Cuius Aristaeō quoniam est oblāta facultās,

vix dēfessa senem passus compōnere membra

cum clāmōre ruit magnō, manicīsque iacentem

occupat. Ille suae contrā nōn immemor artis440

omnia trānsfōrmat sēsē in mīrācula rērum,

ignemque horribilemque feram fluviumque liquentem.

Vērum ubi nulla fugam reperit fallācia, victus

in sēsē redit atque hominis tandem ōre locūtus

‘Nam quis tē, iuvenum confīdentissime, nostrās445

iussit adīre domōs? Quidve hinc petis?' inquit. At ille:

'Scīs, Prōteu, scīs ipse, neque est tē fallere quicquam:

sed tū dēsine velle. Deum praecepta secūtī

vēnimus hinc lāssīs quaesītum ōrācula rēbus.’

Tantum effātus. Ad haec vātes vī dēnique multā450

ārdentēs oculōs intorsit lūmine glaucō,

et graviter frendēns sīc fātīs ōra resolvit:

Aristaeus –ī m.: Aristaeus, son of Cyrene

facultās facultātis f.: opportunity, chance

dēfessus –a –um: weary, exhausted

ruō ruere ruī rūtus: rush

manicae –ārum f.: handcuffs, manacles, chains

immemor –oris: forgetful, unmindful440

trānsfōrmō trānsfōrmāre trānsfōrmāvī trānsfōrmātus: change the form

mīrāculum –ī n.: marvel, miracle

horribilis horribile: dreadful

fera ferae f.: wild animal

fluvius fluvi(ī) m.: stream, river

liqueō liquēre licuī/liquī: be fluid, be clear

vērum: but indeed

fallācia –ae f.: trick, artifice

iuvenis iuvenis m.: youth, young man445

cōnfīdēns –entis: bold, confident

hinc: from here

Prōteus –eī or –eos m.: Proteus, the Old Man of the Sea

hinc: from here

lassus -a -um: tired, weary, exhausted

ōrāculum –ī n.: oracle, prophecy

effor –ārī –fātus sum: speak forth450

ārdēns –entis: burning

intorqueō –ēre –torsī –tortus: turn or hurl toward

glaucus –a –um: dark, sea green, blue-gray

graviter: heavily, strongly

frendō frendere — frēsus: gnash the teeth

resolvō –ere –solvī –solūtus: untie, loosen

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