Georg. 1.276Ipsa diēs aliōs aliō dedit ōrdine Lūna
fēlīcīs operum.The Moon herself has made different days lucky for different works, in different order. Georg. 1.277Quīntam fuge: pallidus Orcus
Eumenidēsque satae;Shun the fifth: pale Orcus and the Furies were born then; Georg. 1.278tum partū Terra nefandō
Coeumque Iapetumque creat saevumque Typhōea
280et coniūrātōs caelum rescindere frātrēs.then Earth in an unspeakable labour bears Coeus and Iapetus and fierce Typhoeus, and the brothers sworn to tear down the sky. Georg. 1.281Ter sunt cōnātī inpōnere Pēliō Ossam
scīlicet, atque Ossae frondōsum involvere Olympum;Three times, you know, they tried to pile Ossa on Pelion, and to roll leafy Olympus on top of Ossa; Georg. 1.283ter pater exstrūctōs disiēcit fulmine montīs.three times the Father scattered the heaped-up mountains with his thunderbolt. Georg. 1.284Septima post decimam fēlīx et pōnere vītem
285et prēnsōs domitāre bovēs et līcia tēlae
addere: nōna fugae melior, contrāria fūrtīs.The seventeenth is lucky both for planting the vine and for taming oxen once caught, and for adding the leashes to the loom: the ninth is better for flight, unfriendly to thefts.
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Georgics 1.276–286
Lucky and unlucky days
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| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| alius, -a, -ud | another, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| ōrdō, ōrdinis, m. | arrangement, order, rank; ex ōrdine, in order |
| lūna, -ae f. | moon |
| fēlīx, -īcis | fortunate, lucky, happy |
| opus, operis, n. | work, task |
| quīntus, -a, -um | fifth |
| fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitūrus | flee, run away |
| pallidus, -a, -um | pale, pallid |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| serō, serere, sēvī, satus | sow, plant |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| partus, -ūs m. | birth; offspring |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| nefandus, -a, -um | unspeakable, abominable |
| creō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | elect, appoint |
| saevus, -a, -um | fierce, savage |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| coniūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | swear together, conspire |
| caelum, -ī, n. | heaven, sky |
| rescindō, -ere, -scidī, -scissum | cut down, break down |
| frāter, frātris, m. | brother |
| ter (adv.) | three times |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| cōnor, -ārī, -ātus | try, attempt |
| impōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus | place or lay upon, impose; embark |
| Pēlius, -a, -um | of Mount Pelion in Thessaly |
| scīlicet, adv. | of course, naturally, evidently |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| frondōsus, -a, -um | leafy, covered with foliage |
| involvō, -ere, -volvī, -volūtus | roll up, wrap, envelop |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| exstruō, -struere, -strūxī, -strūctus | pile or heap up, build, erect |
| disiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus | throw apart, scatter |
| fulmen, -inis n. | thunderbolt, lightning |
| mōns, montis, m. | mountain |
| septimus, -a, -um | seventh |
| post, adv. | after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind |
| decimus, -a, -um | tenth |
| pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus | place, put; pōnī with in and abl., to be placed in, rest or depend on |
| vītis, -is f. | vine |
| prēndō, -ere, prēndī, prēnsum | grasp, take hold of |
| domitō, -āre | tame, break in |
| bōs, bovis, gen. plur. boum, dat. and abl. plur. bōbus, m. and f. | ox, bull, cow |
| līcium, -ī n. | thread, cord; a thread of the warp |
| tēla, -ae f. | web; the warp on a loom; woven cloth |
| addō, -ere, -didī, -ditus | add, put to |
| nōnus, -a, -um | ninth |
| fuga, -ae, f. | flight |
| bonus, -a, -um | good |
| contrārius, -a, -um | opposite, facing |
| fūrtum, -ī, n. | theft |
Vergil, Georgics. Latin text: J. B. Greenough, The Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Virgil (Boston, 1881), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English translation and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.