Et tū nōn orbum luxtī dēserta cubīle,
sed frātris cārī flēbile discidium?
Quam penitus maestās exēdit cūra medullās!
Ut tibi tunc tōtō pectore sollicitae
sēnsibus ēreptīs mēns excidit! At ego certē 25
cognōram ā parvā virgine magnanimam.
Anne bonum oblīta es facinus, quō rēgium adepta es
coniugium, quod nōn fortior ausit alīs?
Sed tum maesta virum mittēns quae verba locūta est!
Iuppiter, ut trīstī lūmina saepe manū! 30
Quis tē mūtāvit tantus deus? An quod amantēs
nōn longē ā cārō corpore abesse volunt?
Atque ibi mē cūnctīs prō dulcī coniuge dīvīs
nōn sine taurīnō sanguine pollicita es,
sī reditum tetulisset. Is haut in tempore longō 35
captam Asiam Aegyptī fīnibus addiderat.
Quīs ego prō factīs caelestī reddita coetū
prīstina vōta novō mūnere dissoluō.
Invīta, ō rēgīna, tuō dē vertice cessī,
invīta: adiūrō tēque tuumque caput, 40
digna ferat quod sī quis ināniter adiūrārit:
sed quī sē ferrō postulet esse parem?
Ille quoque ēversus mōns est, quem maximum in ōrīs
prōgeniēs Thīae clāra supervehitur,
cum Mēdī peperēre novum mare, cumque iuventūs 45
per medium classī barbara nāvit Athon.
vocabulary
orbus –a –um: bereaved, destitute
lūgeō lūgēre lūxī lūctum: mourn
cubīle cubīlis n.: bed, couch
flēbilis –e: worthy of tears, lamentable
discidium –iī n.: splitting; separation
penitus or penitē: from within; far away; deeply
exedō –ere –ēdī –ēsus: eat up, eat away
medulla medullae f.: the marrow of the bones; the interior, inside, seat of the emotions
sollicitus –a –um: restless, troubled, anxious
excidō excidere excidī: fall off, drop out; lapse, fail 25
magnanimus –a –um: noble-spirited, brave, bold
anne (an + ne): can it be that...?
oblīvīscor oblīvīscī oblītus sum: forget, w/ gen. or acc. of object forgotten
adipīscor adipiscī adeptus sum: catch up with, attain, win
coniugium –iī n.: marriage, union; spouse
Iuppiter Iovis m.: Jupiter or Zeus, chief of the Olympian gods; by metonymy, the weather, wind, sky 30
terō terere trīvī trītum: rub; tread, traverse repeatedly
quod: because, the fact that
amāns –antis: sweetheart, lover
taurīnus –a –um: of a bull
polliceor pollicērī pollicitus sum: offer, promise
reditus reditūs m.: return 35
Asia –ae: Asia, esp. Asia Minor; the East
Aegyptos (–tus) –ī f.: Egypt
coitus (coetus) coitūs m.: meeting; band, company, group, crowd
prīstinus –a –um: ancient; previous
dissolvō dissolvere dissolvī dissolūtus: break up; pay, discharge
invītus –a –um: unwilling
ō: interjection, expressing grief, pleasure, indignation, or adjuration
rēgīna rēgīnae f.: queen
vertex verticis m.: whirlpool, whirlwind; top of the head; summit
adiūrō adiūrāre adiūrāvī adiūrātus: affirm with an oath; swear by (w/ acc.) 40
inānis inānis ināne: empty, empty-handed; foolish; vain, futile, unprofitable
postulō postulāre postulāvī postulātus: demand; claim, assert
ēvertō ēvertere ēvertī ēversus: turn upside down; bring down
ōra –ae f.: edge, border; region, district, land
prōgeniēs prōgenieī f.: offspring, progeny
Thīa –ae f.: wife of Hyperion and mother of Helios (the sun)
supervehor –vehī –vectus sum: carry or drive over (w/ acc.)
Mēdus –a –um: a Mede or Persian 45
iuventūs iuventūtis f.: the youth; men of military age, the soldiery
nō nāre nāvī: swim; float, sail
Athōs (acc. –ōna) m.: mountain on the peninsula of Acte in the Chalcidice