Trānsfer ōmine cum bonō
līmen aureolōs pedēs, 160
rāsilemque subī forem.
Iō Hymēn Hymenaee iō,
iō Hymēn Hymenaee.
Aspice intus ut accubāns
vir tuus Tyriō in torō 165
tōtus immineat tibī.
Iō Hymēn Hymenaee iō,
iō Hymēn Hymenaee.
Illī nōn minus ac tibī
pectore ūritur intimō 170
flamma, sed penitē magis.
Iō Hymēn Hymenaee iō,
iō Hymēn Hymenaee.
Mitte brāchiolum teres,
praetextāte, puellulae: 175
jam cubīle adeat virī.
Iō Hymēn Hymenaee iō,
iō Hymēn Hymenaee.
Vōs bonae senibus virīs
cognitae bene fēminae, 180
collocāte puellulam.
Iō Hymēn Hymenaee iō,
iō Hymēn Hymenaee.
vocabulary
iō: interj., a ritual exclamation, yo! 163
Hymēn Hymenis m.: refrain chanted at Greek weddings; personified as god of marriage
Hymenaeus –ī m.: the Greek wedding refrain, hymeneal; personified as god of marriage; pl. marriage
tremulus –a –um: shaky, trembling; shaking (voluntarily, as one dandling an infant)
cānus –a –um: white, whitened
tempus temporis n.: the side of the forehead, temple
anīlitas –ātis f.: old womanhood
adnuō –ere –nuī (ūtus –rare): nod assent; consent
trānsferō trānsferre trānstulī trānslātus: transport; with two accs., move across
ōmen ōminis n.: something that foreshadows an outcome or event
aureolus –a –um: golden(dim. of aureus)
rāsilis –e: worn smooth, polished
foris foris f.: the door of a building
accubō accubāre accubuī accubitus: lie, recline
Tyrius –a –um: of Tyre, Tyrian; crimson (from the purple dye produced at Tyre) 165
torum –ī n. (also torus –ī m.): thong; bed
immineō imminēre: be intent on
ūrō ūrere ussī ustum: burn; pass., brim with anger or desire; keep alight 170
interior –ius: inner
penitus or penitē: from within; far away; deeply
brāchiolum –ī n.: arm (dim. of brachium)
teres –etis: smooth; rounded
praetextātus –a –um: a boy wearing the child's bordered toga 175
puellula –ae f.: little girl; by extension, a maiden of marriageable age (dim. of puella)
cubīle cubīlis n.: bed, couch
senex senis: old man, codger
cōgnitus –a –um: known; sexually intimate
collocō collocāre collocāvī collocātus: set, place; set out, arrange on a marriage bed