Georg. 3.404Nec tibi cūra canum fuerit postrēma, sed ūnā
405vēlōcīs Spartae catulōs ācremque Molossum
pāsce serō pinguī.Nor let care of dogs be last with you, but feed together the swift whelps of Sparta and the fierce Molossian on rich whey. Georg. 3.406Numquam custōdibus illīs
nocturnum stabulīs fūrem incursūsque lupōrum
aut impācātōs ā tergō horrēbis Hibērōs.Never, with them as guardians, will you fear for your stalls a thief by night and the onsets of wolves, or restless Iberians at your back. Georg. 3.409Saepe etiam cursū timidōs agitābis onagrōs
410et canibus leporem, canibus vēnābere dammās,
saepe volūtābrīs pulsōs silvestribus aprōs
lātrātū turbābis agēns montīsque per altōs
ingentem clamōre premēs ad rētia cervum.Often too you will chase timid wild asses in the course, and with dogs hunt the hare, with dogs the does; often you will rouse boars driven from their woodland wallows, harrying them with barking, and over the high mountains with shouting drive a huge stag into the nets.
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Georgics 3.404–413
Dogs for guarding and hunting
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| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| cūra, -ae f. | care, concern (cūrae esse: to be a concern) |
| canis, -is, m. and f. | dog |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| postrēmus, -a, -um | last |
| sed, conj. | but |
| ūnā | together, along |
| vēlōx, vēlōcis | swift, fast |
| catulus, -ī m. | young animal, cub, whelp |
| ācer, ācris, ācre | sharp, shrill |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| pāscō, pāscere, pāvī, pāstus | feed |
| serum, -ī n. | whey |
| pinguis, -e | fat |
| numquam, adv. | never |
| custōs, -ōdis m. | guard |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| nocturnus, -a, -um | of night, nocturnal; nocturnum tempus, night-time |
| stabulum, -ī, n. | standing-place, stall, stable, inclosure |
| fūr, fūris m. | thief |
| incursus, -ūs m. | attack, onrush |
| lupus, -ī m. | wolf |
| aut, conj. | or; aut ... aut, either ... or |
| impācātus, -a, -um | not at peace, hostile |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| tergum, -ī, n. | back |
| horreō, -ēre, horruī | shudder at, dread |
| saepe, adv. | often, frequently |
| etiam, adv. | and now, also, too, even |
| cursus, -ūs, m. | running, speed; course, route, voyage; race |
| timidus, -a, -um | fearful, timid |
| agitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | drive about; discuss, debate |
| onager, -grī m. | wild ass |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| lepus, -oris m. | hare |
| vēnor, -ārī, -ātus sum | hunt |
| damma (dāma), -ae f. | deer, doe, fallow deer |
| volūtābrum, -ī n. | wallowing place (for pigs or boars) |
| pellō, pellere, pepulī, pulsus | drive, drive away, beat, rout |
| silvestris, -e | wooded |
| aper, aprī, m. | wild boar |
| lātrātus, -ūs m. | barking |
| turbō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | confuse, throw into disorder, disturb, trouble |
| agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia |
| mōns, montis, m. | mountain |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| altus, -a, -um | high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep |
| ingēns, -gentis, adj. | huge, vast |
| clāmor, -ōris, m. | shout, cry |
| premō, premere, pressī, pressus | press, check, restrain |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| rēte, -is n. | net |
| cervus, -ī, m. | stag |
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.