Over 10 000 wall inscriptions have been discovered in Pompeii. Some of them were painted (dipinto), some scratched in stone or plaster (graffito) and some were made with charcoal or chalk, for example. There are a couple hundred writings that can be interpreted as insults such as the one seen in the photo: Leporis fellas, Leporis, you suck dick. I've collected some examples of these in the list below. All translations are my own.
NB: The Latin word cinaedus is difficult to translate. As an insult it usually meant a male prostitute or a man penetrated in anal sex. Such men were considered perverse, feminine and generally immoral. For lack of a better word I will use 'queer' in my translations.
CIL IV = Corpus inscriptionum Latinarum, vol. 4, Berlin, 1871–.
CIL IV 763 |
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Asbestus cunnum linges | Asbestus, you lick cunt. |
In a public bath (VII 1,8), written with chalk | |
CIL IV 1253 |
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Iustus Lemnio felatore[i?] sal(utem) |
Iustus greets Lemnius the cocksucker. |
Exterior wall (VI 8,3–4), graffito | |
CIL IV 1388a |
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Timele extaliosa | Thymele has a big ass. |
Exterior wall (VI 11,15–16), graffito | |
CIL IV 1391 |
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Veneria Maximo mentla(m) exmuccaut per vindemiam tota(m) et relinque(t) putr(em) ventre(m) mucei os plenu(m) | Veneria licked clean Maximus' cock during the whole harvest and left her stomach putrid and her mouth full of slime. |
Exterior wall (VI 11,16), graffito | |
CIL IV 1516 |
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hic ego nu[nc f]utui formosa(m) fo[r]ma puella(m) laudata(m) a multis set lutus intus {e}erat | Here I fucked a girl with a nice appearance. She was praised by many but there was muck inside. |
Exterior wall (VI 14,43), graffito. The beginning is repeated in CIL IV 1517. Poetic meter: elegiac couplet. | |
CIL IV 1772 |
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Secundus Cararii cinedus | Secundus, slave of Cararius, is a queer. |
Exterior wall (VII 7,32, Temple of Apollo), graffito | |
CIL IV 1816 |
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Epaphra glaber es | Epaphras, you're hairless. |
In the basilica (VIII 1,1), graffito | |
CIL IV 1820 |
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Chie opto tibi ut refricent se ficus tuae ut peius ustulentur quam ustulatae sunt | Chius, I hope your piles rub open again so that they become inflamed worse than before. |
In the basilica (VIII 1,1), graffito | |
CIL IV 1825 |
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Cosmus Equitiaes magnus cinaedus et fellator est suris apertis | Cosmus, the slave of Equitia, is a big queer and a cocksucker with legs wide open. |
In the basilica (VIII 1,1), graffito | |
CIL IV 1826 |
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Phileros spado | Phileros is a eunuch. |
In the basilica (VIII 1,1), graffito. Below the graffito a man with a large penis was drawn. | |
CIL IV 1850 |
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Phoebus felat | Phoebus sucks cock. |
In the basilica (VIII 1,1), graffito | |
CIL IV 1881 |
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Virgula Tertio suo indecens es | Virgula to his friend Tertius: you're shameless. |
In the basilica (VIII 1,1), graffito. Virgula is usually a male name. | |
CIL IV 1948 |
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Lucilla ex corpore lucrum faciebat | Lucilla made profit with her body. |
In the basilica (VIII 1,1), graffito | |
CIL IV 1949 |
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Oppi emboliari fur furuncule | Oppius, you buffoon, thief, pilferer. |
In the basilica (VIII 1,1), graffito | |
CIL IV 2254 |
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ratio mi cum ponis Batacare te pidicaro | When you pay me, Batacarus, I will fuck you in the ass. |
In a brothel (VII 12,18), graffito. Accompanied by a drawing of a phallus. | |
CIL IV 2275 |
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Fortunata fellat | Fortunata sucks cock. |
In a brothel (VII 12,18), graffito | |
