Roseīs ut huic labellīs sonitus citus abiit
geminās deōrum ad aurēs nova nūntia referēns, 75
ibi iūncta iuga resolvēns Cybelē leōnibus
laevumque pecoris hostem stimulāns ita loquitur.
‘Agedum,' inquit ‘age ferōx ī fac ut hunc furor
fac utī furōris ictū reditum in nemora ferat,
mea līberē nimis quī fugere imperia cupit. 80
Age caede terga caudā, tua verbera patere,
fac cūncta mūgientī fremitū loca retonent,
rutilam ferōx torōsā cervīce quate iubam.'
Ait haec mināx Cybēbē religatque iuga manū.
Ferus ipse sēsē adhortāns rapidum incitat animō, 85
vādit, fremit, refringit virgulta pede vagō.
At ubi ūmida albicantis loca lītoris adiit,
teneramque vīdit Attin prope marmora pelagī,
facit impetum. Illa dēmēns fugit in nemora fera;
ibi semper omne vītae spatium famula fuit. 90
Dea, magna dea, Cybēbē, dea domina Dindymī,
procul ā meā tuus sit furor omnis, era, domō:
aliōs age incitātōs, aliōs age rabidōs.
vocabulary
roseus –a –um: rosy, red
hinc: from this place or point
labellum labellī n.: lip (dim. of labrum)
sonitus –ūs m.: sound
geminus –a –um: double, twin 75
nūntium –ī n.: message, communication
resolvō –ere –solvī –solūtus: loosen, undo
leō leōnis m.: lion
laevus –a –um: left; the left hand
agedum: come!
ferōx ferōcis: fierce
lībere līberius līberrime: freely 80
cauda –ae f.: tail
verber –eris n.: pl., an instrument used for flogging; blows, lashes
mūgiō –īre –īvī (–iī): low, moo, bellow, roar
fremitus –ūs m.: a low roar, rumble, growl
retonō –āre –āvī –ātum: resound, reverberate
rutilus –a –um: reddish, ruddy (inclining to gold or orange)
torosus –a –um: knotty, bulging, muscular, brawny
cervīx cervīcis f.: the neck
iuba –ae f.: mane
mināx –ācis: menacing, threatening
religō religāre religāvī religātus: tie back, tie up; untie
adhortor –ārī –ātus sum: urge on 85
incitō incitāre incitāvī incitātus: incite, provoke, stir
fremō fremere fremuī: roar, rumble, growl
refringō –ere –frēgī –frāctus: break
virgultum –ī n.: brushwood, undergrowth
ūmidus –a –um: damp
albicō –āre –āvī –ātus: have a whitish tinge
marmor –oris n.: marble; the marblelike surface of the sea
pelagus pelagī m.: the sea
dēmēns dēmentis: out of one's mind, maddened, crazy
Dindymus –ī m.: mountain in Phrygia sacred to the goddess Cybele 91