Hīs quīdam signīs atque haec exempla secūtī

esse apibus partem dīvīnae mentis et haustūs220

aetheriōs dīxēre; deum namque īre per omnēs

terrāsque tractūsque maris caelumque profundum;

hinc pecudēs, armenta, virōs, genus omne ferārum,

quemque sibī tenuēs nāscentem arcessere vītās:

scīlicet hūc reddī deinde ac resolūta referrī225

omnia, nec mortī esse locum, sed vīva volāre

sīderis in numerum atque altō succēdere caelō.

apis apis f.: bee

dīvīnus –a –um: divine220

haustus –ūs m.: drinking, draught

aetherius –a –um: heavenly

namque: for in fact

trāctus –ūs m.: track, territory, region

profundus –a –um: deep, lofty

hinc: from here

pecus pecudis f.: herd, flock

armentum –ī n.: herd

fera ferae f.: wild animal

tenuis tenue: thin

arcessō (accersō) arcessere arcessīvī arcessītus: fetch, summon, bring on oneself

resolvō –ere –solvī –solūtus: release225

vīvus –a –um: alive

volō volāre volāvī volātus: fly

succēdō succēdere successī successus: follow, approach, ascend

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