Praetereā rēgem nōn sīc Aegyptus et ingēns210

Lȳdia nec populī Parthōrum aut Mēdus Hydaspēs

observant. Rēge incolumī mēns omnibus ūna est;

āmissō rūpēre fidem, constructaque mella

dīripuēre ipsae et crātēs solvēre favōrum.

Ille operum cūstōs, illum admīrantur et omnēs215

circumstant fremitū dēnsō stīpantque frequentēs,

et saepe attollunt umerīs et corpora bellō

obiectant pulchramque petunt per vulnera mortem.

    Aegyptos (–tus) –ī f.: Egypt (place)

    Lȳdia –ae f.: Lydia (place)

    Parthus –a –um: Parthian

    Mēdus –a –um: Median, of the Medes

    Hydaspēs –is m.: River Hydaspes (Jhelum River)

    observō observāre observāvī observātus: observe, revere, respect

    incolumis incolumis incolume: uninjured

    cōnstruō –ere –strūxī –strūctus: pile up, gather together

    mel mellis n.: honey

    dīripiō –ere –ripuī –reptus: tear apart, spoil, destroy

    crātēs (crātis) –is f.: wicker work

    favus –ī m.: honeycomb

    admīror admirārī admirātus sum: admire, wonder215

    circumstō circumstāre circumstetī: stand around

    fremitus –ūs m.: murmuring

    dēnsus –a –um: thick, dense

    stīpō stīpāre stīpāvī stīpātus: crowd, press together, surround

    attollō attollere: raise up

    umerus umerī m.: shoulder

    obiectō obiectāre obiectāvī obiectātus: throw towards, expose

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