Exiguus prīmum atque ipsōs contractus in ūsūs295

ēligitur locus; hunc angustīque imbrice tectī

parietibusque premunt artīs, et quattuor addunt

quattuor ā ventīs oblīquā lūce fenestrās.

Tum vitulus bīmā curvāns iam cornua fronte

quaeritur; huic geminae nārēs et spīritus ōris300

multa reluctantī obstruitur, plāgīsque perēmptō

tunsa per integram solvuntur vīscera pellem.

Sīc positum in clausō linquunt et rāmea costīs

sūbiciunt fragmenta, thymum casiāsque recentēs.

Hoc geritur Zephyrīs prīmum impellentibus undās,305

ante novīs rubeant quam prāta colōribus, ante

garrula quam tignīs nīdum suspendat hirundō.

Intereā tenerīs tepefactus in ossibus ūmor

aestuat, et vīsenda modīs animālia mīrīs,

trunca pedum prīmō, mox et strīdentia pennīs,310

miscentur, tenuemque magis magis āëra carpunt,

dōnec ut aestīvīs effūsus nūbibus imber

ērūpēre, aut ut nervō pulsante sagittae,

prīma levēs ineunt sī quandō proelia Parthī.

exiguus –a –um: small, little

contractus –a –um: narrow, restricted

angustus –a –um: narrow

imbrex imbricis f.: roof tile

pariēs parietis m.: wall

artus –a –um: narrow, close

oblīquus –a –um: slanted

fenestra –ae f.: window

vitulus –ī m.: young bull, calf

bīmus –a –um: of two years

curvō curvāre curvāvī curvātus: bend, curve

geminus –a –um: twin300

nāris –is f.: nostril, nostrils

multum multī n.: much, a great deal

reluctor reluctārī reluctātus sum: struggle, resist

obstruō –ere –strūxī –strūctus: stop up, block up

plāga –ae f.: blow, wound, lashing

perimō (peremō) –ere –ēmī –ēmptus: annihilate, destroy, kill

tundō tundere tutudī tūnsus: beat, crush, bruise

vīscus vīsceris n.: entrails, internal organs

pellis pellis f.: skin, hide

clausum –ī n.: enclosure, confined space

linquō linquere līquī: leave, relinquish

rāmeus –a –um: of boughs

costa –ae f.: rib

subiciō subicere subiēcī subiectus: place under

fragmentum –ī n.: remnant, piece

thymum –ī n.: thyme (plant)

casia –ae f.: daphne (shrub)

Zephyrus –ī m.: Zephyrus, the west wind305

impellō impellere impulī impulsus: impel, drive on

rubeō rubēre rubuī: be red, grow red

prātum prātī n.: meadow

garrulus –a –um: talkative, chatty, babbling

tignum –ī n.: beams

nīdus –ī m.: nest, brood

suspendō suspendere suspendī suspēnsus: hang, suspend

hirundō –inis f.: swallow (bird)

intereā: meanwhile

tepefaciō –ere –fēcī –factus: make tepid or warm

ūmor –oris m.: moisture

aestuō aestuāre aestuāvī aestuātus: be warm, burn, seethe

vīsō vīsere vīsī vīsus: look at

mīrus –a –um: marvelous, wonderful

truncus –a –um: deprived, mutilated310

strīdeō strīdēre or strīdō strīdere strīdī: produce a shrill or grating sound, hiss, buzz

penna –ae f.: feather, wing

tenuis tenue: thin

carpō carpere carpsī carptus: pluck, seize

aestīvus –a –um: of summer

nūbēs nūbis f.: cloud

imber imbris m.: rain, rain storm

ērumpō ērumpere ērūpī ēruptus: break out, burst out

nervus –ī m.: tendon, bowstring

pulsō pulsāre pulsāvī pulsātus: hit, beat, strike

sagitta sagittae f.: arrow

ineō inīre iniī/inīvī initus: enter

Parthus –a –um: Parthian

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