Tibullus 1.1 Flashcards
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Martia…classica pulsa
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blasts of the military trumpets
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ipse seram
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may I plant…myself
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frugum…acervos
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heaps of fruits
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et…pinguia
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and rich
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musta
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new wine
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pleno…lacu
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in a brimming vat
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nam veneror
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for I pray
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desertus in agris
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left in the fields
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seu stipes
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wherever a tree-stump
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seu vetus…lapis
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or an old stone
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in trivio
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at a crossroads
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habet…florida serta
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is wreathed in flowers/has garlands of flowers
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et quodcum…pomum
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and whatever fruit
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novus…annus
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the new season
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mihi…educat
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may bring forth to me
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libatum…ponitur
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is placed as an offering
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corona spicea
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a crown of wheaten spikes
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templi…ante fores
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before the doors of your temple
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pomosisque…in hortis
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and in the orchards
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ruber custos
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as a red guard
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saeva falce
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with his cruel pruning-hook
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felicis quondam, nunc pauperis agri
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of a once prosperous, now impoverished farm
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fertis munera vestra
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receive your gifts
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nunc agna…est
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now a lamb is
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tunc
at that time
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vitula...caesa
a slaughtered calf
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lustrabat
used to purify
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innumeros...iuvencos
countless heifers
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hostia parva
the paltry sacrifice
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exigui...soli
for my meagre land
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agna cadet vobis
a lamb will die for you
32
io messes et bona vina date
io, give good crops and wine
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iam modo, iam
now, if only now
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contentus...parvo
content with a little
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nec semper...deditus esse
and not to be always delivered up
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longae...viae
to a long road
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sed...vitare
but to avoid
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Canis aestivos ortus
the dog star's rising in summer
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ad rivos
beside a stream
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praetereuntis aquae
of running water
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nec...pudeat
and I would not be ashamed
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interdum
from time to time
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tenuisse bidentem
to take up the hoe (-isse ending evokes by-gone days)
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aut...increpuisse
or to reprimand (-isse ending evokes by-gone days)
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tardos...boves
the sluggish oxen
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stimulo
with a goad
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non...pigeat
I would not object
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referre domum
to carrying back home
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agnamve...fetumve capellae
a lamb or kid-goat
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sinu
in my lap
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desertum oblita matre
left behind by a forgetful mother
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exiguo pecori...parcite
spare my meagre flock
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at vos...furesque lupique
but you, both thieves and wolves
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de magno...grege
from a big herd
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est praeda petenda
you must seek your prey
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hic ego...soleo
here I am in the habit
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lustrare
of purifying
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pastoremque meum
my shepherd
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quot annis
each year
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et...spargere
and of sprinkling
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placidam...lacte Palem
kindly Pales with milk
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adsitis, divi
come, gods
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neu vos...spernite
and do not scorn
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e paupere mensa dona
gifts from a poor table
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nec e puris...fictilibus
or from clean earthenware vessels
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antiquus primum...agrestis
the ancient rustic was the first
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fictilia...pocula
earthenware cups
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composuitque
and to shape them
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facili...luto
from malleable clay
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sibi fecit
to make...for himself
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divitias...fructusque
the riches and produce
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patrum
of my ancestors
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condita messis
the stored-up harvest
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antiquo...avo
to my distant forefather
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quos tulit
that...brought
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parva seges satis est
a small crop is enough
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satis est requiescere
it is enough to rest
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lecto
on a couch
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si licet
if it's allowed
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membra
my limbs
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et...levare
and to rest
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solito...toro
on a familiar bed
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quam iuvat
how pleasant it is
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immites ventos audire
to hear the raging winds
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cubantem
for someone lying in bed
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et dominam...continuisse
and to have held one's mistress tight
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tenero...sinu!
in a tender embrace!
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hibernus...Auster
the wintery South wind
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aut...cum fuderit
or whenever...pours
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gelidas...aquas
icy cold water
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securum
for a carefree man
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somnos...sequi!
to chase dreams
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igne iuvante
with the fire helping him along!
