Tibullus 1.1 Flashcards
Martia…classica pulsa
blasts of the military trumpets
ipse seram
may I plant…myself
frugum…acervos
heaps of fruits
et…pinguia
and rich
musta
new wine
pleno…lacu
in a brimming vat
nam veneror
for I pray
desertus in agris
left in the fields
seu stipes
wherever a tree-stump
seu vetus…lapis
or an old stone
in trivio
at a crossroads
habet…florida serta
is wreathed in flowers/has garlands of flowers
et quodcum…pomum
and whatever fruit
novus…annus
the new season
mihi…educat
may bring forth to me
libatum…ponitur
is placed as an offering
corona spicea
a crown of wheaten spikes
templi…ante fores
before the doors of your temple
pomosisque…in hortis
and in the orchards
ruber custos
as a red guard
saeva falce
with his cruel pruning-hook
felicis quondam, nunc pauperis agri
of a once prosperous, now impoverished farm
fertis munera vestra
receive your gifts
nunc agna…est
now a lamb is
tunc
at that time
vitula…caesa
a slaughtered calf
lustrabat
used to purify
innumeros…iuvencos
countless heifers
hostia parva
the paltry sacrifice
exigui…soli
for my meagre land
agna cadet vobis
a lamb will die for you
io messes et bona vina date
io, give good crops and wine
iam modo, iam
now, if only now
contentus…parvo
content with a little
nec semper…deditus esse
and not to be always delivered up
longae…viae
to a long road
sed…vitare
but to avoid
Canis aestivos ortus
the dog star’s rising in summer
ad rivos
beside a stream
praetereuntis aquae
of running water
nec…pudeat
and I would not be ashamed
interdum
from time to time
tenuisse bidentem
to take up the hoe (-isse ending evokes by-gone days)
aut…increpuisse
or to reprimand (-isse ending evokes by-gone days)
tardos…boves
the sluggish oxen
stimulo
with a goad
non…pigeat
I would not object
referre domum
to carrying back home
agnamve…fetumve capellae
a lamb or kid-goat
sinu
in my lap
desertum oblita matre
left behind by a forgetful mother
exiguo pecori…parcite
spare my meagre flock
at vos…furesque lupique
but you, both thieves and wolves
de magno…grege
from a big herd
est praeda petenda
you must seek your prey
hic ego…soleo
here I am in the habit
lustrare
of purifying
pastoremque meum
my shepherd
quot annis
each year
et…spargere
and of sprinkling
placidam…lacte Palem
kindly Pales with milk
adsitis, divi
come, gods
neu vos…spernite
and do not scorn
e paupere mensa dona
gifts from a poor table
nec e puris…fictilibus
or from clean earthenware vessels
antiquus primum…agrestis
the ancient rustic was the first
fictilia…pocula
earthenware cups
composuitque
and to shape them
facili…luto
from malleable clay
sibi fecit
to make…for himself
divitias…fructusque
the riches and produce
patrum
of my ancestors
condita messis
the stored-up harvest
antiquo…avo
to my distant forefather
quos tulit
that…brought
parva seges satis est
a small crop is enough
satis est requiescere
it is enough to rest
lecto
on a couch
si licet
if it’s allowed
membra
my limbs