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Alexander, the Macedonian, weeps, when he had sub-
dued to himself the whole world, And is grieved that
nothing remains to be conquered by his arms. Xerxes
weeps, because of all his multitudes of soldiers not one,
When the next age shall arrive, not one will be living. O
Macedonian, I will not commend your tears; your hu-
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mane sorrow I applaud, O Persian, and am willing to weep
with you.
Macedo fleo, sui totus ubi debello orbs,
Et indignatur arma nihil (sync. ) supersum suus.
Fleo Xerxes, quod suus de mille nemo, aetas
Proximus cum venio, nemo sum superstes.
Nolo tuus lacrymas, Macedo; ego laudo dolor
Humanus, et tucum, Persa, volo doleo.
Simple and Compound.
48.
Lucifer, the morning star, arose above the mountain
Casius, And ushered in the day to Egypt, glowing with
the rising sun.
Lucifer prospicio a Casia rupe, diesque
Immitto in iEgyptus, primus quoque sol calens.
49.
First behold the oceans, the kingdoms, and the heaven.
The same day shall assign them all to destruction, and,
though through many years Preserved, the fabric and sys-
tem of the universe shall perish.
Principio mare, ac terra, coelumque intueor.
Dies unus do exitium, multusque per annus
Sustentatus, ruo moles et mundus machina.
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The gods have shown you to us, as a welcome star
to the tossed vessel, "Which, having weathered two storms,
Is still beaten by the waves, and which, its pilot being baf-
fled, is hurried along at random.
Tu ego, ceu sidus dulcis trepidus carina,
Ostendo deus, geminus, qui, prolapsus procella,
Tuudor, et, victus magister, trahor jam caecus.
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51.
I did not, when a child in my early years, address to you,
O my mother, endearing words, Uttered with a lisping
tongue. I did not embrace your neck with my infant
arms, Neither did I sit a pleasing burden on your knee.
Non tu blanditia', meus mater, in primus annus,
Incertus os dictus, puella fero.
Non ego capio tuus collum (enall. ) brevis lacertus,
Nee gremium insedeo sarcina gratus tuus.
52.
When therefore the years, as they gently pass away, old
age Gradually bring on, he views approaching death in
that frame of mind, With which he, who has been tossed
aboutwith long continued tempests, Holds in sight a port,
and a refuge from his labors.
Ergo senectus annus, ut labor (enall. ) leniter,
Cum sensim. /ero, mors iste mens propinquus
^^spicio, ut longus, qui, actus tempestas,
I'ortus teneo in conspectus, effugiumque malorum.
S3.
Thus Boreas, when first rising, shakes with a gentle
breeze the waving branches, And murmurs through the
quivering Leaves; soon becoming fiercer, he blows out
each of his cheeks, And shakes the strong trunks of the
trees with their lofty tops.
Hand aliter lenis flamen nutans ramus
Surgens agito Boreas, tremulusque susurro
Per frons: mox bucca uterque inflo animosior,
Et validus quasso truncus cum vertex (enall. ) celsus.
54.
Afterwards, when all the strength of Boreas has been
collected, and a greater blast Through the whole wood is
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heard, from their deepest roots The ancient oaks on the
ground he lays, and increases the boisterous storm, And
covers all the grove with an extended ruin.
Post, ubi vis (enall. ) colligor (ena. ll. ), majorque tumultus
Per totus sylva audior, ab radix imus
Prosterno humi antiquus quercus, rapidusque procella
Glomero, latusque irapleo nemus omnis ruina.
55.
Mars heard these words, and from the^snowy rocks of
iEmus He rises, and thus with a loud voice urges his ac-
tive attendants; << Bring to me, O Bellona, my helmet;
my car, ? Fear, prepare; let Terror yoke my rapid
steeds. "
Audio (sync. ) ille pater, nivales scopulusque ? mus
Assurgo, et horto celer clamor minister;
"Affero galea, Bellona, ego; nexusque rotarum
Tendo, Pavor; frseno rapidus jugalis Formido. "
56.
A bird, fearing the hawk, with trembling wings Dares
when weary to come for refuge to a human bosom. Nor
does the frightened stag, when flying from the savage
dogs, Hesitate to trust herself to a neighbouring house.
Accipiter metueos, ales penna trepidans
Audeo humauus fessus advenio sinus (enall. ).
Nec sui committo vicinus dubito tectum
Effugiens (enall. ) infestus, territus cerva, canis.
57.
Remember also that the mind injured by long rust
Grows dull, and is much less vigorous than it formerly was.
