Georg. 3.339Quid tibi pāstōrēs Libyae, quid pāscua versū
340prōsequar et rārīs habitāta māpālia tēctīs?Why should I follow in verse the shepherds of Libya, their pastures, and their huts inhabited, with dwellings few and far between? Georg. 3.341Saepe diem noctemque et tōtum ex ōrdine mēnsem
pāscitur itque pecus longa in dēserta sine ūllīs
hospitiīs: tantum campī iacet.Often day and night and a whole month on end the flock grazes and goes into long wastes without any shelter: so far does the plain stretch. Georg. 3.343Omnia sēcum
armentārius Afer agit, tēctumque laremque
345armaque Amyclaeumque canem Cressamque pharetram;The African herdsman takes everything with him, his roof and household god, his arms, his Amyclaean dog and Cretan quiver; Georg. 3.346nōn secus ac patriīs ācer Rōmānus in armīs
iniūstō sub fasce viam cum carpit et hostī
ante expectātum positīs stat in agmine castrīs.just as the keen Roman in his country's arms takes the road under an unfair load, and stands in line, his camp pitched, before the foe expects him.
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Georgics 3.339–348
The herdsmen of Libya
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| quis, quid, interrog. pron. | who? which? what? |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| pāstor, -tōris, m. | shepherd |
| pāscuum, -ī n. | pasture |
| versus, -ūs m. | line (of writing), verse |
| prōsequor, -sequī, -secūtus | follow forward, follow |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| rārus, -a, -um | scattered, few |
| habitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | dwell, inhabit |
| māpālia, -ium n. pl. | huts of African nomads |
| tēctum, -ī n. | roof; house |
| saepe, adv. | often, frequently |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| nox, noctis, f. | night |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| tōtus, -a, -um | all the, the whole or entire |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| ōrdō, ōrdinis, m. | arrangement, order, rank; ex ōrdine, in order |
| mēnsis, -is m. | month |
| pāscō, pāscere, pāvī, pāstus | feed |
| eō, īre, iī, itus | go |
| pecus, pecoris, n. | herd, flock, cattle |
| longus, -a, -um | long; tedious |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| dēsertum, -ī n. | desert, wilderness |
| sine, prep. with abl. | without |
| ūllus, -a, -um | any |
| hospitium, -ī, n. | hospitality |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| campus, -ī, m. | plain, field |
| iaceō, -ēre, -uī | lie, be prostrate |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| armentārius, -ī m. | herdsman |
| agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia |
| lār, laris m. | Lar, a household god; lār familiāris: one's home |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| Amyclaeus, -a, -um | of Amyclae near Sparta; Spartan |
| canis, -is, m. and f. | dog |
| Cressus, -a, -um | Cretan |
| pharetra, -ae f. | quiver |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| secus (prep. + acc.) | beside, along |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| patrius, -a, -um | of one's fathers, ancestral |
| ācer, ācris, ācre | sharp, shrill |
| Rōmānus, -a, -um | Roman |
| iniūstus, -a, -um | unjust, unfair; harsh |
| sub, prep. with acc. and abl. | under; sub vesperum, towards evening |
| fascis, -is m. | bundle; pl. fascēs: the rods and axe carried before a magistrate |
| via, -ae, f. | road, way |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| carpō, -ere, -sī, -tus | pluck |
| hostis, -is, m. and f. | enemy, foe |
| ante, prep, with acc. and adv. | before |
| exspectō, -spectāre, -spectāvī, -spectātus | look out for, wait for, await, expect; wait |
| pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus | place, put; pōnī with in and abl., to be placed in, rest or depend on |
| stō, stāre, stetī, status | stand |
| agmen, -minis, n. | band, column |
| castra, -ōrum, n. plur. | camp |
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.