Huic percussa novā mentem formīdine māter

‘Dūc, age, dūc ad nōs; fās illī līmina dīvum

tangere,’ ait. Simul alta iubet discēdere lātē

flūmina, quā iuvenis gressūs īnferret. At illum360

curvāta in montis faciem circumstetit unda

accēpitque sinū vastō mīsitque sub amnem.

Iamque domum mīrāns genetrīcis et ūmida regna

spēluncīsque lacūs clausōs lūcōsque sonantēs

ībat, et ingentī mōtū stupefactus aquārum365

omnia sub magnā lābentia flūmina terrā

spectābat dīversa locīs, Phāsimque Lycumque,

et caput unde altus prīmum sē ērumpit Enīpeus,

unde pater Tiberīnus et unde Aniēna fluenta

saxōsusque sonāns Hypanis Mȳsusque Cäīcus370

et gemina aurātus taurīnō cornua vultū

Ēridanus, quō nōn alius per pinguia culta

in mare purpureum violentior effluit amnis.

    percutiō percutere percussī percussus: strike, shock, affect deeply

    formīdō formīdinis f.: fear, dread

    age agite: Come on! Let's go!

    fās n.: (what is divinely) right, permitted, proper

    iuvenis iuvenis m.: youth, young man360

    gressus –ūs m.: step, stepping

    curvō curvāre curvāvī curvātus: bend, curve

    circumstō circumstāre circumstetī: stand around, encircle

    vāstus –a –um: vast, immense

    genetrīx –īcis f.: mother

    ūmidus –a –um: moist, damp

    spēlunca spēluncae f.: cave

    lacus lacūs m.: lake

    lūcus lūcī m.: grove, wood

    mōtus mōtūs m.: motion, movement365

    stupefaciō –ere –fēcī –factus: amaze, astound

    lābor labī lapsus sum: glide, slip, slide

    Phāsis –idos m.: Phasis River

    Lycus –ī m.: Lycus (name)

    ērumpō ērumpere ērūpī ēruptus: break out, burst out

    Enīpeus –eī or –eos m.: Enipeus, a river

    Tiberīnus (Thȳbrinus) –a –um: of the Tiber (river)

    Aniēnus –a –um: of the Anio (river)

    fluentum –ī n.: stream, river

    saxōsus –a –um: rocky370

    Hypanis –is m.: Hypanis (river)

    Mȳs(i)us –a –um: Mysian, of Mysia

    Caīcus –ī m.: Caicus (river)

    geminus –a –um: twin

    aurō aurāre aurāvi aurātus: gild, overlay with gold

    taurīnus –a –um: of a bull

    Ēridanus –ī m.: Eridanus (river)

    pinguis pingue: fat, rich, fertile

    culta –ōrum n.: plowed fields

    purpureus –a –um: purple; bright, shining

    violentus –a –um: violent, savage, furious

    effluō –ere –xī: flow out, to slip away

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