Dīānae sumus in fidē
puellae et puerī integrī:
Dīānam puerī integrī
puellaeque canāmus.
Ō
magna prōgeniēs Iovis,
quam māter prope Dēliam
dēposīvit olīvam,
montium domina ut forēs
silvārumque virentium 10
saltuumque reconditōrum
amniumque sonantum:
tū Lūcīna dolentibus
Iūnō dicta puerperīs,
tū potēns Trivia et nothō es 15
dicta lūmine Lūna.
Tū cursū, dea, mēnstruō
mētiēns iter annuum,
rūstica āgricolae bonīs
tēcta frūgibus explēs. 20
Sīs quōcumque tibī placet
sāncta nōmine, Rōmulīque,
antīquē ut solita es, bonā
sospitēs ope gentem.
vocabulary
Diāna –ae f.: Roman goddess identified with Artemis, nature, and the moon
ō: interjection, expressing grief, pleasure, indignation, or adjuration
Lātōnia –ae f.: Daughter of Latona or Leto; epithet of Diana 5
prōgeniēs prōgenieī f.: offspring, progeny
Iuppiter Iovis m.: Jupiter or Zeus, chief of the Olympian gods; by metonymy, the weather, wind, sky
Dēlius –a –um: Delian; of the island of Delos, birthplace of Apollo and Artemis/Diana
dēpōnō dēpōnere dēposuī dēpositus: put down, lay down (in birth), put away
olīva olīvae f.: olive; olive tree
vireō virēre viruī: be verdant 10
saltus saltūs m.: rough woodland broken with glades; a large country estate
reconditus –a –um: hidden away, secluded
Lūcīna –ae f.: goddess of childbirth, identified with Juno or Diana
Iūnō Iūnōnis f.: Juno, consort of Jupiter, identified with Gk. Hera
puerpera puerperae f.: a woman in childbirth
Trivia –ae f.: epithet of Diana, the triple goddess 15
nothus –a –um: illegitimate; spurious, counterfeit
Lūna –ae f.: title of Diana, the moon goddess
mēnstruus –a –um: monthly
mētior mētīrī mēnsus sum: measure, mark off
annuus –a –um: yearly
rūsticus –a –um: rustic; of the country, rural
agricola agricolae m.: farmer
frūx frūgis f.: fruit, crop 20
expleō explēre explēvī explētus: fill up, satisfy
Rōmulus –ī m.: eponymous founder of Rome
sospitō sospitāre sospitāvī sospitātus: preserve, defend