CIL IV 2288 |
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Synethus Faustillam futuit obiqe rite | Synethus fucked Faustilla well everywhere. |
In a brothel (VII 12,18), graffito | |
CIL IV 2375 |
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Ampliate Icarus te pedicat Salvius scripsit | Ampliatus, Icarus fucks you in the ass. Salvius wrote (this). |
In a private house (I 4,5), graffito | |
CIL IV 2400 |
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Satur noli cunnum lingere extra porta(m) set intra porta(m) rogat te Arpogra ut sibi lingas mentula(m) at fellator quid | Satur, don't lick cunts outside of the gate but inside. Harpocras asks you to lick his cock, but cocksucker what... |
In a private house (IX 1,22), graffito | |
CIL IV 2420 |
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Astus hic pedicatur | Astus is fucked in the ass here. |
Theater corridor (VIII 7,20), graffito | |
CIL IV 3103 |
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Verecundus [- - -] mentla(m) ling(it) | Verecundus ... licks cock. |
Exterior wall (VII 3,27–28), graffito | |
CIL IV 3146 |
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Secundus hicacat hi[- - -]at hic cacat | Secundus shits here, shits here, shits here. |
In a private house (VII 2,3), graffito | |
CIL IV 3925 |
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Saturnine cunnum lingere noli | Saturninus, don't lick cunt. |
Exterior wall (I 2,19), graffito | |
CIL IV 3990 |
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L(ucius) Statius ((mulieris)) l(ibertus) Philadelpus fur est | Lucius Statius Philadelphus, a freedman of a woman, is a thief. |
In a private house (I 3,3), graffito | |
CIL IV 4001 |
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Glyco halicaria | Glyco is a mill whore. |
In a bakery (IX 3,5), graffito | |
CIL IV 4185 |
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Sabina felas no(n) belle faces | Sabina, you suck cock, but you don't do it well (or: that's not nice). |
In a private house (V 2,i), graffito | |
CIL IV 4192 |
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Ecidia fellatrix | Ecidia is a cocksucker. |
In a private house (V 2,i), graffito | |
CIL IV 4206 |
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Helene cina(ede) vetusc(ule) | Helenus, you old queer. |
In a private house (V 2,i), graffito | |
CIL IV 4264 |
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Iucundus cunum lingit Rusticae | Iucundus licks Rustica's cunt. |
Exterior wall (V 2,a–b), graffito | |
CIL IV 4533 |
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G(aius) Hadius Ventrio eques natus Romanus inter beta(m) et brassica(m) | Gaius Adius Ventrio, a knight, was born a Roman between a beat and a cabbage. |
In a private house (VI 14,37), graffito | |
CIL IV 4699 |
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Isidorus verna Putiolanus cunnuliggeter geter | Isidorus, a homeborn slave, from Puteoli is a cuntlicker... cker. |
Exterior wall (VI 15,26), graffito | |
CIL IV 4765 |
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Aephebe ardalio es | Ephebus, you're a busybody. |
In a private house (VII 7,5), graffito | |
CIL IV 4954 |
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Fortunate linge culu[m] | Fortunatus, lick ass! |
Exterior wall (VIII 6,6–7), graffito | |
CIL IV 4957 |
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miximus in lecto fateor peccavimus hospes si dices quare nulla matella fuit | We peed in the bed, we confess; we did wrong, host. If you ask why, there was no chamber pot. |
Exterior wall (VIII 6,7), graffito. Poetic meter: elegiac couplet. Read more on Twitter. | |
CIL IV 5110 |
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Eracla fur | Heracla is a thief. |
In a private house (IX 5,18), graffito | |
CIL IV 5148 |
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Romulus cal'v'os | Romulus is |
Exterior wall (IX 5,19), graffito. The graffito originally read calos but someone added a small letter v turning the word into calvos which sounds like calvus (bald). | |
CIL IV 5244 |
