Ovid 67-102 Flashcards
Tu modo Pompeia lentus spatiare sub umbra,
Cum sol Herculei terga leonis adit:
Aut ubi muneribus nati sua munera mater
Addidit, externo marmore dives opus.
Now walk slow beneath Pompey’s shady colonnade,
when the sun approaches the back of Heracles’ lion.
Or where the mother adds her gifts to those of her son,
with rich work with a marble coating.
spatiare- imp. of spatior
cum- time clause, is in primary tense so is followed by an indic. verb.
Nec tibi vitetur quae, priscis sparsa tabellis,
Porticus auctoris Livia nomen habet:
Quaque parare necem miseris patruelibus ausae
Belides et stricto stat ferus ense pater.
Nor should you avoid the gate of Livia which, scattered with paintings of old, holds the name of the creator:
And where the daughters of Belus dared to plan the wretched death of their cousins,
and stands the wild father with his sword drawn.
vitetur- subj. pass. of vito. (in relation to the gate, but is switched round so you is the subject)
ausae- PPP of audeo, taken as the verb.
stricto- PPP of stringo, taken as the verb.
Nec te praetereat Veneri ploratus Adonis,
Cultaque Iudaeo septima sacra Syro
Nec fuge linigerae Memphitica templa iuvencae:
Multas illa facit, quod fuit ipsa Iovi.
Nor should you pass by Adonis, lamented by Venus,
and the sacred seventh honoured by the Syrian Jews.
Nor flee the Memphian shrine of the linen clad heifer,
she makes many, what she was herself to Jove.
fuge- imp.
Et fora conveniunt (quis credere possit?) amori:
Flammaque in arguto saepe reperta foro:
Subdita qua Veneris facto de marmore templo
Appias expressis aera pulsat aquis,
And the law courts (who would be able to believe?) are suitable for love.
a flame is often found in the noisy court.
Where built beneath the marble shrine of Venus,
the Appian nymph strikes the air with shooting water
quis- pronoun.
in arguto…foro- abls.
qua- adv. where
expressis- ppp of exprimo
Illo saepe loco capitur consultus Amori,
Quique aliis cavit, non cavet ipse sibi:
Illo saepe loco desunt sua verba diserto,
Resque novae veniunt, causaque agenda sua est.
often at that place lawyers are captured by Love
and he who guarded others, does not guard himself.
often at that place, words fail the arguer,
A new case arrives, and his case is to be plead.
illo…loco- abls time when/abl abs?
desunt- from desum, takes the dat (hence diserto)
agenda- gerundive of ago. Is attracted to the ‘causa’ fem. sg. nom. (needing to be plead)
Hunc Venus e templis, quae sunt confinia, ridet:
Qui modo patronus, nunc cupit esse cliens.
Sed tu praecipue curvis venare theatris:
Haec loca sunt voto fertiliora tuo.
Venus laughs at him from the temple, which was adjoining.
He who was recently the protector, now desires to be the client.
(topic change)
But chiefly hunt in the curved theatre;
This place is more fertile for your promise.
(venus laughs at him from her nearby temple)
venare- imp. venor (I hunt)
fertiliora- compara.
Illic invenies quod ames, quod ludere possis,
Quodque semel tangas, quodque tenere velis.
Ut redit itque frequens longum formica per agmen,
Granifero solitum cum vehit ore cibum,
There you will find the object you love, or one you are able to play,
Someone to touch once, or someone to keep if you want.
As the ant often passes and returns by means of long lines/crowds,
Carrying the accustomed food in their grainbearing mouths.
ut +indic. -as
Aut ut apes saltusque suos et olentia nactae
Pascua per flores et thyma summa volant,
Sic ruit ad celebres cultissima femina ludos:
Copia iudicium saepe morata meum est.
Or as the bees, having found their forests and fragrant pastures,
fly through flowers and thyme.
Thus the well-groomed woman hastens to the crowded games,
Often the abundance delayed my judgement.
Spectatum veniunt, veniunt spectentur ut ipsae:
Ille locus casti damna pudoris habet.
Primus sollicitos fecisti, Romule, ludos,
Cum iuvit viduos rapta Sabina viros.
They come to watch, they come that they are seen;
That place holds harm for chaste purity.
You first, Romulus, made the games disturbed(troublesome),
when the rape of the Sabine women helped the deprived men.
spectatum- supine (after a verb of motion the suine is used to express purpose) and is translated like an infin.
