Propertius 2.1 Flashcards
quaretis
you ask
totiens
so many
ingenium
talent
Cois fulgentem
shining in Coan silk
volumen, -inis (n)
book
hac
thus
ad frontem sparsos errare capillos
scattered hair wandered to (her) brow
gaudet ire
she rejoices in going
laudatis superba comis
proud from her praised hair
digitis eburnis
with ivory fingers
premat
she presses
facilis arte manus
(acc pl) ready hands with skill
poscentis somnum declinat ocellos
she closes her eyes desiring sleep
invenio
I find
erepto amictu
with her clothes snatched away
lucatur
she wrestles (deponent)
condimus
we construct
quidquid
whatever
quodcumque
whatever
maxima de nihilo nascitur historia
the greatest history is born from nothing
quod mihi si tantum, Maecenas, fata dedissent
but if Mycenaes, if the fates had given such to me
heroas in arma manus
heroic hands in arms
non Ossan Olympo impositam
nor Ossa placed on Olympus
ut caeli Pelion esset iter
that Pelion would be the way to the sky
veteres
(acc pl) old, ancient
Pergama nomen Homeri
Pergamum, glory of Homer
Xerxis et imperio bina coisse vada
and that two seas were joined by the command of Xerxes
minas
battlements (acc pl)
bene facta
accomplishments
memorarem
I would be recounting
fores
you would be
quotiens canerem
how often I was singing
civilia busta Philippos
or of Philippi, those civil (war) tombs
Siculae classica bella fugae
the naval wars of the Sicilian flight
eversos focos
(acc pl) ruined hearths
Ptolemaeei Phari
of Ptolemaic Pharos
attractus in urbem
brought into the city
septem captivis debilis ibat aquis
weak it was going with its 7 waters captive
auratis catenis
with gilded chains
Actia rostra
Actian prows
mea Musa contexeret
my muse would weave
et sumpta et posita pace
in both taking up and setting down peace
Theseus infernis, superis testatur Achilles, hic Ixioniden, ille Menoetiaden
Theseus testifies to those in the underworld, Achilles to those above, this one as Pirithous (son of Ixion), that as Patroclus (son of Menoetios)