Ō
hērōēs, salvēte, deum genus, ō bona mātrum
prōgeniēs, salvēte iterum 23b
vōs ego saepe meō, vōs carmine compellābō,
tēque adeō eximiē taedīs fēlīcibus aucte 25
Thessaliae columen Pēleu, cui Iuppiter ipse,
ipse suōs dīvum genitor concessit amōrēs.
Tēne Thetis tenuit pulcherrima Nērēīnē?
Tēne suam Tēthys concessit dūcere neptem
Ōceanusque, marī tōtum quī amplectitur orbem? 30
Quae simul optātae fīnītō tempore lūcēs
advēnēre, domum conventū tōta frequentat
Thessaliā, opplētur laetantī rēgia coetū:
dōna ferunt prae sē, dēclārant gaudia vultū.
Dēseritur Cieros, linquunt Phthīōtica Tempē 35
Crannōnisque domōs ac moenia Lārīsaea,
Pharsālum coeunt, Pharsālia tēcta frequentant.
Rūra colit nēmō, mollēscunt colla iuvencīs,
nōn humilis curvīs pūrgātur vīnea rāstrīs,
nōn glaebam prōnō convellit vōmere taurus, 40
nōn falx attenuat frondātōrum arboris umbram,
squālida dēsertīs rōbīgō īnfertur arātrīs.
Ipsius at sēdēs, quācumque opulenta recessit
rēgia, fulgentī splendent aurō atque argentō.
Candet ebur soliīs, conlūcent pōcula mēnsae, 45
tōta domus gaudet rēgālī splendida gāzā.
Pulvīnar vērō dīvae geniāle locātur
sēdibus in mediīs, Indō quod dente polītum
tīncta tegit roseō conchȳlī purpura fūcō.
vocabulary
ō: interjection, expressing grief, pleasure, indignation, or adjuration
optātus –a –um: wished for
hērōs –ōis m.: a hero
salveō –ēre: greetings! hail!
prōgeniēs prōgenieī f.: offspring, progeny
compellō compellāre compellāvī compellātus: address, invoke
eximius –a –um: excepted; exceptional, choice 25
taeda taedae f.: pinewood, esp. as used in torches; torch; marriage torch, by metonymy, wedding
Thessalia –ae f.: Thessaly, region of Greece south of Macedonia associated with Peleus and his son Achilles
columen –inis n.: roof, summit, peak; a key person, top man
Pēleus (disyllabic) –eī acc. Pēlea voc. Pēleu: son of Aeacus, mortal spouse of Thetis, father of Achilles
Iuppiter Iovis m.: Jupiter or Zeus, chief of the Olympian gods; by metonymy, the weather, wind, sky
genitor genitōris m.: father; pl., parents
Thetis –idis (–idos) f.: the Nereid Thetis, wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles
Neptūnius –a –um: of or belonging to Neptune
Tēthys Tēthyos f.: a sea-goddess, wife of Oceanus, mother of Doris, grandmother of Thetis
nepōs nepōtis m.: grandson, descendant
ōceanus –ī m.: Oceanus, god of the sea, husband of Tethys 30
amplector amplectī amplexus sum: embrace
fīniō fīnīre fīnīvī fīnītus: mark out the boundaries; finish
conventus conventūs m.: a coming together, assembly, meeting
frequentō frequentāre frequentāvī frequentātus: fill with people; occupy, crowd, throng
oppleō –plēre –plēvī –plētum: fill up
laetor laetārī laetātus sum: rejoice, be glad
rēgia rēgia f.: palace
coitus (coetus) coitūs m.: meeting; band, company, group, crowd
prae: prep. w/ abl., before, in front of; in comparison with
dēclārō dēclārāre dēclārāvī dēclārātus: make known, declare, tell
Cieros: Cieros, old town in SW Thessaly 35
linquō linquere līquī: leave, quit
Phthioticus –a –um: of or in the region of Pthiotis in the southeast of Thessaly
Tempē indecl. n.: valley of the Peneus R. between Mt. Olympus and Mt. Ossa, famous for its scenic beauty
Crannon Crannōnis m.: a chief town in central Thessaly
Larīsaeus –a –um: of or at Larisa, capital of central Thessaly
Pharsālia –ae f.: town of Pharsalia
coeō coīre coīvō/coiī coitus: come together, meet
Pharsālicus (Pharsālius) –a –um: Pharsalian, of Pharsalus (in Thessaly)
mollescō –ere — —: become soft
collum collī n.: neck
iuvencus –ī m.: young bull or ox, bullock
humilis humile: low
curvus –a –um: bent, curving
pūrgō pūrgāre pūrgāvī pūrgātus: clean, clear out; (refl.) apologize, excuse
vīnea –ae f.: grapevines
rāstrum –ī n.; usually pl.: rāstrī rāstrōrum m.: a type of hoe
glaeba –ae f.: a lump of earth, clod 40
prōnus –a –um: leaning forward, angling or sloping toward the ground; sloping; face down, prone; flat
convellō –ere –vellī –vulsus: tug at; plow up, dislodge, uproot
vōmer –eris m.: a plowshare, the part of a plow that cuts the furrow
taurus taurī m.: a bull
falx falcis f.: a curved knife for pruning trees ad vines
attenuō attenuāre attenuāvī attenuātus: make thin, reduce, thin out
frondātor –ōris m.: a foliage tender, pruner
squālidus –a –um: rough; filthy
robigō (rub–) robiginis f.: rust; blight
arātrum –ī n: plow
quācumque: wherever
opulentus –a –um: wealthy, opulent
fulgeō fulgēre fulsī: shine brightly, gleam
splendeō –ēre –uī: shine, be bright, glitter
candeō candēre –uī: shine, gleam, glisten, sparkle 45
ebur –oris n.: ivory
solium –iī n.: a high-backed chair, throne
conlūceō –ēre: shine
pōculum pōculī n.: cup
rēgālis –e: kingly, royal, regal
splendidus –a –um: brilliant, bright, glittering
gāza –ae f.: treasure
pulvīnar –āris n.: a couch on which images of gods were placed at a banquet offered to the gods
dīva –ae f.: goddess; any female immortal, e.g., the sea nymph Thetis
geniālis –e: of or pertaining to a person's genius; of or pertaining to marriage
locō locāre locāvī locātus: place
Indus –a –um: a native of India
dēns dentis m.: tooth
poliō –īre –īvī (–iī) –ītus: polish
tingō (tinguō) tingere tinxī tinctum: dip; dye
roseus –a –um: rosy, red
conchÿlium –ī n.: a mollusk, a shellfish that yields a costly purple dye; purple dye from the mollusk
purpura –ae f.: a shellfish yielding a purple dye; purple dye; any purple-dyed cloth
fūcus –ī m.: seaweed; dye (orig. that derived from a seaweed)