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video sepulcra dua duorum corporum

I see two tombs of (or for?) two corpses.

26.05.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tum autem lascivum Nerei{s} simum pecus
ludens ad cantum classem lustratur ⟨v-⟩

But then the playful snub-nosed flock of Nereus, playing to the song, encircled the fleet

26.05.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ducite
eo cum argutis linguis mutas quadrupedis

Take them away to that place! Those sharp-tongued, stupid as animals.

26.05.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

cur fugit fratrem? scit ipse.

Why is he fleeing his brother? He himself knows.

19.05.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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19.05.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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19.05.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

pallis patagiis crocotis malacis mortualibus

With cloaks, with gold borders, with supple saffron-coloured dresses, with grave (clothes)

19.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

concoquit
partem vapore flammae; tribuit in focos
veribus lacerta

He cooks one part in the steam of the flame, shares out the arms on spits above the fire.

18.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hicine is est quem fama Graia ante omnis nobilitat viros?

Is this he whom the talk of Greece makes known before all other men?

17.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

scibam hanc mihi supremam lucem et serviti[is] finem dari

I knew that this day would be given as my last and as the end of my slavery.

16.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ariuga

Ram(?)

14.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

adiutamini et defendite

Help and defend!

13.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ne ille mei feri ingeni atque animi acrem acrimoniam

May he not … the cruel vitality of my fierce nature and soul.

12.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

cave sis tuam contendas iram contra cum ira Liberi

Watch out, if you wish your wrath to compare with the wrath of Liber.

11.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

quae mulier una
usurpat duplex cubile

...she who, though one single woman, occupies a double marital bed.

10.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

celebri gradu
gressum adcele[b]rasse decet.

Let us hasten the pace with quickened step.

09.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

aesti forte ex arido

Heaving motions of the sea happen to …. after a dry …

08.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

aesti forte ex arido

Heaving motions of the sea happen to …. after a dry …

07.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sollemnitusque adeo †ditali† laudet lubens

Let him/her solemnly praise with pleasure (... ?)

07.05.2025 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

non vides quam turbam, quantos belli fluctus concites?

Do you not see what tumult, what great martial disorders you spur?

06.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

mulier una duum virum

One wife of/for two husbands

01.05.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

flucti inmisericordes iacere, taetra ad saxa adlidere

Pitiless waves hurled them, dashed them against hideous rocks.

30.04.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tuos qui celsos terminos tutant […]

they who guard your high boundaries

29.04.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

pergite,
thyrsigerae Bacchae modo, Bacchico cum schemate

Go on, in Bacchic manner, carrying the thyrsus, in Bacchic apparel

28.04.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

⟨s⟩in flaccebunt condiciones, repudiato et reddito

but if they do not weaken the conditions, cast off and return

27.04.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

si quis hac me oratione incilet, quid respondeam?

If someone will revile me with this speech, what shall I answer?

26.04.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

non vides quam turbam, quantos belli fluctus concites?

Do you not see what tumult, what great martial disorders you spur?

25.04.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sic quasi amnis cita rapit sed tamen inflexu flectitur

like a rapid stream hastily flows, but yet winds with a bending

24.04.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

nisi patrem materno sanguine exanclando ulciscerem

unless I avenged my father by shedding my mother's blood

23.04.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

epularum fictor, scelerum fratris delitor

Maker of a feast, eraser of a brother’s crimes

22.04.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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