A Self-Sufficient Small Farm- VIRGIL Flashcards
(25 cards)
namque sub Oebaliae memini me turribus arcis,
I certainly remember that, beneath the towers of the citadel of Tarentum,
qua niger umectat flaventia culta Galaesus,
where the dark Galaesus waters the yellow crops,
Corycium vidisse senem,
I saw an old Cilician,
cui pauca relicti iugera ruris erant,
to whom belonged a few acres of abandoned land,
nec fertilis illa iuvencis
that [was] neither productive for oxen,
nec pecori opportuna seges
nor decent grazing for flocks,
nec commoda Baccho.
nor any use for vines.
hic rarum tamen in dumis olus … premens
He, however, [by] planting the occasional cabbage in the brambles,
albaque circum lilia verbenasque
and white lilies all around and verbenas,
vescumque papaver
and spindly poppies,
regum aequabat opes animis
equalled in his mind the wealth of kings,
seraque revertens nocte domum
and, returning home late at night,
dapibus mensas onerabat inemptis.
he would load his tables with unpurchased feasts.
primus vere rosam
[He was] the first in spring [to gather] roses,
atque autumno carpere poma,
and in autumn the [first to gather] apples,
et cum tristis hiems etiamnum frigore saxa rumperet
and when gloomy winter was still cracking rocks with frost,
et glacie cursus frenaret aquarum,
and holding back flowing streams with ice,
ille comam mollis iam tondebat hyacinthi
he was already cutting the threads of the delicate crocus,
aestatem increpitans seram
railing at the lateness of summer,
Zephyrosque morantes.
and the sluggish west winds.
ergo apibus fetis idem atque examine multo primus abundare
So [he was] the first again to be rich in breeding bees and a large swarm,
et spumantia cogere pressis mella favis;
and to extract foaming honey from the pressed combs;
illi tiliae atque uberrima pinus,
to him [belonged] lime trees and the most prolific pines,
quotque in flore novo pomis se fertilis arbos induerat,
and however many fruits a fertile tree had dressed itself with, in its first blossom,
