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65. Uti Græcia memor miscet Diis numen Castoris et magni Herculis.

38. Integro die, a day of which no part has yet been spent.

ODE VI.

1. Proles Niobæa, the numerous family of Niobe, who were all destroyed by Apollo and Diana.

2. Raptor Latona.

4. Achilles was insolent to Apollo, and fell at the siege of Troy.

13. Non inclusus. Had Achilles lived, he would have taken Troy by open force of arms, not by stratagem. 14. Malè feriatos, imprudently engaged in rejoicing and feasting.

16. Falleret for fefellisset.

18. Nescios fari pueros, výπia Tékva.

19. Ureret for ussisset.

24. Muros Roma.

28. Agyieu, to whom statues were erected in the streets, from ayvià, a street. So Eurip. Þoîße 'Ayvieû. 33. Deliæ, Diana was born at Delos.-tutela, under the protection.

36. Pollicis. It was usual to beat time with the thumb as well as with the foot.

38. Crescentem face, increasing in her light.

42. Seculo, the return of the century. The Secular games were celebrated once in 110 years.

43. Reddidi, have recited. Docilis modorum, taught the verses.

ODE VII.

3. Ripas prætereunt, i. e. eunt præter ripas, flow along their banks.

6. Nuda, unadorned.

10. Simul ac.

13. Damua cœlestia, the losses occasioned by the change of the seasons.

15. Pius, the title always given by Virgil to Eneas. 17. Adjiciant, for adjecturi sint, mean to add-hodiernæ

summæ, to the length of life, which we have attained this day.

21. Splendida fecerit arbitria, shall have pronounced a judgment before the whole world.

ODE VIII.

1. Donarem commodus, I should take pleasure in

giving.

2. Ara, bronze vases.

6. Protulit, exhibited.

5. Artium, in works of art. 8. Ponere, to represent.

12. Pretium dicere, to estimate the value.

13. Notis, inscriptions.

16. Rejectæ.

Annibal was repulsed from Italy,

defeated in Africa, and driven from Carthage. 18. Ejus, Scipionis Africani.

20. Calabræ, Eunius was born at Calabria.

24. Obstaret for Obstitisset.

26. Favor, the credit.

27. Divitibus insulis, the Elysian fields.

31. Sidus, Castor and Pollux.

ODE IX.

3. Non ante vulgatas per artes, by the art of Lyric poetry not before cultivated in the Latin language. 7. Cex, Simonidis.

11. Commissi fidibus, committed to her lyre.

12. Æoliæ Sapphûs. 13. Adulteri Paridis 18. Non semel. Troy was besieged by Hercules and by the Amazons before the war with Greece.

30. Celata, not celebrated by poets and historians. 39. Non unius anni. The services of Lollius to his country were not confined to the year of his consulate.

41. Judex, magistrate.

42. Alto, dignified.-dona nocentium, the bribes of those who wish to corrupt him.

43. Catervas adulatorum et nocentium.

44. Arma, virtutem et integritatem.--victor, trium phantly.

ODE X.

2. Insperata pluma, unexpected wing. When that beauty which raised your pride shall decay. 6. Alterum, with a different appearance.

ODE XI.

5. Fulges, Enallage for fulgeas. 6. Argento, with plate.

7. Immolare, properly signifies to throw mola or mola salsa, meal and salt, on the head of the victim; but as this was immediately followed by a sacrifice, the word, by Synecdoche, was taken for sacrificare. 12. Vertice, to the top of the house. The smoke issued through an opening in the middle of the room. 14. Agendæ, to be celebrated.

16. Findit, divides. The Ides, derived from the Tuscan iduare, to divide, were on the 15th of March, May, July, and October, and on the 13th of other months. The festival of Venus was celebrated in April.

22. Non tuæ sortis, above your rank.

23. Lasciva, sprightly.

27. Gravatus, who disdained to bear.terrenum, because he was mortal.

31. Disparem, an unequal alliance.

ODE XII.

2. Animæ, the winds, aveμol.

6. Avis, Procne, the swallow. Cecropiæ, of Pandion, king of Athens.

7. Malè, cruelly, in killing her own child.

8. Regum, of Tereus, who had inhumanly treated her sister Philomela.

11. Deum, Pana.—-nigri, gloomy with trees, shady. 16. Nardo, if you bring spikenard, perfumes, which made a part of an entertainment.

17. Onyx, a stone, of which phials were made for perfumes. Onyx, feminine, is a precious stone.

23. Immunem, without furnishing your share of the entertainment.

26. Ignium, the fires of the funeral piles. 28. In loco, on a proper occasion.

ODE XIII.

5. Importunus, wanton.

10. Clari lapides, sparkling jewels.

11. Notis condita fastis, consigned to the public registers, in which were marked the events of past years. 16. Surpuerat, for surripuerat.

17. Gratarum artium, possessing every pleasing charm. 24. Facem, the torch, which had inflamed them.

ODE XIV.

13. Plus vice simplici, more than once.

14. Major Neronum, Tiberius. 16. Auspiciis Augusti. 17. Spectandus, giving an illustrious proof.

25. Tauriformis, branching, like the horns of a bull, a form under which the Gods of rivers were represented.

26. Præfluit, for præterfluit, flows through. 32. Sine clade, without loss to his army.

35. Alexandria or Alexandrea, from 'Aλegávöpeia. 36. Vacuam. Antony and Cleopatra left Alexandria at the approach of Augustus.

40. Arrogavit, has ascribed.-peractis imperiis, to your victorious campaigns.

44. Dominæ, imperial.

45. Celat. The sources of the Nile were not discovered. 50. Audit, obey.

ODE XV.

2. Increpuit lyrâ, struck me with his lyre, and advised me. 6. Jovi, to the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus.

9. Licentiæ evaganti extra ordinem rectum.

22. Julia, of Augustus, who was of the family of Julius Cæsar.

25. Profestis, common days, before the festivals. 29. Virtute functos, distinguished for their valor. 32. Progeniem Veneris, Augustum.

LIBER V.

ODE I.

1. Liburnis, in small Liburnian galleys, which composed the fleet of Octavius.—alta navium propugnacula, the towering bulwarks of the ships of Aňtony.

7. Jussi, according to your desire.

21. Relictis, when they are left, in her absence.-ut adsit, although she were present.

25. Hypallage for, ut plures juvenci illigati aratris nitantur.

27. Calabris Lucana mutet, Hypallage for Calabra Lucanis, for Lucania was cooler than Calabria. 29. Villa candens tangat Circæa monia superni Tusculi.--Circæa. Tusculum was built by Telegonus, son of Circe.-Candens, built with white stones. 32. Haud paravero, I shall not endeavour to amass wealth.

33. Chremes, in Terence.

34. Discinctus. The Romans tied up, cingebant, their gowns with a girdle, when they were actively employed; hence the phrase accingere se ad opus. But when they were inactive, they suffered them to flow loosely; hence, discinctus and dissolutus signify an effeminate and negligent person.-Nepos,

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