The fertile field, if it be not continually renewed by the
plough, Will produce nothing but grass with thorns. The
horse, who shall have stood still for a long time, will run
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badly, and among the horses Sent from the starting place,
will run last in the race.
Adde qudd ingenium laesus longus rubigo
Torpeo, et sum multo minor quam sum ante.
Fertilis, si non renovor assiduo (matt. ) aratrum,
Nihil (sync. ) habeo, nisi cum spina gramen, ager.
Qui longus tempus sto, male curro, et inter
Career (enall. ) demissus, ultimo (enall. ) eo equus.
Repetition and Conjunction.
58.
Hope supports the husbandmen, and commits to the
ploughed furrows The seeds, which the land may return
with a great increase.
Spes alo agricola, et sulcus credo aratus
Semen, qui reddo magnus fcenus ager.
59.
The spring is very beneficial to the leaves of the groves
and to the woods. In the spring the lands swell and ask
for the genial seeds.
Ver adeo frons (enall. ) nanus, et utilis sylva:
Ver tumeo terra et semen genitalis posco.
60.
We are exploring other abodes and worlds. An ardent
desire of being carried in a fearless flight through the vast
expanse of space Impels us. It is delightful, O it is de-
lightful to go among the shining worlds In the air, to
roam over the wandering stars of the lofty heaven.
Ego sedes alius et exquiro orbs.
Ego feror vastum per inane impavidus volatus
Ingens amor urgeo. Juvar, O juvat eo per ignis
/Etheris (enall. ), lustro vagus lumen altus ccelum.
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61.
But now I wander alone through the woods and the
meadows, Where the sylvan shades are thick in the val-
leys. Here I wait for the evening. Above my head the
rain and the wind Sound mournfully, and the gloom of
the shattered forest is disturbed.
At jam solus ager et pascuum oberro,
Sicubi ramosus umbra densor vallis.
Hie expecto serum. Supra caput imber et Eurus
Sono triste, fractusque agitor (enall. ) crepusculum (enall. )
sylva.
62.
A race temperate and sagacious, industrious and provi-
dent, How peacefully and wisely do the bees pass their
life! They have among them the social regulations of a
city; to every one Is appointed his share of labors and his
duties.
Gens frugi et prudens, providus et operosus, vita
Qudm placidt! perago et sapienter apis!
Urbs habeo consortium (enall. ) inter suisui; quique
Sto suits pars opus et munia.
63.
Atlas carries the world on his strong shoulders, and bent
double by its weight Is covered with sweat, and toils under
the immense burden. What sinews, and neck, and arms,
What strong joints in the legs must so heavy a load re-
quire! O go on warily, for if the least slip Should befall
your steps, we are all lost.
Robustus fero mundus humerus, et sudo pondus curvus,
> et ingens moles Atlas laboro.
Qui nervus, el cervix, et brachia, crurum
Quam validus nexus, onus tam gravis posco!
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? caute` incedas, nam minimus si tibi lapsus
Offendo gressus, ruo (enall. ) omnia.
Sum and Verb Neuter. *
64.
Here, where Rome now is, was once an unlopped grove,
And the city now so large was once a pasture ground for
a few oxen.
ffic, ubi nunc Roma sum, incawluus sylva sum (vi? reo),
Tantusque res sum paucus pascuum bos.
65.
But the abode of the wicked lies hidden in thick dark-
ness, Around which are gloomy rivers.
At sceleratus (enall. ) jaceo sedes abditus in nox profundus, qui circum flumen niger sum (sono).
66.
Soon also distress was inflicted on the corn, so that
noxious Mildew consumed the stalks, and the unfruitful
thistle was in the fields. The standing corn dies, and a
rough wood succeeds.
Mox et frumentum (enall. ) labor additus, ut culmus malus
Edo rubigo, segnisque sum (h? rreo) in arvum
Carduus. Seges intereo (enall. ), subeo asper sylva.
Sum and Habeo.
67.
Not if I had a hundred tongues, and a hundred mouths,
And a voice of iron, could I mention all the species of
crimes, Nor enumerate all the names of their punish-
ments.
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Non ego si linguas centum habeam, oraque centum,
Ferrum (enall. ) vocern, omnia comprehendo (sync. ) scelus
forros *
PossudRmnis poena percurro nomen.
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The Naiad Amalthea, illustrious in Cretan Ida, is said
to have hidden Jupiter in the woods. She was possessed
of a she-goat, the beautiful mother of two kids, Distinguish-
ed among the Dictaean flocks.
Nais Amalthea, Cretoeus nobilis,
Dicor in sylva Jupiter occulo.
