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Stupid Sexy Romans!
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Stupid Sexy Romans! So, we have some sexual words that come from Latin. Penis. Vagina. Not clitoris, though, that's from Greek. Cunnilingus. What else? Copulation. However, if you went back in time some 2000 , you'd find the average Roman used significantly different vocabulary for these concepts. They would have used mentula or verpa for the male organ. Or pipinna, if you wanted to use something equivalently cutesy to "pee-pee." Penis simply meant tail. Vagina was a sheath for one's sword. However, you can probably easily guess what the word cunnus means. For the Romans, a cunnilingus was the person who licked a woman's vulva, not the action itself. Copulation simply meant a joining, such as in marriage. About 1500 years would to pass before it became a euphemistic term for having sex. The ancient Romans were not shy about frankly mentioning sexual things. Poets such as Ovid and Catullus really let it all hang out. It's thanks to them, plus all the graffiti writers, that we are able to get an idea of how the Romans spoke about sexual matters. |
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Catullus wrote one poem that starts off "I will sodomize and face-fuck you/bottom Aurelius and catamite Furius." Feel free to look it up if you like.
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Ovid, arguably the first erotic writer. Haven't read his stuff since college. 
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Yes they also had sex slaves for those who could afford them, lots of young boys for both men & women.
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Have you been to Italy? Its chock full of gorgeous folks so I can understand those Romans being very interested in sexy times.
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Just proves every generation reinvents sex and the wheel and we have always been lusty humans. Thanks for sharing
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