Trānsfer ōmine cum bonō

līmen aureolōs pedēs, 160

rāsilemque subī forem.

Iō Hymēn Hymenaee iō, 

iō Hymēn Hymenaee.

 

Aspice intus ut accubāns

vir tuus Tyriō in torō 165

tōtus immineat tibī.

Iō Hymēn Hymenaee iō, 

iō Hymēn Hymenaee.

 

Illī nōn minus ac tibī

pectore ūritur intimō 170

flamma, sed penitē magis.

Iō Hymēn Hymenaee iō, 

iō Hymēn Hymenaee.

 

Mitte brāchiolum teres,

praetextāte, puellulae: 175

jam cubīle adeat virī.

Iō Hymēn Hymenaee iō, 

iō Hymēn Hymenaee.

 

Vōs bonae senibus virīs

cognitae bene fēminae, 180

collocāte puellulam.

Iō Hymēn Hymenaee iō, 

iō Hymēn Hymenaee.

    iō: interj., a ritual exclamation, yo! 163

    Hymēn Hymenis m.: refrain chanted at Greek weddings; personified as god of marriage

    Hymenaeus –ī m.: the Greek wedding refrain, hymeneal; personified as god of marriage; pl. marriage

    tremulus –a –um: shaky, trembling; shaking (voluntarily, as one dandling an infant)

    cānus –a –um: white, whitened

    tempus temporis n.: the side of the forehead, temple

    anīlitas –ātis f.: old womanhood

    adnuō –ere –nuī (ūtus –rare): nod assent; consent

    trānsferō trānsferre trānstulī trānslātus: transport; with two accs., move across

    ōmen ōminis n.: something that foreshadows an outcome or event

    aureolus –a –um: golden(dim. of aureus)

    rāsilis –e: worn smooth, polished

    foris foris f.: the door of a building

    accubō accubāre accubuī accubitus: lie, recline

    Tyrius –a –um: of Tyre, Tyrian; crimson (from the purple dye produced at Tyre) 165

    torum –ī n. (also torus –ī m.): thong; bed

    immineō imminēre: be intent on

    ūrō ūrere ussī ustum: burn; pass., brim with anger or desire; keep alight 170

    interior –ius: inner

    penitus or penitē: from within; far away; deeply

    brāchiolum –ī n.: arm (dim. of brachium)

    teres –etis: smooth; rounded

    praetextātus –a –um: a boy wearing the child's bordered toga 175

    puellula –ae f.: little girl; by extension, a maiden of marriageable age (dim. of puella)

    cubīle cubīlis n.: bed, couch

    senex senis: old man, codger

    cōgnitus –a –um: known; sexually intimate

    collocō collocāre collocāvī collocātus: set, place; set out, arrange on a marriage bed

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