Nunc age, nātūrās apibus quās Iuppiter ipse

addidit, expediam, prō quā mercēde canōrōs150

Cūrētum sonitūs crepitantiaque aera secūtae

Dictaeō caelī rēgem pāvēre sub antrō.

Sōlae commūnēs nātōs, cōnsortia tecta

urbis habent magnīsque agitant sub lēgibus aevum,

et patriam sōlae et certōs nōvēre penātēs;155

ventūraeque hiemis memorēs aestāte labōrem

experiuntur et in medium quaesīta repōnunt.

age agite: Come on! Let's go!

apis apis f.: bee

Iuppiter Iovis m.: Jupiter (god)

expediō expedīre expediī/expedīvī expedītus: explain, recount, disclose150

mercēs mercēdis f.: reward, cost

canōrus –a –um: harmonious, musical

Cūrētēs –um m.: Curetes

sonitus –ūs m.: noise, sound

crepitō crepitāre crepitāvī crepitātus: rattle, creak, clatter, ring

Dictaeus –a –um: of Dicte (a mountain in Crete)

pāscō pāscere pāvī pāstus: feed

antrum –ī n.: cave

cōnsors –consortis: having a common lot, sharing, shared

Penātēs –ium m.: Penates (household gods)155

memor memoris: mindful, remembering

aestās aestātis f.: summer

medium –iī n.: middle

repōnō repōnere reposuī repositus: put, lay up, store away

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