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
et…levare
and to rest
solito…toro
on a familiar bed
quam iuvat
how pleasant it is
immites ventos audire
to hear the raging winds
cubantem
for someone lying in bed
et dominam…continuisse
and to have held one’s mistress tight
tenero…sinu!
in a tender embrace!
hibernus…Auster
the wintery South wind
aut…cum fuderit
or whenever…pours
gelidas…aquas
icy cold water
securum
for a carefree man
somnos…sequi!
to chase dreams
igne iuvante
with the fire helping him along!
hoc mihi contingat
may this be my lot
sit dives iure…qui
may riches be for him by right who
furorem…maris…ferre potest
can bear the frenzy of the ocean
et tristes…pluvias
and the mournful rain
o quantum…pereat
o may all…that exist perish
auri…-que…smaragdi
of the gold and emerald
potius…quam
rather than
ulla puella
any girl
fleat
cry
ob nostras…vias
on account of my travels
te…decet…Messalla
becomes you, Messalla (friend and patron of Tibullus)
bellare
waging war
terra…marique
on land and sea
ut domus…praeferat
so that your house may display
hostiles…exuvias
enemy spoils
vincla
the chains
formosae…puellae
of a beautiful girl
me retinent vinctum
keep me bound
duras…ante fores
before her harsh doors
et sedeo…ianitor
and I sit as a doorkeeper
non…curo
I don’t care for
laudari…mea Delia
praise, my Delia
tecum dum modo sim
if only I may be with you
quaeso…vocer
I ask to be called
segnis
cowardly
inersque
and unwarlike
te spectem
let me watch you
mihi cum
when my
suprema…venerit hora
final hour has come
te teneam moriens
let me hold you, a dying man
deficiente manu
in my failing arms
flebis…me
you will weep for me
positum…Delia, lecto
when I’m lain on my bed, Delia
arsuro
about to burn
et…oscula…dabis
and you will give me kisses
tristibus…lacrimis…mixta
mingled with sad tears
flebis: tua…praecordia
you will weep: your breast
non…sunt…vincta
is not bound
duro…ferro
in hard chains
nec…stat…silex
nor is there any flint
tenero…tibi corde
in your tender heart
illo…de funere
from that funeral
lumina…sicca referre domum
to return home with dry eyes
non iuvenis…quisquam
not one young man
poterit
will be able
ne laede
do not hurt
manes…meos
my departed spirits
sed parce solutis crinibus
but spare your loosened hair
et teneris…parce genis
and spare your soft cheeks
interea, dum fata sinunt
meanwhile, while the fates allow it
iungamus amores
let us join as lovers
iam…Mors
soon Death
tenebris…adoperta caput
with his head covered in shadows
veniet
will come
iam…iners aetas
soon idle old age
subrepet
will creep up on us
nec amare decebit
and it will be fitting neither to love
dicere nec…blanditias
nor to speak flatteringly
cano…capite
when one’s hair is white
nunc levis…Venus
now carefree love
est tractanda
must be handled
dum…non pudet
while it brings no shame
frangere postes
to break doorposts
et…iuvat
and while it is pleasing
rixas
quarrels
inseruisse
to start
hic ego
here I am
dux milesque bonus
a leader and a good soldier
vos, signa tubaeque
standards and trumpets
ite procul
go far away
cupidis…viris
to greedy men
vulnera ferte
bring wounds
ferte et opes
and bring them riches too
ego…securus
I, at peace
composito…acervo
with my heap (of corn) stored away
ego…dites despiciam
shall look down on wealth
despiciamque famem
and look down on hunger
divitias alius…congerat
let another heap up wealth
et teneat…iugera magna
and own great acres
fulvo sibi…auro
in yellow gold for himself
culti…soli
of tilled land
quem labor adsiduus…terreat
let relentless toil terrify him
vicino…hoste
with the enemy nearby
cui somnos…fugent
whose dreams…put to flight
me mea paupertas vitae traducat inerti
may my poverty transfer me to a quiet life
dum meus…focus
as long as my hearth
adsiduo luceat igne
glows with endless fire
teneras maturo tempore vites
delicate vines in due season
rusticus et
a man of the country, and
grandia poma
great fruit trees
facili…manu
with practised hand
nec Spes destituat
and may Hope not desert me
sed…semper…praebeat
but always provide
agricolam…ante deum
in front of the farmer god
flava Ceres, tibi sit
golden Ceres, may…be yours
nostro de rure
from my farm
quae…pendeat
which may hang
(-que)…ponatur…Priapus
and may Priapus be set up
pomosis(que)…in hortis
the the orchards
terreat ut…aves
so that…he may scare the birds
vos quoque…custodes…Lares
you also, Lares, guardians
quam circum
around whom
rustica pubes clamet
let the country folk shout
possim…vivere
I may be able to live
sub umbra arboris
under the shade of a tree
non ego…requiro
I do not need
non virgo
nor a single maiden
tu…Delia
you, Delia
