Georg. 4.1Prōtinus āeriī mellis caelestia dōna
exsequar: hanc etiam, Maecēnās, adspice partem.Next I shall go on to the heavenly gifts of airborne honey: look on this part too, Maecenas. Georg. 4.3Admīranda tibi levium spectācula rērum
magnanimōsque ducēs tōtīusque ōrdine gentis
5mōrēs et studia et populōs et proelia dīcam.I shall tell you of marvellous spectacles of tiny things, great-hearted leaders, and in due order the customs, pursuits, peoples and battles of a whole nation. Georg. 4.6In tenuī labor;The labour is on a slight theme; Georg. 4.6at tenuis nōn glōria, sī quem
nūmina laeva sinunt auditque vocātus Apollo.but not slight the glory, if hostile powers allow a man, and Apollo hears when he is called.
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Georgics 4.1–7
Invocation to Maecenas: the bees
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| prōtinus (adv.) | straight on; at once |
| āerius, -a, -um | airy; high, lofty |
| mel, mellis n. | honey |
| caelestis, -e | heavenly; pl. as noun: the gods |
| dōnum, -ī, n. | gift |
| exsequor, -ī, -secūtus sum | carry out, enforce |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| etiam, adv. | and now, also, too, even |
| aspiciō, -spicere, -spēxī, -spectus | look at or on, behold |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| admīror, -mīrārī, -mīrātus | wonder at, admire |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| levis, -e | light, slight |
| spectāculum, -ī n. | sight, spectacle, show |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| magnanimus, -a, -um | great-hearted, noble |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| dux, ducis, m. and f. | leader, commander |
| tōtus, -a, -um | all the, the whole or entire |
| ōrdō, ōrdinis, m. | arrangement, order, rank; ex ōrdine, in order |
| gēns, gentis, f. | race, nation |
| mōs, mōris, m. | way, manner, habit, custom |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| studium, -ī, n. | eagerness, zeal; study, pursuit |
| populus, -ī m. | people, nation |
| proelium, -ī, n. | battle, combat; proelium committere, to join battle |
| dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus | say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| tenuis, -e | thin |
| labor, -ōris, m. | labor, toil |
| at, conj. | but |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| glōria, -ae, f. | glory |
| sī, conj. | if |
| quis, qua, quid, indef. pron. | any one, anybody, anything, some one, somebody, something |
| nūmen, -inis n. | divine power, divinity |
| laevus, -a, -um | left; ad laevam (manum): on the left |
| sinō, -ere, sīvī, situs | allow, permit, let |
| audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | hear; listen or attend to |
| vocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | call, summon |
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.