Illius ēgregiās virtūtēs clāraque facta

saepe fatēbuntur gnātōrum in fūnere mātrēs,

cum incultum cānō solvent ā vertice crīnem  350

putridaque īnfirmīs variābunt pectora palmīs.

Currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī.

 

Namque velut dēnsās praecerpēns messor aristās

sōle sub ārdentī flāventia dēmetit arva,

Trōiugenum īnfēstō prōsternet corpora ferrō.  355

Currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī.

 

Testis erit magnīs virtūtibus unda Scamandrī,

quae passim rapidō diffunditur Hellēspontō,

cuius iter caesīs angustāns corporum acervīs

alta tepēfaciet permixta fiūmina caede.  360

Currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī.

 

Dēnique testis erit mortī quoque reddita praeda

cum teres excelsō coacervātum aggere bustum

excipiet niveōs percussae virginis artūs.

Currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī.  365

 

Nam simul ac fessīs dederit fors cōpiam Achīvīs

urbis Dardaniae Neptūnia solvere vincla,

alta Polyxeniā madefīent caede sepulcra,

quae, velut ancipitī succumbēns victima ferrō,

prōiciet truncum submissō poplite corpus.  370

Currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī.

 

Quārē agite optātōs animī coniungite amōrēs.

Accipiat coniūnx fēlīcī foedere dīvam,

dēdātur cupidō iam dūdum nūpta marītō.

Currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī.  375

 

Nōn illam nūtrīx orientī lūce revīsēns

hesternō collum poterit circumdare fīlō

(currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī),

ānxia nec māter discordis maesta puellae

sēcubitū cārōs mittet spērāre nepōtēs.  380

Currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī.”

    incultus –a –um: unkempt 350

    cānus –a –um: white, whitened

    vertex verticis m.: whirlpool, whirlwind; top of the head; summit

    crīnis crīnis m.: a lock or braid of hair; hair

    putridus –a –um: rotten, decaying, withered

    īnfīrmus –a –um: feeble, weak

    variō variāre variāvī variātus: adorn with contrasting colors; embroider; mottle, bruise

    palma palmae f.: the front of the hand; the palm or palm leaf; the palm of victory; an oar

    subtēmen –inis n.: the woof or weft, crossthreads in a loom running at right angles to the vertical threads of the warp

    fūsus –ī m.: a weighted spindle on which yarn is wound and twisted

    dēnsus –a –um: dense, closely packed

    praecerpō –pere –psī –ptum: cull or reap ahead

    messor –ōris m.: reaper, harvester

    arista –ae f.: an ear of grain

    ārdēns –entis: passionate

    flāvens –ntis or flāvus –a –um: yellow

    dēmetō –ere –messuī –messus: mow, reap, harvest

    Trōiugena –ae m./f.: a Trojan-born man; Trojan 355

    īnfestus –a –um: hostile, warlike; troublesome

    prosternō prosternere prostrāvī prostrātum: lay low, strike down

    Scamander –drī m.: one of the two rivers of Troy

    passim: dispersedly, all over the place

    rapidus –a –um: strongly flowing, swiftly moving, rapid; scorching, consuming

    diffundō –ere –fūdī –fūsus: diffuse, spread out

    Hellespontus –ī m.: the Hellespont or the Dardanelles, the channel near Troy linking the Propontis with the Aegean

    angustō –āre –āvī –ātum: to make narrow, confine

    acervus –ī m.: heap, pile, mass

    tepefaciō –ere –fēcī –factus: make warm 360

    permisceō –ēre –miscuī –mistus (–mixtus): blend thoroughly, mix up

    teres –etis: smooth; rounded

    excelsus –a –um: lofty

    coacervō –āre –āvī –ātum: pile up

    agger aggeris m.: fill, rubble; a mound

    būstum –ī n.: funeral pyre; grave mound

    niveus –a –um: snowy, white

    percellō percellere perculī perculsum: strike down, kill

    artus artūs m.: joint; limb; part of the body, member

    Achīvus –a –um: an Achaean, a Greek man 366

    Dardanus (Dardanius) –a –um: of Dardanus, an ancestor of Priam; Trojan

    Neptūnius –a –um: of or belonging to Neptune

    Polyxenius –a –um: of Polyxena, Priam's daughter, sacrificed at Troy to appease the shade of Achilles

    madefīō –fierī –factus: become wet, be soaked

    anceps ancipitis: double-edged

    succumbō –ere –cubuī –cubitus: collapse; (w/ dat.) "go down," lie under or submit to (a man) in the act of sex

    victima –ae f.: a living sacrificial victim

    prōiciō –icere iēcī –iectum: fling forth, throw forward; renounce 370

    truncus –ī m.: body, trunk, torso

    summissus –a –um: lowered, submissive

    poples –itis m.: the knee

    age agite: come!

    optātus –a –um: wished for

    coniungō coniungere coniūnxī coniūnctus: join together; associate

    foedus foederis n.: any formal agreement or bond, incl. marriage and (sometimes) other sexual unions

    dīva –ae f.: goddess; any female immortal, e.g., the sea nymph Thetis

    dēdō dēdere dēdidī dēditus: give up, deliver, hand over; reflexive, devote oneself to

    cupidus –a –um: desirous, eager

    iamdūdum or iam dudum: now for a long time

    nupta –ae f.: wife

    nūtrīx nūtrīcis f.: nurse; breast 376

    revīsō –ere: pay another visit; go back and see, return to

    hēsternus –a –um: of or belonging to yesterday

    collum collī n.: neck

    circumdō circumdare circumdedī circumdatus: ring, circle, enclose

    fīlum –ī n.: thread, string, filament

    ānxius –a –um: anxious

    discors discordis: in conflict, at odds, quarreling

    sēcubitus –ūs m.: a sleeping apart; the action of sleeping apart from one's spouse or love 380

    nepōs nepōtis m.: grandson, descendant

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