Quod edi bibi, mecum habeo. quod reliqui, perdidi.
Quod is the English what. Edi is I ate. Someone bibulous is fond of a drink: bibi means I drank. We’ve seen that cum means with. Mecum is with me. Habeo means I have.
We have to add an “and” to make sense of that first phrase.
Quod edi bibi, mecum habeo.
What I ate and drank, I have with me.
A relic is something left behind. Reliqui is the verb form. Perdidi is related to perish and perdition. It means I lost, or I have lost.
Quod edi bibi, mecum habeo. quod reliqui, perdidi.
What I ate and drank, I have with me. What I left behind I have lost.
Titus Flavius Martialis was his name. He lived to be eighty, and he sounds like he enjoyed every minute.