Iuvenēs
Ut vidua in nūdō vītis quae nāscitur arvō
nunquam sē extollit, nunquam mītem ēducat ūnam, 50
sed tenerum prōnō dēflectēns pondere corpus
iam iam contingit summum rādīce flagellum,
hanc nūllī agricolae, nūllī accoluēre iuvencī;
at sī forte eadem est ulmō coniūncta marītō,
multī illam agricolae, multī accoluēre iuvencī: 55
sīc virgō, dum intācta manet, dum inculta senēscit;
cum pār cōnubium mātūrō tempore adepta est,
cāra virō magis et minus est invīsa parentī.
Et tū nē pugnā cum tālī coniuge, virgō.
Nōn aequum est pugnāre, pater cui trādidit ipse, 60
ipse pater cum mātre, quibus pārēre necesse est.
Virginitās nōn tōta tua est, ex parte parentum est:
tertia pars patrī, pars est data tertia mātrī,
tertia sōla tua est. Nōlī pugnāre duōbus,
quī generō sua iūra simul cum dōte dedērunt. 65
Hȳmēn Ō Hymenaee, Hymēn ades Ō Hymenaee.
vocabulary
viduus –a –um: deprived of a husband or wife, bereft, celibate; (of vines) unsupported by a tree
vītis –is f.: vine
extollō –ere: lift up, raise 50
mītis mīte: sweet and juicy; succulent; soft
ēducō –āre –āvī –ātum: bring up, nurture
ūva –ae f.: a bunch of grapes
prōnus –a –um: leaning forward, angling or sloping toward the ground; sloping; face down, prone; flat
dēflectō –ere –flexī –flexus: bend downwards
rādīx rādīcis f.: root
flagellum –ī n.: whip, lash; the whiplike shoot of a vine
agricola agricolae m.: farmer
iuvencus –ī m.: young bull or ox, bullock
ulmus –ī f.: elm
coniungō coniungere coniūnxī coniūnctus: join together; associate
intāctus –a –um: untouched, unscathed 56
incultus –a –um: unkempt
senescō senescere senuī: grow old, age
cōnūbium –iī n.: marriage; pl. a wedding
mātūrus –a –um: ripe
adipīscor adipiscī adeptus sum: catch up with, attain, win
invīsō –ere –vīsī –vīsus: go to see; look upon
virginitās –ātis f.: virginity 62
gener generī m.: Son-in-law
dōs dōtis f.: a dowry, property brought by a bride to her husband as her portion of the new family's endowment 65
Hymēn Hymenis m. : refrain chanted at Greek weddings; personified as god of marriage
ō : interjection, expressing grief, pleasure, indignation, or adjuration
Hymenaeus –ī m. : the Greek wedding refrain, hymeneal; personified as god of marriage; pl. marriage