The pleasure of country living- HORACE Flashcards

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beatus ille qui procul negotiis,

A

Blessed is he who, far from business (affairs)

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ut prisca gens mortalium,

A

Like the ancient race of mortals

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paterna rura bobus exercet suis

A

He tills his father’s land with his own oxen

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4
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solutus omni faenore,

A

Set free from every debt

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5
Q

neque excitatur classico miles truci,

A

[Blessed is he who] is not woken by the fierce war-trumpet

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neque horret iratum mare,

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Nor does he shudder at the angry sea,

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7
Q

forumque vitat et superba civium

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And he avoids the forum/market-place and the proud

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8
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potentiorum limina.

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Doorways of rather powerful citizens. [Or: More powerful than him]

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9
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libet iacere modo sub antiqua ilice,

A

It is delightful/pleasant to sometimes lie beneath an ancient oak tree

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10
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modo in tenaci gramine.

A

Sometimes in the firm grass.

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labuntur altis interim ripis aquae,

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Meanwhile, streams glide between high banks,

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12
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queruntur in silvis aves,

A

Birds twitter/chatter in the woods

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13
Q

fontesque lymphis obstrepunt manantibus,

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And springs gurgle with trickling sprays of water

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somnos quod invitet leves.

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Which would invite gentle sleep.

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