Hīc iam galbaneōs suādēbō incendere odōrēs

mellaque harundineīs inferre canālibus, ultrō265

hortantem et fessās ad pābula nōta vocantem.

Prōderit et tunsum gallae admiscēre sapōrem

ārentēsque rosās, aut ignī pinguia multō

dēfruta vel psithiā passōs dē vīte racēmōs,

Cēcropiumque thymum et grave olentia centaurēa.270

Est etiam flōs in prātīs cui nōmen amellō

fēcēre agricolae, facilis quaerentibus herba;

namque ūnō ingentem tollit dē caespite silvam

aureus ipse, sed in foliīs, quae plūrima circum

funduntur, violae sublūcet purpura nigrae;275

saepe deum nexīs ōrnātae torquibus ārae;

asper in ōre sapor; tōnsīs in vallibus illum

pāstōrēs et curva legunt prope flūmina Mellae.

Huius odōrātō rādīcēs incoque Bacchō

pābulaque in foribus plēnīs appōne canistrīs.280

    galbaneus –a –um: of galbanum

    suādeō suādēre suāsī suāsus: recommend, advise

    incendō incendere incendī incensus: set fire to, burn, kindle

    odor –ōris m.: scent

    mel mellis n.: honey265

    harundineus –a –um: of reeds

    canālis –is m.: canal, passage

    ultrō: moreover, promptly

    pābulum –ī n.: food, fodder

    tundō tundere tutudī tūnsus: beat, crush, bruise

    galla, gallae f.: gall-nut, oak-apple

    admisceō –ēre –miscuī –mixtus (mistus): mingle with

    sapor –ōris m.: flavor

    āreō –ēre –uī: be dry, wither

    rosa rosae f.: rose (plant)

    pinguis pingue: fat, thick

    dēfrutum –ī n.: grape juice boiled down into syrup

    psythia –ae f.: Psythian (a kind of wine)

    passus –a –um: spread out; dried

    vītis –is f.: vine, grapevine

    racēmus –ī m.: bunch, cluster

    Cecropius –a –um: Athenian

    thymum –ī n.: thyme (plant)270

    oleo, olere, olui, ---: give off a smell, smell

    centaurēum –ī n.: centaurea (plant)

    prātum prātī n.: meadow

    amellus –ī m.: Michaelmas daisy (plant)

    agricola agricolae m.: farmer

    herba herbae f.: grass, herb, plant

    namque: for in fact

    caespes (cespes) –itis f.: turf, sod

    folium foli(ī) n.: leaf, petal

    circum: around (adv.)

    viola –ae f.: violet275

    sublūceō –lūcēre -lūxī: glimmer, gleam

    purpura –ae f.: purple

    nectō nectere nexī nexus: bind, entwine, interlace

    ōrnō ōrnāre ōrnāvī ōrnātus: equip, decorate

    torquis –is m.: wreath, ring

    asper –a –um: rough, harsh, bitter

    sapor –ōris m.: flavor

    tondeō tondēre totondī tōnsus: shear

    vallēs vallis f.: valley

    pāstor pāstōris m.: shepherd

    curvus –a –um: curved

    Mella –ae m.: Mella River

    odōrātus –a –um: sweet-smelling

    rādīx rādīcis f.: root

    incoquō –coquere –coxī –coctus: boil, boil down

    Bacchus –ī m.: Bacchus (god)

    pābulum –ī n.: food, fodder

    foris foris f.: door280

    appōnō –pōnere –posuī –positus: place near

    canistrum –ī n.: wicker basket

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