Namque sub Oebaliae meminī mē turribus altīs,125

quā niger ūmectat flāventia culta Galaesus,

Cōrycium vīdisse senem, cui pauca relictī

iūgera rūris erant, nec fertilis illa iuvencīs

nec pecorī opportūna seges nec commoda Bacchō.

Hīc rārum tamen in dūmīs olus albaque circum130

līlia verbēnāsque premēns vescumque papāver

rēgum aequābat opēs animīs sērāque revertēns

nocte domum dapibus mēnsās onerābat inēmptīs.

Prīmus vēre rosam atque autumnō carpere pōma,

et cum tristis hiems etiamnum frīgore saxa135

rumperet et glaciē cursūs frēnāret aquārum,

ille comam mollis iam tondēbat hyacinthī

aestātem increpitāns sēram Zephyrōsque morantēs.

Ergō apibus fētīs īdem atque exāmine multō

prīmus abundāre et spūmantia cōgere pressīs140

mella favīs; illī tiliae atque ūberrima tīnus,

quotque in flōre novō pōmīs sē fertilis arbōs

induerat, totidem autumnō mātūra tenēbat.

Ille etiam sērās in versum distulit ulmōs

ēdūramque pirum et spīnōs iam prūna ferentēs145

iamque ministrantem platanum pōtantibus umbrās.

Vērum haec ipse equidem spatiīs exclūsus inīquīs

praetereō atque aliīs post mē memoranda relinquō.

    namque: for in fact

    Oebalia –ae f.: Oebalia, another name for Tarentum (place)

    turris turris f.: tower

    ūmectō ūmectāre ūmectāvī ūmectātus: moisten, wet

    flāveō –ēre –––: be yellow

    culta –ōrum n.: plowed fields

    Galaesus –ī m.: Galaesus (a river)

    Cōrycius –a –um: Corycian, of Corycus

    iūgerum –ī n.: Roman acre, field

    fertilis –e: productive, fertile

    iuvencus –ī m.: young bull

    opportūnus –a –um: suitable, convenient

    seges –etis f.: field of grain, pasture land

    commodus –a –um: suitable, favorable, advantageous

    Bacchus –ī m.: Bacchus (god)

    dūmus –ī m.: bramble, briar, bush130

    olus (holus) oleris n.: vegetable, especially leafy green vegetable

    circum: around (adv.)

    līlium –iī n.: lily (plant)

    verbēna –ae f.: fragrant twigs of laurel, olive, or myrtle (tree)

    vēscus –a –um: small, slender

    papāver –eris n.: poppy (plant)

    aequō aequāre aequāvī aequātus: equal, make equal

    sērus –a –um: late, too late

    revertor revertī reversus sum: return

    daps dapis f.: feast

    onerō onerāre onerāvī onerātus: load, burden

    inēmptus –a –um: unbought, unpurchased

    vēr vēris n.: spring

    rosa rosae f.: rose

    autumnus -ī m.: autumn, fall

    carpō carpere carpsī carptus: pluck, seize

    pōmum –ī n.: fruit

    etiamnum or etiamnunc: even now, still135

    frīgus frīgoris n.: cold

    glaciēs –eī f.: ice

    frēnō frēnāre frēnāvī frēnātus: curb, restrain

    tondeō tondēre totondī tōnsus: shear

    hyacinthus –ī m.: hyacinth (plant)

    aestās aestātis f.: summer

    increpitō increpitāre increpitāvī increpitātus: rebuke, scold

    sērus –a –um: late, too late

    Zephyrus –ī m.: Zephyrus, the west wind

    apis apis f.: bee

    fētus –a –um: teeming

    exāmen –inis n.: multitude, swarm

    abundō abundāre abundāvī abundātus: abound with, abound in140

    spūmō spūmāre spūmāvī spūmātus: foam

    mel mellis n.: honey

    favus –ī m.: honeycomb

    tilia –ae f.: linden (tree)

    ūber ūberis: fertile, fruitful

    tīnus –ī f.: laurestinus (tree)

    quot: how many, as many as

    pōmum –ī n.: fruit

    fertilis –e: productive, fertile

    induō induere induī indūtus: put on, clothe

    totidem: just as many

    autumnus -ī m.: autumn, fall

    mātūrus –a –um: mature, ripe

    sērus –a –um: late, too late

    versus versūs m.: line, row

    ulmus –ī f.: elm (tree)

    ēdūrus –a –um: very hard145

    pirus –ī f.: pear (tree)

    spīnus –ī f.: blackthorn, sloe (bush)

    prūnum –ī n.: plum (tree)

    ministrō ministrāre ministrāvī ministrātus: attend, serve

    platanus –ī f.: plane (tree)

    pōtō pōtāre pōtāvī pōtus: drink

    vērum: but, yet

    equidem: indeed

    exclūdō exclūdere exclūsī exclūsus: shut out, prevent, hinder

    inīquus –a –um: uneven

    praetereō praeterīre praeterīvī/praeteriī praeteritus: go by, disregard

    memorō memorāre memorāvī memorātus: remember

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