Focusijf Flashcards
Extemplo Libyae magnas it Fama per urbes,
Immediately Rumor goes through the great cities of Libya
Fama, malum qua non aliud velocius ullum:
Rumor, than which no other evil is swifter
mobilitate viget virisque adquirit eundo,
She thrives on movement and acquires her strength by going
parva metu primo, mox sese attollit in auras
First she is small because of fear
ingrediturque solo et caput inter nubila condit.
She steps on the earth and hides her head among the clouds
illam Terra parens ira inritata deorum
Parent Earth provoked by the wrath of the gods
extremam, ut perhibent, Coeo Enceladoque sororem
As they report, gave birth to the last one, a sister to Coeus and Enceladus
progenuit pedibus celerem et pernicibus alis,
Enceladus, swift as to her feet and with swift wings,
monstrum horrendum, ingens, cui quot sunt corpore plumae,
A dreaded monster, huge, with her as many feathers in respect to her body
tot vigiles oculi subter (mirabile dictu),
So many wakeful eyes beneath (marvelous to tell),
tot linguae, totidem ora sonant, tot subrigit auris.
As many tongues, as many mouths resound, she raises many ears