Ultima Cūmaeī vēnit iam carminis aetās;

māgnus ab integrō saeclōrum nāscitur ōrdō.               5

iam redit et Virgō, redeunt Sāturnia rēgna,

iam nova prōgeniēs caelō dēmittitur altō.

tū modo nāscentī puerō, quō ferrea prīmum

dēsinet ac tōtō surget gēns aurea mundō,

casta favē Lūcīna: tuus iam rēgnat Apollō.               10

    Cūmaeus –a –um: Cumaean, of Cumae, a town in Campania

    Sāturnius –a –um: belonging to Saturn; Saturnian

    prōgeniēs prōgenieī f.: race, family; offspring, descendants

    demittō demittere demīsī demissus: to send down

    ferreus –a –um: made of iron

    faveō favēre fāvī fautūrus: to favor, protect (+dat.)

    Lūcīna –ae f.: Lucina, goddess of childbirth

    rēgnō rēgnāre rēgnāvī rēgnātus: to rule, reign

    Apollō –inis m.: Apollo

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