Htcc habuit haedus matrem formosam duo, ?
Inter Dictaeus grex conspiciendam.
69.
With horns lofty and bending upon her back, With an
udder, which might belong to the nurse of Jupifej, she
gave milk to the god; but she broke her horn against a
tree, and was deprived of the half part of her beauty.
Cornu aerius atque in suus tergum (enall. ) recurvus,
Uber, qui nutrid posset esse Jupiter,
Ille lac do deus; sed4rango in arbor cornu,
Truncusque su^flpnidius pars decus.
70.
This broken horn the nymph took up, and brought it
wound round with fresh flowers And full of apples into
the presence of Jupiter. He, when he possessed the so-
vereignty of heaven, and sat on the throne of his father,
And nothing was greater than unconquered Jove', Changed
into stars his nurse and his nurse's fruitful horn, To which
even now is applied the name of her mistress.
Nymphe tollo hic, cinctusque recens herba,
Et pomum plenus, ad Jupiter os (enall. ) fero.
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Ille, ubi res (enall. ) caelum teneo, solijmque pater (enall. )
sedeo,
et nihil (sync. ) invictus Jupiter maj<<*sum
Facio sidus nutrix. nutrix fertilis cornu, TM
cui domina nunc quoque nomen ess^
Active and Passive.
71.
Autumn produces apples; the summer is beautiful with
the harvests; Flowers are given us by the spring; fire
alleviates the winter.
Autumuus pomum do; formosus sum messis sestas;
Vere prabenturjlores; ignis leval hyemem.
72.
The huntsman knows well where he may spread his
nets for the stags; He knows well in what valley the
foaming boar lingers. Fowlers know the shrubs. He, who
holds the hooks, Knows what waters are swum in by
many fish.
Venator scio bene cervus ubi rete tendo;
Scio bene qui vallis moror frendens aper.
Aucupes noscunt (enall. )frutices. Qui sustineo hamus,
Novi qui aqua multus piscis (enall. ) nator.
73.
There is no delay; they weeping begin their work; and
are emulous to heap up the altar of the funeral pile With
trees, and to raise it towards heaven. They repair to an
ancient wood, the deep retreats of savage beasts. The firs
fall down; the oak, cut down with axes, falls crashing;
And beams of ash and the yielding oak are cleft with
wedges; They roll from the mountains huge ash trees.
Lat. Pr. ? I
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Haud mora ; flens festino, araque sepulchrum
Congero arbor certo, coelumque educo.
Eunt inantiquus sylva, stabulum altus fera.
Picea pWcumbo; sono, ictus securis, ilex;
Fraxineus trabs, cuneus et fissilis robur scinditur;
? advolvo ingens onus mons.
Variation of Case.
74.
She had duly presided over the temple for many years,
And performed the cruel rites with an unwilling hand;
When two youths arrived in a ship with sails, And pressed
with their feet our shores.
Pnesum templum multis is rite annis,
Et perago {enall. ) invitus tristis sacra manus; >>
Cum duo juvenis velifer venio carina,
Premoque suus pes {enall. ) littus noster.
75.
Their age was the same, as well as their love for each
other; one of them was Orestes, The other was Pylades.
Fame still preserves their names. They are instantly led to
the cruel altar of Diana, Bound with both their hands
behind their backs.
Par sura horum aetas et amor; de quibus alter Orestes,
Alter Pylades sum. Nomen fama teneo.
Protinus Trivia ducor immitis ad ara,
Evincti geminas manus ad suus tergum.
76.
And while the priestess prepares the sacrifice, and co-
vers their temples with, fillets, And still invents causes for
her long delay, "Pardon me, O youths," she said j "I
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am not thus cruel. I perform sacrifices more barbarous
than the country itself. "
Dumque sacrum paro, et (enall. ) velo tempora vifta,
Et {enall. ) tardus causa usque invenio mora,
"Non ego crudelis,ignosco,juvenis," dico;
"Sacra gutim suits facio barbarior loeut. "
77.
<<<< This is the rite of the nation. But from what city
do you come? Or why have you made such a voyage in a
ship so little fortunate? " She said; and the name of their
country having been told her, the pious virgin Finds them
to be inhabitants of her own city.
"Ritus is sum genti. Equa tu tamen urbe venio?
Quove peto (sync. ) parum faustus puppisiter? "
Dico; et auditus patria nomen, pius virgo
Consors sum urbs comperio suus.
78.
"But let one of you," she said, " fall a victim in our
rites. Let the other go as a, messenger to my native land. "
Pylades, ready to die, urges his beloved Orestes to go.
