Georgics 2.541–542

Unyoking at the end

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Georg. 2.541Sed nōs inmēnsum spatiīs cōnfēcimus aequor,
et iam tempus equum fūmantia solvere colla.But we have covered an immense plain in our course, and now it is time to unyoke the steaming necks of our horses.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (13 words)

sed, conj.	but
nōs	plur. of ego
immēnsus (inmēnsus), -a, -um	immeasurable, boundless, vast
spatium, -ī, n.	space, interval; space of time, time
cōnficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus	make or do completely, complete, finish, accomplish, make; wear out
aequor, -oris n.	level surface; the sea
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
iam, adv.	now, already
tempus, temporis, n.	time, season
equus, -ī, m.	horse
fūmō, -āre	smoke, give off smoke
solvō, solvere, solvī, solūtus	loosen, unbind, release; pay; with or without nāvem, cast off, set sail, put to sea
collum, -ī, n.	neck

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.