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1 CRITICAL VID MORES 1 LOSSARY (Ortwin Knorr) O , A 1.1.1-18 APPARATUS G arma gravi numero violentaque bella parabam 1-2 om. R arma, ōrum n. pl. weapons, arms; gravis, e heavy, dignified; numerus, ī m. meter; parāre to prepare; ēdō, ēdere, ēdidī, ēditum edere, materia conveniente modis. to give out, to publish; materia, ae f. material, subject; conveniō, venīre, convēnī, ventum to fit; modus, ī m. the measure of tones, par erat inferior versus; risisse Cupido melody; par, paris equal, equally long; inferior, ōris lower; rīdeō, rīdēre, rīsī, rīsum to laugh; Cupīdō, inis m. Cupid (= Desire), son dicitur atque unum surripuisse pedem. of Venus; surripiō, ripere, ripuī, reptum to secretly snatch away; pēs, pedis m. foot; metrical foot; 5 “Quis tibi, saeve puer, dedit hoc in carmina iuris? 5 hoc in carmina saevus, a, um wild, cruel, savage; hoc … iūris (gen. part.) this iuris R : hoc in right; Pierides, um f. pl. the Pierids, daughters of Pierus, a Pieridum vates, non tua turba sumus. carmine iuris Y: Macedonian king, i.e., the Muses; vātes, is m. seer, prophet, (poet.) hoc in carmine vires poet; turba, ae f. crowd; praeripiō, ripere, ripuī, reptum to take quid, si praeripiat flavae Venus arma Minervae, Sω sth. away before another; to tear away, carry away; ventilāre to brandish in the air; to fan; accendō, cendere, censī, censum to ventilet accensas flava Minerva faces? kindle, ignite; fax, facis f. torch; probāre to approve; probet, quis probet in silvis Cererem regnare iugosis, instruat: potential subj.s; Cerēs, Cereris f. Ceres, goddess of agriculture, esp. cultivation of wheat; iugōsus, a, um (poet.) mountainous; 10 lege pharetratae virginis arva coli? lex, lēgis f. law; pharetrātus, a, um wearing a quiver, i.e. Diana, virgin goddess of the hunt; arvum, ī n. an arable field; colō, colere, crinibus insignem quis acuta cuspide Phoebum coluī, cultum to cultivate; crīnis, is m. hair; insignis, e distinguished; acūtus, a, um sharp; shrill; cuspis, idis f. (poet.) instruat, Aoniam Marte movente lyram? spear; Phoebus, ī m. Phoebus Apollo, lord of the Muses; instruō, instruere, instruxī, – to equip, fit out; Marte movente: abl. abs.; sunt tibi magna, puer, nimiumque potentia regna; Āonius, a, um Aonian, Boeotian (Aonia is the part of Boeotia in cur opus affectas, ambitiose, novum? which the home of the Muses, Mt. Helicon, is located); moveō, movēre, mōvi, mōtum to move, stir; nimium adv. too (much); 15 est RYω : om. Sς regnum, ī n. kingdom, realm; affectāre to strive for; 15 an, quod ubique, tuum est? tua sunt Heliconia tempe? 16 lyra … sua RYω: tempe indecl. n. pl. here: valley; lit., Tempe is the name of the sua … lyra Sς beautiful Peneus river valley in Thessaly between Mt. Olympus and vix etiam Phoebo iam lyra tuta sua est? 18 nervos RYSω : Mt. Ossa; Helicōnius, a, um around Mt. Helicon in Boeotia (home numeros ς: of the Muses); surrīgō, rīgere, rēxī, rectum to rise; cum (+ ind.) cum bene surrexit versu nova pagina primo, proximus R (-os) Y whenever; attenuō, āre to make thin or weak, nervus, ī m. sinew, (-x- in ras. y) Sς: tendon, nerve; (lyre) string; vigor, strength; attenuat nervos proximus ille meos; protinus ω 1 R: Parisinus Latinus 7311 (Regius), saec. ix (begins Am. 1.1.3); S: Sangallensis 864, saec. xi; Y: Berolinensis Hamiltonensis 471, saec. xi; y: eiusdem manus recentiores; ω: codices praeter RPSY omnes vel plures; ς: eorundem aliquot vel pauci. 2 CRITICAL VID MORES 2 LOSSARY (Ortwin Knorr) O , A 1.1.19-30 APPARATUS G nec mihi materia est numeris levioribus apta, numerus, ī m. number; musical measure, time, rhythm, beat; levis, e light; cōmō, cōmere, compsī, comptus to take care; (esp. with hair:) 20 aut puer aut longas compta puella comas.” to comb, braid; longās cōmās: (Greek) acc. of reference; queror, querī, questus sum to complain; pharetra, ae f. quiver; cum (+ questus eram, pharetra cum protinus ille soluta ind.) when suddenly (cum inversum); prōtinus adv. immediately, at once; solvō, solvere, solvī, solutum to loosen; legō, legere, lēgī, legit in exitium spicula facta meum, lectum to pick out, select; exitium, ī n. death; spīculum, ī n. arrow; lunavitque genu sinuosum fortiter arcum, lūnāre to curve, bend; genu, ūs n. knee; sinuōsus, a, um curvy; arcus, ūs m. bow; “quod” que “canas, vates, accipe” dixit “opus!” 25 me miserum! certas habuit puer ille sagittas. mē miserum (acc. of exclamation): poor me! sagitta, ae f. arrow; ūror, ustus sum to burn (with passion); pectus, oris n. breast, chest; uror, et in vacuo pectore regnat Amor. surgere: same as surrigere above; resīdō, sēdī, – to settle down, sink, subside; ferreus, a, um made of iron; cingor, cingī, cinctus sex mihi surgat opus numeris, in quinque residat: sum to belt, surround; lītoreus, a, um belonging to the seashore; flavēre to be blond; tempora, um n. pl. the temples (of the head); ferrea cum vestris bella valete modis! myrtus, ī f. myrtle (sacred to Venus); cingere litoreā flaventia tempora myrto, 30 Musa per undenos emodulanda pedes! undēnus, a, um eleven; ēmodulārī (hapax legomenon, coined by Ovid) to measure out, to sing melodiously, to celebrate; ēmodulanda (gerundive) to be sung, to be set to rhythm; 2 R: Parisinus Latinus 7311 (Regius), saec. ix (only Am. 1.1.3-50); S: Sangallensis 864, saec. xi; Y: Berolinensis Hamiltonensis 471, saec. xi; y: eiusdem manus recentiores; ω: codices praeter RPSY omnes vel plures; ς: eorundem aliquot vel pauci. .