human
Vos O Pompilius sanguis!
gpt
Ye, whose position places you above the necessity of writing verses for gain, by refraining from writing your paltry trash, avoid the ridicule that you are unconsciously exciting.
human
Venienti occurrite morbo.
gpt
Quâ sorbeat aera sannâ.
human
Quam lepide lexeis compostæ? ut tesserulæ omnes Arte pavimento atque emblemate vermiculato. Cf. Hor., A. P., 292,
gpt
Carmen reprehendite quod non multa dies et multa litura coercuit atque perfectum decies non castigavit ad unguem. i., Sat. v., 32,
human
ii., Sat. vii., 87. Appul., Fl., 23,
gpt
Lapis ad unguem coæquatus. Sidon. Apoll., ix., Ep. 7,
human
Veluti cum crystallinas crustas aut onychitinas non impacto digitus ungue perlabitur: quippe si nihil eum rimosis obicibus exceptum tenax fractura remoretur. This operation the Greeks expressed by ἐξονυχίζειν. Polycletus used to say, χαλεπώτατον εἶναι τὸ ἔργον ὅταν ἐν ὄνυχι ὁ πηλὸς γίγνηται.
gpt
The most difficult part of the work is when the nail comes to be applied to the clay.