Georg. 3.284Sed fugit intereā, fugit inreparābile tempus,
285singula dum captī circumvectāmur amōre.But meanwhile time flies, flies beyond recall, while we, captivated by love, linger over each detail. Georg. 3.286Hoc satis armentīs: superat pars altera cūrae,
lānigerōs agitāre gregēs hirtāsque capellās.Enough for the herds: the other part of my task remains, to tend woolly flocks and shaggy goats. Georg. 3.288Hic labor, hinc laudem fortēs spērāte colōnī.Here is labour; from this, brave farmers, hope for praise. Georg. 3.289Nec sum animī dubius, verbīs ea vincere magnum
290quam sit, et angustīs hunc addere rēbus honōrem;Nor am I in doubt how great a task it is to master these things in words, and to bestow this honour on humble themes; Georg. 3.291sed mē Parnāsī dēserta per ardua dulcis
raptat amor;but sweet love carries me away over the lonely heights of Parnassus; Georg. 3.292iuvat īre iugīs, quā nūlla priōrum
Castaliam mollī dēvertitur orbita clīvō.it is a joy to go over ridges where no track of earlier poets turns down to Castalia by a gentle slope. Georg. 3.294Nunc, veneranda Palēs, magnō nunc ōre sonandumNow, revered Pales, now I must sing in a mighty voice
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Vergil · Georgics
Georgics 3.284–294
The poet turns to sheep and goats
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| sed, conj. | but |
| fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitūrus | flee, run away |
| intereā, adv. | in the meantime, meanwhile |
| irreparābilis (inreparābilis), -e | that cannot be recovered, irretrievable |
| tempus, temporis, n. | time, season |
| singulī, -ae, -a | one at a time, single |
| dum, conj. | while, as; as long as; until |
| capiō, capere, cēpī, captus | take, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt |
| circumvector, -ārī, -ātus sum | travel round; go over in turn |
| amor, -ōris, m. | love |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| satis, adv. | enough, sufficiently |
| armentum, -ī n. | herd (of cattle) |
| superō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | overcome, defeat, conquer |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| alter, -era, -erum | one or the other (of two); another, second |
| cūra, -ae f. | care, concern (cūrae esse: to be a concern) |
| lāniger, -gera, -gerum | wool-bearing, fleecy; as a noun, the lamb |
| agitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | drive about; discuss, debate |
| grex, gregis m. | flock, herd; band, gang |
| hirtus, -a, -um | hairy, shaggy; rough |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| capella, -ae f. | she-goat, little goat |
| labor, -ōris, m. | labor, toil |
| hinc, adv. | from this place, hence |
| laus, laudis f. | praise, glory |
| fortis, -e | brave |
| spērō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | hope |
| colōnus, -ī m. | settler, colonist; farmer |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| animus, -ī, m. | mind; heart; spirit, courage |
| dubius, -a, -um | doubtful, uncertain |
| verbum, -ī, n. | word |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| vincō, -ere, vīcī, victum | conquer, defeat |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| angustus, -a, -um | narrow, cramped |
| addō, -ere, -didī, -ditus | add, put to |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| honor, -ōris, m. | honor |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| dēsertus, -a, -um | deserted |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| arduus, -a, -um | steep, difficult |
| dulcis, -e | sweet |
| raptō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | drag violently, carry off |
| iuvō, -āre, iūvī, iūtum | help |
| eō, īre, iī, itus | go |
| iugum, -ī, n. | yoke |
| quā, adv. | in which place, where |
| nūllus, -a, -um | not any, none, no |
| prior, prius | earlier, former; in front (priōrēs: those in front) |
| mollis, -e | soft, weak |
| dēvertō, -vertere, -vertī | turn away or aside |
| orbita, -ae f. | wheel-track, rut; path |
| clīvus, -ī m. | slope, hillside |
| nunc, adv. | now |
| veneror, -ārī, -ātus sum | worship, revere |
| ōs, ōris, n. | mouth |
| sonō, -āre, sonuī, sonitus | make a sound, sound |
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.