Georg. 2.1Hāctenus arvōrum cultūs et sīdera caelī,
nunc tē, Bacche, canam, nec nōn silvestria tēcum
virgulta et prōlem tardē crēscentis olīvae.Thus far the tilling of fields and the stars of the sky; now you, Bacchus, shall I sing, and with you too the woodland thickets and the offspring of the slow-growing olive. Georg. 2.4Hūc, pater ō Lēnaee—tuīs hīc omnia plēna
5mūneribus, tibi pampineō gravidus autumnō
flōret ager, spūmat plēnīs vindēmia labrīs—
hūc, pater ō Lēnaee, venī nūdātaque mustō
tingue novō mēcum dīreptīs crūra cothurnīs.Come here, father Lenaeus — here all things are full of your gifts; for you the field blooms, laden with vine-leaved autumn, and the vintage foams in brimming vats — come here, father Lenaeus, and, pulling off your buskins, dip your bared legs with me in the new must.
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Georgics 2.1–8
Invocation to Bacchus
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| hāctenus (adv.) | thus far, up to this point; so much (and no more) |
| arvum, -ī n. | ploughed field, field |
| cultus, -ūs m. | way of life; civilization, refinement |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| sīdus, -eris n. | star, constellation |
| caelum, -ī, n. | heaven, sky |
| nunc, adv. | now |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| canō, -ere, cecinī, cantus | sing; of a trumpet: sound (receptuī canere: sound the retreat) |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| silvester, -tris, -tre | wooded, overgrown with trees |
| virgultum, -ī n. | brushwood, thicket |
| prōlēs, -is f. | offspring, children |
| tardē (adv.) | slowly; comp. tardius |
| crēscō, -ere, crēvī, crētum | grow, rise (in power) |
| olīva, -ae f. | olive tree; olive |
| hūc, adv. | to this place, hither |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| ō (interj.) | O! oh! |
| Lēnaeus, -a, -um | of Lenaeus (Bacchus); Lēnaeus honor: an offering of wine |
| tuus, -a, -um | thy, thine, your |
| hīc, adv. | here; hereupon |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| plēnus, -a, -um | full |
| mūnus, mūneris, n. | service, office, duty; present, gift |
| pampineus, -a, -um | of vine-shoots, wreathed with vine-leaves |
| gravidus, -a, -um | pregnant |
| autumnus, -ī m. | autumn |
| flōreō, -ēre, -uī | flourish, be prosperous |
| ager, agri, m. | field, land |
| spūmō, -āre, -āvī | foam, froth |
| vindēmia, -ae f. | grape harvest, vintage; grapes |
| labrum, -ī n. | lip |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| nūdō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | strip, leave bare |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| mustum, -ī n. | new wine, unfermented grape juice; vintage |
| tinguō (tingō), -ere, tīnxī, tīnctum | dip, wet, bathe |
| novus, -a, -um | new; novissimus, last |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| dīripiō, -ere, -ripuī, -reptum | plunder |
| crūs, crūris, n. | leg |
| cothurnus, -ī m. | high hunting boot |
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.