Ovid 5 Flashcards
protinus exiliunt, animum clamore fatentes,
At once they jump out, proclaiming their intent with a shout,
virginibus cupidas iniciuntque manus,
and they lay on hands eager for girls.
ut fugiunt aquilas, timidissima turba, columbae,
The very fearful crowd, like doves flee from eagles,
ut fugit invisos agna novella lupos:
like a tender ewe lamb flees from unseen wolves:
sic illae timuere viros sine more ruentes;
so they feared the men rushing without custom;
constitit in nulla qui fuit ante color.
colour which existed before remained on none.
nam timor unus erat, facies non una timoris:
For there was one fear, not one appearance of fear:
pars laniat crines, pars sine mente sedet;
some tore at their hair, some sat mindlessly;
altera maesta silet, frustra vocat altera matrem:
another is silent in sorrow, another calls for her mother in vain:
haec queritur, stupet haec; haec manet, illa fugit;
this one protest, this one is stunned; this one stays, that one runs;
ducuntur raptae, genialis praeda, puellae,
the seized girls are taken, merry plunder,
et potuit multas ipse decere timor.
and fear itself could befit many.