‘Nōn tē nūllīūs exercent nūminis īrae; 

magna luis commissa: tibi hās miserābilis Orpheus 

haudquāquam ob meritum poenās, nī fāta resistant,455 

suscitat, et raptā graviter prō coniuge saevit. 

Illa quidem, dum tē fugeret per flūmina praeceps, 

immānem ante pedēs hydrum moritūra puella 

servantem rīpās altā nōn vīdit in herbā. 

At chorus aequālis Dryadum clāmōre suprēmōs460 

implēvit montēs; flērunt Rhodopēiae arcēs 

altaque Pangaea et Rhēsī Māvortia tellūs 

atque Getae atque Hebrus et Actias Ōrīthȳīa. 

Ipse cavā sōlāns aegrum testūdine amōrem 

tē, dulcis coniūnx, tē sōlō in lītore sēcum,465 

tē veniente diē, tē dēcēdente canēbat. 

    luō luere luī lūtus: pay for, atone for

    commissum –ī n.: undertaking; offense, fault, crime

    miserābilis –e: deplorable, miserable

    Orpheus –eī m.: Orpheus (name)

    haudquāquam: by no means, not at all455

    meritum meritī n.: what is deserved, what is due

    resistō resistere restitī: oppose, resist, stop

    suscitō suscitāre suscitāvī suscitātus: stir up

    graviter: heavily, strongly

    saeviō saevīre saeviī saevitus: rage

    praeceps praecipitis: headlong, swift, rushing

    immānis immāne: huge, monstrous

    hydrus –ī m.: water-serpent

    herba herbae f.: grass, herb

    chorus –ī m.: group of dancers460

    aequālis –e: of the same age

    Dryades –um f.: dryads, wood-nymphs

    Rhodopēus –a –um: Rhodopeian, of Mt. Rhodope

    Pangaea –ōrum n.: Pangaeus, a mountain in Thrace

    Rhēsus –ī m.: Rhesus (name)

    Māvortius –a –um: of Mars

    Getae –ārum m.: Getae, a tribe of Northern Thrace

    Hēbrus –ī m.: Hebrus (river)

    Actias –adis f.: Attic, Athenian

    Ōrīthyia –ae f.: Orithyia (name)

    cavus –a –um: hollow

    sōlor sōlārī sōlātus sum: console

    testūdō –inis f.: tortoise; lyre

    dēcēdō dēcēdere dēcessī dēcessus: depart, subside, wane

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