He refuses; and each contends to die in the stead of the
other.
"Alter at vestrum," inquam, "cado hostia sacra.
Ad patrius sedes eo nuntius alter. "
Pylades eo jubeo carus periturus Orestes.
Hie nego; uterque inque vicis pugno morior.
79.
While the honorable youths carry on this contest of
love, She writes to her brother a letter. She gave her
written commands to her brother, and he, to whom they
were entrusted, (Behold an instance of the vicissitude of
human affairs,) was her brother.
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Dum pulcher juvenis peragocertamen amor,
Fratri seriptas exaro ille notas.
Frutn mandatum do, quique ille dor,
Frater (humanos casus aspicio) sum.
80.
There is no delay; they hurry away the statues of
Diana from the temple, And a ship carries them secretly
through the immense waters. The wonderful friendship
of these youths, although so many years have passed, Has
? ven now great renown in Scythia.
Nee mora; templo rapio simulachrum Diana,
Clamque per immensus fero (enall. ) puppis aqua.
Minis amor juvenis, quamvis tot annus abeo,'
In Scythia nunc quoque magnus nomen habeo.
81.
'Neither do the violets nor the opening lilies always
florish, And the deserted thorn grows stiff, the rose
being lost: And soon hoary hairs will come to you, O
lovely youth; Soon will wrinkles come, which will make
furrows in your skin.
Nec semper viola nee hians lilium floreo,
Etrigeo spina relictus, amissus rosa:
Et ad te jam canus venio, formosus, capillus; J
Jam venio ruga, qui tuum corpus arent. _. /
82.
Form now an understanding, which may last, and add
it to your beauty; That alone remains to the last day of
life. Nor let it be made a trifling concern to cultivate the
mind with the liberal arts, And to learn perfectly two
languages.
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Jam molior animus, qui duro, et forma astruo;
Ille solus ad extremos permaneo rogos.
Neclevis inge? iuis pectus colo artibus
Cura sum, et edisco duo lingua.
83.
I have often, though unwillingly, drunk bitter juices
when sick, And the feast has been denied to me
though asking for it. You will endure sword and fire that
you may save the body; Nor, though thirsty, will you
? wash your parched mouth with water. Will you then re-
fuse to bear any thing that you may be well in mind? But
this part of man is of more value than the body.
Saepe bibo succus aeger, quamvis invitus, amarus;
? et mensa negor (enall. ) ego orans.
Ut corpus redimo ferrum et ignis {enall. ) patior,
Nec sitiens aridus os (enall. ) levo aqua.
Ut valeo animus quisquam nego tolero?
At pretium pars hie quam corpus majus habet.
Synonymous Words.
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Alas! when you least expect it, in the very flower of
youth, Death suddenly cuts off at once all the hope of the
family.
Hen! minimi cum reor, in juventa ipse flos,
Mors inopinate {enall. ) doimis spes protinus abripio cunctus.
85.
There is no need of envy; far from me be the applause
of the crowd; He, who is wise, should find a source of
joy in the retirement of his own breast.
Nihil (sync. ) opus sum invidia; procul absum gloria vulgus;
,. Qui sapio, in tacitus gaudeo is sinus.
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86.
You, Zoilus, who are well dressed, ridicule my thread-
bare garments. They are indeed threadbare, but, Zoilus,
they are my own.
Qui pexor {enall. ) pulchrd, rideo meus tritus, Zoilus.
Sura hie tritus quidem, Zoilus, at meus sum.
87.
Aurora in the mean time to wretched mortals tha fair
Light had brought forth, and renews the works and la-
bors of the day.
Aurora interea miser homo almus
Effero lux, et refero {enall. ) opus et labor.
88.
Indeed the approach of death alarms him only, Who, if
there should be any existence beyond the grave, trembles
for himself: It alarms not him, who has passed his life
righteously and piously.
Scilicet hie unns mors vicinia turbo,
Qui sui metuo {enall),si quid sum {resto) post funus {enall. ):
Non hie, qui recte vita ago {enall. ) sancteque.
89.
He, when the expected day of death approaches, Leeks
forward to eternal life; hey-triumphing in a better hope,
Even now anticipates in hope the joys of the inhabitants
of heaven.
Hie, cum maturus dies mors advenio {enall. ), xvum
Suspicio aternus ; hie, spes melior triumphans,
Ccelicola {sync. ) jam nunc votis prselibo gaudium.
90.
Let the ox plow, or let him impute his death to advan-
ced years. Let the sheep afford us the means of defence
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against the cold north wind.