Namque aliae victū invigilant et foedere pactō

exercentur agrīs; pars intrā saepta domōrum

narcissī lacrimam et lentum dē cortice glūten160

prīma favīs pōnunt fundāmina, deinde tenācēs

suspendunt cērās; aliae spem gentis adultōs

ēdūcunt fētūs; aliae pūrissima mella

stīpant et liquidō distendunt nectare cellās;

sunt quibus ad portās cecidit custōdia sortī,165

inque vicem speculantur aquās et nūbila caelī,

aut onera accipiunt venientum, aut agmine factō

ignāvum fūcōs pecus ā praesēpibus arcent:

fervet opus, redolentque thymō frāglantia mella.

Ac velutī lentīs Cyclōpes fulmina massīs170

cum properant, aliī taurīnīs follibus aurās

accipiunt redduntque, aliī strīdentia tingunt

aera lacū; gemit impositīs incūdibus Aetna;

illī inter sēsē magnā vī bracchia tollunt

in numerum versantque tenācī forcipe ferrum:175

    namque: for in fact

    vīctus vīctūs m.: food, provisions

    invigilō invigilāre invigilāvī invigilātus: watch over, pay attention to

    foedus foederis n.: contract, treaty

    pacīscor pacīscī pactus: agree upon

    saeptum –ī n.: fence, enclosure, wall

    narcissus –ī m.: narcissus (flower)160

    lentus –a –um: pliant, flexible, slow

    cortex –icis m.: bark, cork

    glūten –inis n.: glue, beeswax

    favus –ī m.: honeycomb

    fundāmen –inis n.: foundation

    tenāx –ācis: tenacious, adhering

    suspendō suspendere suspendī suspēnsus: hang, suspend

    cēra –ae f.: wax

    adultus –a –um: ripe, mature

    fētus fētūs m.: offspring

    pūrus –a –um: pure

    mel mellis n.: honey

    stīpō stīpāre stīpāvī stīpātus: compress, store up

    liquidus –a –um: liquid

    distendō –ere –tendī –tēnsus –or tentus: stretch out or apart, expand, distend

    nectar –aris n.: nectar

    cella cellae f.: room, cell

    custōdia custōdiae f.: custody, protection165

    vicis vicis f.: turn, change

    speculor speculārī speculātus sum: watch

    nūbilum –ī n.: clouds

    ignāvus –a –um: lazy, idle

    fūcus –ī m.: drone

    praesaepe –is n.: manger, home, hive

    arceō arcēre arcuī: ward off, repel, save from

    fervō fervere fervī: blaze; boil

    redoleō –ēre –uī: give forth a smell, be redolent of

    thymum –ī n.: thyme (plant)

    fragrō fragrāre fragrāvī fragrātus: emit a smell, be fragrant

    mel mellis n.: honey

    lentus –a –um: pliant, flexible, slow170

    Cyclōps –ōpis m.: Cyclops

    fulmen fulminis n.: lightning, thunderbolt

    māssa –ae f.: lump, mass

    taurīnus –a –um: of a bull

    follis –is m.: pair of bellows

    strīdeō strīdēre or strīdō strīdere strīdī: produce a shrill or grating sound, whistle, hiss

    tingō tingere tinxī tinctus: wet, moisten

    lacus lacūs m.: lake

    gemō gemere gemuī: groan, sigh

    incūs –ūdis f.: anvil

    brachium brachī(ī) n.: arm

    versō versāre versāvī versātus: keep turning175

    tenāx –ācis: tenacious, holding fast

    forceps –ipis f.: pair of tongs

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