Why, what a very singularly deep young man this deep young man must be

[sovay]

Brundisium venimus vii Kalend. Decembr. usi tua felicitate navigandi; ita belle nobis
         flavit ab Epiro lenissimus Onchesmites.
hunc σπονδειάζοντα si cui voles τῶν νεωτέρων pro tuo vendito.

—Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 7.2.1

I arrived in Brundisium on the seventh day from the Kalends of December, and I had your own luck sailing; so fairly for me
         did blow from Epirus the gentlest Onchesmites.
That spondee you may pass off as your own to whichever of the newer poets* you like.

*Why is it that I can find reasonably informative Wikipedia entries for novi poetae in Dutch and Italian, while the English entry for "neoteric" only talks about Catullus' rejection of luxurious social norms? Oh, specious article. Don't make me rewrite you.

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Is it wrong that I'm amused and strangelike pleased by the bits of Greek in there?;-)

Wish I could help you on the Wikipaedia issue, but I can't.

Am in Koffee? right the now, ironically. Will leave in a few minutes; places to go, and my parking meter runs out at a bit past half past.

[sovay]

Is it wrong that I'm amused and strangelike pleased by the bits of Greek in there?

It is never wrong to be pleased by bits of Greek. : )