CARMINA AUT SENTENTIAE LATINA LINGUA – VERGIL’S QUOTES [in ancient Latin, English & Italiano - Auctor: Publius Vergilius Maro (70 a.C.n. – 19) – Opus : “Ecloga IV”, 18-23] [...] At tibi prima, puer, nullo munuscula cultu errantis hederas passim cum baccare tellus mixtaque ridenti colocasia fundet acantho. Ipsae lacte domum referent distenta capellae ubera, nec magnos metuent armenta leones; ipsa tibi blandos fundent cunabula flores. [...] TRANSLATIONES AD NOVAS LINGUAS. IN ENGLISH (Translation by James Rhodes, from “The poems of Virgil”, London-New York, 1921 – A bit modified by myself) [...] O boy, first shall the earth, untilled, pour freely forth her childish gifts, the gadding ivy-spray with foxglove and Egiptian bean- flowed mixed, aud laughing-eyed achathus. Of themselves, untended, will the she-goats then bring home their udders swollen with milk, while flocks afield shall of monstruous lion have no fear. The very cradle shall pour forth for thee caressing flowers. [...] IN ITALIANO (Libera traduzione fatta da me) [...] Bimbo, ti porterà spontaneamente in dono la terra, insieme all’edera sempre e ovunque vagante, i gigli che sorridono, e colocasia, e acanto. E da te torneranno le caprette da sole gonfie di latte, senza più temere i leoni; dalla tua stessa culla germoglieranno i fiori. [...] (Gratias tibi ago, amice qui haec verba legisti)
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