsofmartia0000mart_q2h6/page/66/mode/2up?q=puppy">Bovie</a> (1970)]</blockquote><br>





<blockquote>Your little dog licks you from head to foot<br>
Am I surprised, Manneia?<br>
Not a bit.<br>
<span class="tab">I’m not surprised that dogs like shit.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Epigrams_of_Martial/fZWq0MP5XQUC?gbpv=1&bsq=surprised%20manneia">O'Connell</a> (1987)]</blockquote><br>



<blockquote>Manneia, your little dog licks your face and lips. Small wonder that a dog likes eating dung.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://dokumen.pub/martial-epigrams-spectacles-books-1-5-1-0674995554-9780674995550.html#:~:text=Manneia%2C%20your%20little%20dog%20lieks%20your%20face%20and%20lips.%20Small%20wonder%20that%27%20a%20dog%20likes%20eating%20dung.">Shackleton Bailey</a> (1993)]</blockquote><br>


<blockquote>Manneia, your lapdog licks his lips with his tongue.<br>
It’s no surprise that a dog likes eating dung.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://books.google.ie/books?id=SQwwBQAAQBAJ&lpg=PR7&pg=PR7#v=snippet&q=manneia%20your%20lapdog&f=false">McLean</a> (2014)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Dear Manneia:<br>
Your lapdog’s licking your lips and chin:<br>
<span class="tab">no wonder with that shit-eating grin.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://briefpoems.wordpress.com/2016/06/11/bedside-lamps-brief-poems-by-martial/#:~:text=Dear%20Manneia%3A,A.%20M.%20Juster">Juster</a> (2016)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Your little puppy licks your mouth and lips --<br>
Manneia, I no longer find it strange<br>
That dogs are tempted by the smell of turds.<br>
[tr. <a href="http://www.thehypertexts.com/Martial%20Epigrams.htm#:~:text=live%20twice.%E2%80%94Martial-,Epigram%20I.83,-Your%20little%20puppy">Salemi</a>]</blockquote><br>



<blockquote>Your puppy licks your mouth and lips<br>
<span class="tab">And never wants to quit.<br>
Manneia, I don't wonder why.<br>
<span class="tab">All dogs eat their shit.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.coopertoons.com/merryhistory/martial/valeriusmartial_CKftPI.html#martial_poetry:~:text=Your%20puppy%20licks,eat%20their%20shit.">Cooper</a>]</blockquote><br>


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