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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