Georg. 2.420Contrā nōn ūlla est oleīs cultūra;Olives, by contrast, need no cultivation; Georg. 2.420neque illae
prōcurvam exspectant falcem rāstrōsque tenācīs,
cum semel haesērunt arvīs aurāsque tulērunt;they do not look for the curved hook and the clinging rakes, once they have taken hold in the fields and borne the breezes; Georg. 2.423ipsa satis tellūs, cum dente reclūditur uncō,
sufficit hūmōrem et gravidās, cum vōmere, frūgēs.the earth itself, when opened with the hooked tooth, supplies the plants with moisture, and heavy crops when opened with the ploughshare. Georg. 2.425Hōc pinguem et placitam Pācī nūtrītor olīvam.So nurture the rich olive, pleasing to Peace.
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Georgics 2.420–425
The easy olive
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| contrā, prep, with acc. | against, contrary to |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| ūllus, -a, -um | any |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| olea, -ae f. | olive tree; olive |
| cultūra, -ae f. | cultivation (agrī cultūra: farming) |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| prōcurvus, -a, -um | curving forward, bent; winding (shores) |
| exspectō, -spectāre, -spectāvī, -spectātus | look out for, wait for, await, expect; wait |
| falx, falcis, f. | sickle; curved sword, falchion |
| rāstrum, -ī n. (pl. often rāstrī, -ōrum m.) | rake, mattock, hoe |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| tenāx, -ācis | holding fast, clinging (+ gen.) |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| semel (adv.) | once (semel atque iterum: again and again) |
| haereō, haerēre, haesī, haesūrus | stick; hesitate |
| arvum, -ī n. | ploughed field, field |
| aura, -ae, f. | air, breeze |
| ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus | bear, bring |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| satis, adv. | enough, sufficiently |
| tellūs, -ūris f. | earth, land (poetic) |
| dēns, dentis, m. | tooth |
| reclūdō, -ere, -clūsī, -clūsum | open up, disclose; uncover |
| uncus, -a, -um | hooked |
| sufficiō, -ere, -fēcī, -fectus | be enough, hold out; supply |
| ūmor (hūmor), -ōris m. | moisture, liquid, water |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| gravidus, -a, -um | pregnant |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| vōmer, -eris m. | ploughshare |
| frūx, frūgis f. (usu. pl.) | crops, produce |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| pinguis, -e | fat |
| placeō, -ēre, placuī, placitum (+ dat.) | please (placuit eī: he decided) |
| pāx, pācis f. | peace |
| nūtriō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | nourish, feed; nurse (a baby) |
| olīva, -ae f. | olive tree; olive |
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.