Ovid 2.5 Flashcards
nullus amor tanti est
no love is worth so much
abeas
away
pharetrate Cupido
quiver-bearing Cupid
ut mihi
that my
maxima vota
greatest wishes
sint totiens…mori
so often are to die
vota more mea sunt
my wishes are to die
cum…recordor
whenever I remember
te peccasse
that you have been unfaithful
in mihi perpetuum nata puella malum
o girl born for my perpetual torment
deceptae…tabellae
disguised tablets
non mihi nudant
do not lay bare to me
tua facta
your deeds
nec…munera
nor do gifts
data furtive
given furtively
crimen habent
give grounds for accusation
o utinam
o if only
arguerem sic
I were to argue my case thus
ut possem
so that I might be able
non vincere
not to win my suit
me miserum
woe is me
quare…est
why is
tam bona causa mea
my case so good
felix
happy (is) the man
qui…defendere…audet
who dares to defend
quod amat…fortiter
what he loves bravely
cui sua…amica
to whom his girlfriend
dicere…potest
can say
‘non feci’
‘not guilty’
ferreus est…ille
that man is made of iron
nimiumque favet
and too well disposed
suo dolori
to his own grief
cui petitur…palma cruenta
by whom a bloodstained palm is sought
victa…rea
when the defendant is beaten
miser
I, poor soul
ipse…vidi…crimina vestra
saw your crimes myself
cum me dormire putares
when you thought I was asleep
sobrius
sober
apposito…mero
although unmixed wine had been set beside me
multa…vidi…loquentes
I saw you saying many things
supercilio…vibrante
with your eyebrow twitching
pars bona
a good part
vocis
of your voice
nutibus in vestris…erat
was in your nods
non oculi tacuere tui
your eyes were not silent
conscriptaque vino mensa
and the table was written all over with wine
nec…littera nulla
and many a letter
in digitis
was in your fingers
agnovi
I recognised
sermonem
your conversation
agentem
dealing with
quod non videatur
what it did not appear to
verbaque…iussa valere
and words made to stand (for)
pro certis…notis
for pre-arranged codes
iamque
and now
frequens…conviva
the guests in great numbers
ierat mensa…relicta
had left the table
iuvenes unus et alter
one young man and another
compositi…erant
were drowsy with wine
tum vero
then truly
iungentes…vidi
I saw you, locked in
inproba…oscula
wicked kisses
mihi…liquet
it is clear to me
illa
that those kisses
lingua nexa fuisse
had been linked by the tongue
non…germana
not as a sister
qualia…tulerit
kisses
fratri…severo
her stern brother
mollis amica
but as a gentle girlfriend
tulerit
kisses
cupido…viro
her eager man
credibile est non
it is not believable
Phoebo ferre Dianam
that Diana kisses Phoebus
qualia
in such a way
sed Venerem Marti saepe tulisse suo
but that Venus often kisses her own Mars in such a way
‘quid facis?’ exclamo
‘what are you doing?’ I cried
quo…defers
where are you bestowing
nunc mea gaudia
my joys now
iniciam
I shall lay
dominas manus
my sovereign hands
in mea iura
on my rightful property
haec tibi sunt mecum
your joys are shared with me
mihi sunt communia tecum
my joys are shared with you
quisquam tertius
some third person
cur…venit
why has…become (legally) entitled
in bona ista
to that property
haec ego
I said these things
quaeque dolor
and what pain
linguae dictavit
dictated them to my tongue
at illi
but for that woman
purpureus…pudor
a crimson shame
venit
arose
conscia…in ora
in her guilty face
quale coloratum…caelum
just as the colour of the sky
coloratum…subrubet
is tinged red
Tithoni coniuge
by the wife of Tithonus [Dawn]
aut…puella
or as a girl
visa
seen
sponso…novo
by her new bridegroom
quale rosae
just as roses
fulgent
shine
inter…mixtae
mixed with
sua lilia
their own lilies
aut, ubi…Luna
or when the Moon
laborat
toils
cantatis…equis
with her enchanted horses
aut…Assyrium…ebur
as Assyrian ivory
quod…Maeonis…femina tinxit
which a Maeonian woman has tinged
ne…possit
so that it might not be able to
flavescere
turn yellow
longis…ab annis
over the long years
erat…color ille
that blush (of hers) was
his…simillimus
very similar to these
aut alicui…horum
or one of them
et…casu
and, as it happened
numquam…pulchrior…fuit
she has never been more beautiful
spectabat terram
she was looking at the ground
terram spectare decebat
it suited/flattered her to look at the ground
maesta erat
she was sad
in vultu
in her expression
decenter
in a way that suited her/in a flattering way
fuit…impetus
I had an impulse
laniare capillos
to tear at her hair
sicut erant
just as it was
et erant culti
and it had been elegantly arranged
et…in…ire
and to attack
teneras…genas
her tender cheeks
ut faciem vidi
when I saw her face
fortes cecidere lacerti
my strong arms fell
defensa est
was defended
nostra puella
my girl
armis…suis
by her own weapons
qui…eram
I who was
modo saevus
just now savage
supplex
as a suppliant
ultroque rogavi
asked of my own accord
ne nobis…daret
that she give me no
oscula…deteriora
worse kisses
risit et ex animo
she laughed, and from the bottom of her heart
dedit optima
gave the best kisses
qualia
such kisses
possent | excutere
are able to shake
tela trisulca
the three-pointed weapon
irato…Iovi
from angry Jupiter
torqueor infelix
I, unhappy man, am tormented
ne alter
that another man
senserit
has experienced
tam bona
such good kisses
volo non…illa fuisse
I wish that those weren’t
ex hac…nota
of such quality
haec quoque…fuerunt
these, also were
quam docui multo meliora
much better than I taught her
et…visa est
and she seemed
quiddam…addidicisse novi
to have learnt something new in addition
quod nimium placuere, malum est
the fact that they pleased too much is bad
quod tota…lingua tua
that your whole tongue
labellis…est nostris…recepta
was received by my lips
nostra…tuis
mine by yours
nec tamen
and yet I do not just
hoc unum doleo
resent this one thing
non oscula tantum iuncta queror
I am complaining that not only kisses were joined
quamvis haec quoque iuncta queror
although I am also complaining that these kisses were joined
illa…nusquam potuere doceri
those kisses could never be taught
nisi in lecto
except in bed
nescioquis…magister
some teacher or other
pretium grande…habet
has a great price