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hoc mihi contingat
may this be my lot
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sit dives iure...qui
may riches be for him by right who
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furorem...maris...ferre potest
can bear the frenzy of the ocean
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et tristes...pluvias
and the mournful rain
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o quantum...pereat
o may all...that exist perish
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auri...-que...smaragdi
of the gold and emerald
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potius...quam
rather than
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ulla puella
any girl
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fleat
cry
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ob nostras...vias
on account of my travels
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te...decet...Messalla
becomes you, Messalla (friend and patron of Tibullus)
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bellare
waging war
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terra...marique
on land and sea
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ut domus...praeferat
so that your house may display
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hostiles...exuvias
enemy spoils
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vincla
the chains
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formosae...puellae
of a beautiful girl
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me retinent vinctum
keep me bound
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duras...ante fores
before her harsh doors
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et sedeo...ianitor
and I sit as a doorkeeper
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non...curo
I don't care for
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laudari...mea Delia
praise, my Delia
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tecum dum modo sim
if only I may be with you
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quaeso...vocer
I ask to be called
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segnis
cowardly
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inersque
and unwarlike
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te spectem
let me watch you
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mihi cum
when my
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suprema...venerit hora
final hour has come
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te teneam moriens
let me hold you, a dying man
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deficiente manu
in my failing arms
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flebis...me
you will weep for me
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positum...Delia, lecto
when I'm lain on my bed, Delia
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arsuro
about to burn
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et...oscula...dabis
and you will give me kisses
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tristibus...lacrimis...mixta
mingled with sad tears
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flebis: tua...praecordia
you will weep: your breast
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non...sunt...vincta
is not bound
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duro...ferro
in hard chains
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nec...stat...silex
nor is there any flint
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tenero...tibi corde
in your tender heart
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illo...de funere
from that funeral
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lumina...sicca referre domum
to return home with dry eyes
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non iuvenis...quisquam
not one young man
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poterit
will be able
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ne laede
do not hurt
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manes...meos
my departed spirits
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sed parce solutis crinibus
but spare your loosened hair
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et teneris...parce genis
and spare your soft cheeks
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interea, dum fata sinunt
meanwhile, while the fates allow it
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iungamus amores
let us join as lovers
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iam...Mors
soon Death
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tenebris...adoperta caput
with his head covered in shadows
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veniet
will come
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iam...iners aetas
soon idle old age
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subrepet
will creep up on us
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nec amare decebit
and it will be fitting neither to love
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dicere nec...blanditias
nor to speak flatteringly
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cano...capite
when one's hair is white
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nunc levis...Venus
now carefree love
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est tractanda
must be handled
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dum...non pudet
while it brings no shame
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frangere postes
to break doorposts
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et...iuvat
and while it is pleasing
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rixas
quarrels
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inseruisse
to start
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hic ego
here I am
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dux milesque bonus
a leader and a good soldier
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vos, signa tubaeque
standards and trumpets
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ite procul
go far away
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cupidis...viris
to greedy men
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vulnera ferte
bring wounds
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ferte et opes
and bring them riches too
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ego...securus
I, at peace
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composito...acervo
with my heap (of corn) stored away
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ego...dites despiciam
shall look down on wealth
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despiciamque famem
and look down on hunger
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divitias alius...congerat
let another heap up wealth
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et teneat...iugera magna
and own great acres
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fulvo sibi...auro
in yellow gold for himself
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culti...soli
of tilled land
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quem labor adsiduus...terreat
let relentless toil terrify him
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vicino...hoste
with the enemy nearby
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cui somnos...fugent
whose dreams...put to flight
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me mea paupertas vitae traducat inerti
may my poverty transfer me to a quiet life
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dum meus...focus
as long as my hearth
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adsiduo luceat igne
glows with endless fire
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teneras maturo tempore vites
delicate vines in due season
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rusticus et
a man of the country, and
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grandia poma
great fruit trees
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facili...manu
with practised hand
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nec Spes destituat
and may Hope not desert me
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sed...semper...praebeat
but always provide
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agricolam...ante deum
in front of the farmer god
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flava Ceres, tibi sit
golden Ceres, may...be yours
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nostro de rure
from my farm
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quae...pendeat
which may hang
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(-que)...ponatur...Priapus
and may Priapus be set up
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pomosis(que)...in hortis
the the orchards
193
terreat ut...aves
so that...he may scare the birds
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vos quoque...custodes...Lares
you also, Lares, guardians
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quam circum
around whom
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rustica pubes clamet
let the country folk shout
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possim...vivere
I may be able to live
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sub umbra arboris
under the shade of a tree
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non ego...requiro
I do not need
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non virgo
nor a single maiden
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tu...Delia
you, Delia
