Sed sī quem prōlēs subitō dēfēcerit omnis

nec genus unde novae stirpis revocētur habēbit,

tempus et Arcadiī memoranda inventa magistrī

pandere, quōque modō caesīs iam saepe iuvencīs

īnsincērus apēs tulerit cruor. Altius omnem285

expediam prīmā repetēns ab orīgine fāmam.

Nam quā Pellaeī gēns fortūnāta Canōpī

accolit effūsō stagnantem flūmine Nīlum

et circum pictīs vehitur sua rūra phasēlīs,

quāque pharetrātae vīcīnia Persidis urget,290

et dīversa ruēns septem discurrit in ōra292

usque colōrātīs amnis dēvexus ab Indīs,293

et viridem Aegyptum nigrā fēcundat harēnā,291

omnis in hāc certam regiō iacit arte salūtem.

    prōlēs prōlis f.: descendants

    stirps stirps f.: stock, offspring

    Arcadius –a –um: of Arcadia

    memorandus –a –um: famous, remarkable

    inventum –ī n.: invention

    pandō pandere pandī passus: spread out, explain, disclose

    iuvencus –ī m.: young bull

    īnsincērus –a –um: corrupt, rotting285

    apis apis f.: bee

    cruor cruōris m.: blood, bloodshed

    altē: aloft, on high; more fully

    expediō expedīre expediī/expedīvī expedītus: explain, narrate

    orīgō –inis f.: origin

    Pellaeus –a –um: of or belonging to Pella

    fortūnātus –a –um: fortunate, lucky, happy

    Canōpus –ī m.: Canopus (town)

    accolō –ere –coluī –cultus: dwell near

    stāgnō stagnāre stagnāvī stagnātus: overflow, inundate (so as to form standing pools)

    Nīlus –ī m.: Nile (river)

    pīctus –a –um: painted, of many colors

    circum: around (+ acc.)

    phasēlus –ī m.: light boat

    pharetrātus –a –um: wearing a quiver290

    vīcīnia –ae f.: vicinity, nearness

    Persis –idis: Persian

    urgeō urgēre ursī: press, press upon

    ruō ruere ruī rūtus: rush292

    septem: seven

    discurrō –ere –cucurrī –or currī –cursus: run apart, run in different directions

    colōrātus –a –um: sunburnt293

    dēvexus –a –um: declining, descending

    Indus –a –um: belonging to India

    viridis –e: green291

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

    fēcundō fēcundāre: fertilize

    arēna (harēna) –ae f.: sand, silt

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