At cum incerta volant caelōque exāmina lūdunt

contemnuntque favōs et frīgida tecta relinquunt,

īnstabilēs animōs lūdō prohibēbis inānī.105

Nec magnus prohibēre labor: tū rēgibus ālās

ēripe; nōn illīs quisquam cūnctantibus altum

īre iter aut castrīs audēbit vellere signa.

Invītent croceīs hālantēs flōribus hortī

et cūstōs fūrum atque avium cum falce salignā110

Hellēspontiacī servet tūtēla Priāpī.

Ipse thymum tīnōsque ferēns dē montibus altīs

tecta serat lātē circum, cui tālia cūrae;

ipse labōre manum dūrō terat, ipse ferācēs

fīgat humō plantās et amīcōs inriget imbrēs.115

    incertus –a –um: aimless, uncertain

    volō volāre volāvī volātus: fly

    exāmen –inis n.: multitude, swarm

    lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus: play

    favus –ī m.: honeycomb

    frīgidus –a –um: cool, cold

    īnstabilis –e: unsteady, inconstant, fickle105

    lūdus lūdī m.: play, passtime

    inānis inānis ināne: empty, pointless, trivial

    āla -ae f.: wing

    cūnctor –ārī –ātus sum: delay

    vellō vellere vulsī/vellī vulsus: pull up

    invītō invītāre invītāvī invītātus: invite, allure, attract

    croceus –a –um: of saffron

    hālō hālāre hālāvī hālātus: breathe, exhale

    hortus hortī m.: garden

    fūr fūris m.: thief110

    falx falcis f.: scythe, sickle

    salīgnus –a –um: made of willow

    Hellēsponti(ac)us –a –um: Hellespontic, belonging to the Hellespont

    tūtēla –ae f.: protection, protector

    Priāpus –ī m.: Priapus (god)

    thymum –ī n.: thyme (plant)

    tīnus –ī f.: laurel, laurustinus (plant)

    serō serere sēvī satus: plant

    circum: around (+ acc.)

    terō terere trīvī trītus: to rub away, to wear down

    ferāx –ācis: fertile, fruitful

    fīgō fīgere fīxī fīxus: fix, fasten115

    planta –ae f.: shoots, starts (of plants)

    inrigō inrigāre inrigāvī inrigātus: water

    imber imbris m.: showers, rain

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