Haud mora, continuō mātris praecepta facessit:

ad dēlūbra venit, mōnstrātās excitat ārās,

quattuor eximiōs praestantī corpore taurōs550

dūcit et intactā totidem cervīce iuvencās.

Post, ubi nōna suōs Aurōra indūxerat ortūs,

īnferiās Orpheī mittit, lūcumque revīsit.

Hīc vērō subitum ac dictū mīrābile mōnstrum

aspiciunt, liquefacta boum per vīscera tōtō555

strīdere apēs uterō et ruptīs effervere costīs,

immēnsāsque trahī nūbēs, iamque arbore summā

confluere et lentīs ūvam dēmittere rāmīs.

    continuō: immediately

    facessō –ere –cessī –cessītus: perform, execute, do effectively

    dēlūbrum –ī n.: shrine, place for sacrificial cleansings

    mōnstrō mōnstrāre mōnstrāvī mōnstrātus: indicate, prescribe

    excitō excitāre excitāvī excitātus: raise, erect

    eximius –a –um: exceptional, distinguished550

    praestāns –ntis: outstanding, extraordinary

    taurus taurī m.: bull

    intāctus –a –um: untouched, unbroken

    totidem: just as many

    cervīx cervīcis f.: neck

    iuvenca iuvencae f.: young cow, heifer

    nōnus –a –um: ninth

    Aurōra Aurōrae f.: dawn

    indūcō inducere indūxī inductus: lead in, bring forth

    ortus ortūs m.: rising

    īnferiae īnferiārum f.: sacrifices, rites in honor of the dead

    Orpheus –eī m.: Orpheus

    lūcus lūcī m.: grove, wood

    revīsō –vīsere -vīsī -vīsus: revisit, go to see again

    subitus –a –um: unexpected, sudden

    mīrābilis –e: wonderful, extraordinary

    mōnstrum mōnstrī n.: wonder, amazing occurrence

    liquefaciō –ere –fēcī –factus: dissolve, liquefy555

    vīscus vīsceris n.: (pl) internal organs, viscera

    strīdō –ere: hiss, buzz, roar

    apis apis f.: bee

    uterus –ī m.: belly, womb

    effervō –fervere — —: boil over, swarm forth

    costa –ae f.: rib

    immēnsus –a –um: immense, vast

    nūbēs nūbis f.: cloud

    cōnfluō –fluere –flūxī —: run together, crowd together

    lentus –a –um: pliant, flexible

    ūva –ae f.: grape

    dēmittō dēmittere dēmīsī dēmissus: send down, shed, drop

    rāmus rāmī m.: branch

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