Sī vērō, quoniam cāsūs apibus quoque nostrōs

vīta tulit, tristī languēbunt corpora morbō—

quod iam nōn dubiīs poteris cognoscere signīs:

continuō est aegrīs alius color; horrida vultum

dēfōrmat maciēs; tum corpora lūce carentum255

exportant tectīs et tristia fūnera dūcunt;

aut illae pedibus cōnexae ad līmina pendent

aut intus clausīs cūnctantur in aedibus omnēs

ignāvaeque famē et contractō frīgore pigrae.

Tum sonus audītur gravior, tractimque susurrant,260

frīgidus ut quondam silvīs immurmurat Auster,

ut mare sollicitum strīdit refluentibus undīs,

aestuat ut clausīs rapidus fornācibus ignis.

apis apis f.: bee

langueō languēre languī —: be faint, be weak

continuō: immediately

horridus –a –um: rough, bristling, frightful

dēfōrmō dēfōrmāre dēfōrmāvī dēfōrmātus: disfigure255

maciēs –ēī f.: emaciation, thinness

exportō exportāre exportāvi exportātus: carry out, export

cōnectō –nectere –nexuī –nexus: connect, join

pendeō pendēre pependī: hang, hang down

intus: within, inside

cūnctor –ārī –ātus sum: delay, linger

ignāvus –a –um: lazy, idle

contrahō contrahere contrāxī contractus: contract, draw together

frīgus frīgoris n.: cold

piger pigra pigrum: lazy, slow

sonus sonī m.: sound, noise260

tractim: little by little, by degrees

susurrō susurrāre susurrāvī susurrātus: whisper

frīgidus –a –um: cool, cold

immurmurō immurmurāre: murmur

Auster –trī m.: Auster, the south wind

sollicitus –a –um: agitated, disturbed

strīdō –ere, strīdi: make a shrill noise, hiss, gurgle

refluō –fluere -fluxī -fluxus: flow back

aestuō aestuāre aestuāvī aestuātus: burn, seethe

rapidus –a –um: swift

fornāx –ācis f.: furnace, oven

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