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Marthae hoc trichilinium est nam in trichilino cacat | This is Martha's dining room because she shits in the dining room. |
In a latrine of a private house (IX 8,6), graffito | |
CIL IV 5263 |
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Lenas cunnulingus | Lenas, the cuntlicker. |
In a private house (IX 9,12.13), graffito | |
CIL IV 5278 |
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ling[- - -] mentula(m) Ptolomaeus | Lick cock, Ptolemaeus! |
In a private house (IX 9,12.13), graffito, accompanied by a drawing of a phallus. | |
CIL IV 7089 |
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imanis metula es | You're a huge dick. |
Exterior wall (V 7,7), graffito. Can also be interpreted as imanis, metula, es 'Dick, you're huge' or imanis metula es(t) 'The dick is huge'. Read more on Twitter. | |
CIL IV 8322k |
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Somene nequ(am) | Somene is worthless. |
In a private house (I 10,4), graffito | |
CIL IV 8698 |
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Vettius cu[n]num liget Optatus | Vettius licks cunt. Optatus (wrote this?) |
In a column of the palestra (II 7,1–10), graffito | |
CIL IV 8715b |
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Iucu(n)dus male cala(t) | Iucundus fucks badly. |
In a column of the palestra (II 7,1–10), graffito | |
CIL IV 8805 |
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VII idus sep[tem]bres Q(uintus) Postumius rogavit (ut?) A(ulum) Attium pedicarim | On September 7th Quintus Postumius asked me to fuck Aulus Attius. |
In a column of the palestra (II 7,1–10), graffito | |
CIL IV 8841 |
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Martialis fellas Proculum | Martialis, you suck Proculus' cock. |
Exterior wall (III 3,6), graffito | |
CIL IV 8898 |
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Tiopilus canis cunnu(m) lingere noli puellis in muro | Theophilus, you dog, don't lick girls' cunts next to the wall. |
Exterior wall (III 5,3), graffito | |
CIL IV 9027 |
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Secundus felator rarus | Secundus is a rare kind of cocksucker. |
In a private house (VII 6,28), graffito | |
CIL IV 9945 |
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Erotaria vetula selotia | Erotarin, you jealous old crone. |
Necropolis of Porta Nocera, exterior wall of tomb 4EN, dipinto, selotia = zelotypa(?). | |
CIL IV 9228 |
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Secundilla felatrix | Secundilla is a cocksucker. |
Atrium of Villa dei Misteri, graffito | |
CIL IV 10004 |
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Eupla laxa landicosa | Euplia is loose and has a huge clitoris. |
In a private house (I 9,5), graffito | |
CIL IV 10041d |
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Piramo cotttdie linguo | I lick Pyramus' dick every day. |
In a private house (I 11,14), graffito | |
CIL IV 10093c |
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Brutus canis est | Brutus is a dog. |
In the entrance to a private house (II 1,10), graffito | |
CIL IV 10150 |
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[cum] de[c]oxisti octies tibi superat ut (h)abeas sedecies coponium fecisti cretaria fecisti salsamentaria fecisti pistorium fecisti agricola fuisti aere minutaria fecisti propola fuisti laguncularia nunc facis si cunnu(m) linxse{e}ris consummaris omnia | Now that you've gone bankrupt eight times, it remains for you to do it sixteen times. You've worked as an innkeeper, sold chalk and salted fish, you wer a baker and a farmer, sold small bronze items, worked as a retailer, and now you make small bottles. If you lick cunt, you will have done it all. |
Exterior wall (II 4,10), graffito, written in one long line. | |
Julkaisematon |
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Leporis felas | Leporis, you suck dick. |
At the entrance to a private house (V 3, Casa del Giardino), graffito | |
Julkaisematon |
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Nicia cinede cacator. | Nicia, you're a queer and a defecator. |
In a bar (V 3, thermopolium), graffito |
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