Georg. 2.288Forsitan et scrobibus quae sint fastīgia quaerās.Perhaps you may also ask what depth the trenches should have. Georg. 2.289ausim vel tenuī vītem committere sulcō.I would dare to entrust the vine even to a shallow furrow. Georg. 2.290Altior ac penitus terrae dēfīgitur arbōs,
aesculus in prīmīs, quae quantum vertice ad aurās
aetheriās, tantum rādīce in Tartara tendit.Trees are fixed deeper and far into the earth, the durmast oak above all, which stretches its root as far towards Tartarus as its crown towards the airs of heaven. Georg. 2.293Ergō nōn hiemēs illam, nōn flābra neque imbrēs
convellunt;So neither winters nor blasts nor rains uproot it; Georg. 2.294inmōta manet, multōsque nepōtēs,
295multa virum volvēns dūrandō saecula vincit.it stays unmoved, and outlasts many generations of descendants, rolling through many ages of men as it endures. Georg. 2.296Tum fortis lātē rāmōs et bracchia pandēns
hūc illūc, media ipsa ingentem sustinet umbram.Then, spreading wide its strong branches and arms this way and that, it stands in the middle and itself upholds a huge shade.
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Georgics 2.288–297
How deep to plant
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| forsitan (adv.) | perhaps |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| scrobis, -is m. | ditch, trench, pit |
| quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj. | what? |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| fastīgium, -ī n. | top, summit; slope; height |
| quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītus | seek; ask, inquire |
| audeō, audēre, ausus sum | dare |
| vel | or; vel … vel: either … or |
| tenuis, -e | thin |
| vītis, -is f. | vine |
| committō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | send together; commit, intrust; expose; proelium committere, to join battle |
| sulcus, -ī m. | furrow; trench |
| altus, -a, -um | high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| penitus (adv.) | deep within, far inside |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| dēfīgō, -ere, -fīxī, -fīxus | drive in, fix firmly |
| arbor, -oris, f. | tree |
| aesculus, -ī f. | a tall oak sacred to Jupiter |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| prīmus, -a, -um | first, foremost |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| quantum, adv. | how much? how? |
| vertex, -icis m. | top of the head, crown; summit |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| aura, -ae, f. | air, breeze |
| aetherius, -a, -um | of the upper air, heavenly |
| tantum, adv. | so much or far, only |
| rādīx, -īcis f. | root; (of a hill) foot |
| tendō, -ere, tetendī, tentum | stretch out; hold out |
| ergō (adv.) | therefore, then; quid ergō? what then? |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| hiems, hiemis f. | winter |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| flābrum, -ī n. | (usu. pl.) blasts of wind, breezes |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| imber, imbris, m. | rain, shower |
| convellō, -ere, -vellī, -vulsum | tear away, wrench loose; shatter |
| immōtus, -a, -um | unmoved, unchanging |
| maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsus | remain |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| nepōs, nepōtis, m. | grandson |
| vir, virī, m. | man |
| volvō, -ere, volvī, volūtus | roll, turn over; ponder (multa sēcum volvere) |
| dūrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | harden, toughen |
| saeculum, -ī n. | generation, age; century |
| vincō, -ere, vīcī, victum | conquer, defeat |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| fortis, -e | brave |
| lātē | widely |
| rāmus, -ī, m. | branch, bough |
| bracchium, -ī, n. | arm |
| pandō, -ere, pandī, passum | spread out (passīs manibus: with hands outstretched) |
| hūc, adv. | to this place, hither |
| illūc (adv.) | to that place, there |
| medius, -a, -um | mid, middle |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| ingēns, -gentis, adj. | huge, vast |
| sustineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentus | hold or bear up, sustain, withstand |
| umbra, -ae, f. | shadow, shade |
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.