Horace Odes 3.2 Dulce et decorum
Sweet and fitting|Sweet and fitting|sweet and pleasant||fitting
Horace Odes 3.2 Süß und schön
Horace Odes 3.2 Sweet and fair
Horace Odes 3.2 Dulce y justa
Orazio Odi 3.2 Dolce e giusto
Horácio Odes 3.2 Doce e justo
Angustam amice pauperiem pati
Narrow|friend|"poverty" or "humble poverty"|suffer
A narrow friend to suffer poverty
robustus acri militia puer
strong|fierce|harsh military service|boy
a strong, sharp military boy
condiscat et Parthos ferocis
"let him learn"||fierce Parthians|fierce
and the fierce Parthians
vexet eques metuendus hasta
"brandishes"|fearsome knight|to be feared|spear
the knight will bear the dreaded spear
vitamque sub divo et trepidis agat 5
"and life"|under|"under the sky"||"anxious" or "fearful"|"he leads"
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in rebus.
|in things
in things.
Illum ex moenibus hosticis
him|from|"from the walls"|"enemy walls"
He from the hostile walls
matrona bellantis tyranni
wife|"warring" or "fighting"|"of the tyrant"
the mistress of a warring tyrant
prospiciens et adulta virgo
looking forward||grown-up|young woman
a forward-looking and grown-up virgin
suspiret, eheu, ne rudis agminum
sighs, alas|"alas" or "oh dear"||inexperienced|"of the troops"
let him sigh, alas, lest the rude trains
sponsus lacessat regius asperum 10
"royal betrothed"|"provokes" or "challenges"|royal|rough
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tactu leonem, quem cruenta
"by touching"|lion|whom|"bloody" or "bloodstained"
at the touch of a lion, which bleeds
per medias rapit ira caedes.
|"through the midst"|"drives"|anger|"the slaughters"
in the midst of the murders rage rages.
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori:
sweet||decorum||for|fatherland|to die
It is sweet and honorable to die for the fatherland:
mors et fugacem persequitur virum
death||fleeting|pursues|man
nec parcit inbellis iuventae
nor|"spares"|"unwarlike" or "unfit for war"|"youthful age"
poplitibus timidove tergo.
"the knees"|"or timid back"|"back"
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Virtus, repulsae nescia sordidae,
Virtue|"of defeat"|"unaware of"|"disgraceful" or "shameful"
15 Virtue, repulsed by ignorance and dirty
intaminatis fulget honoribus
"Untarnished"|shines|with honors
shines with untainted honors
nec sumit aut ponit securis
|"takes up"|or|he places|axe
nor does he take or lay down an axe
arbitrio popularis aurae.
"whim of popular"|"of the people"|popular opinion's whim
the decision of the popular wind.
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Virtus, recludens inmeritis mori
|"revealing" or "unveiling"|"undeserving to die"|to die
caelum, negata temptat iter via
the sky|"denied" or "refused"|"attempts" or "tries"|journey|way
coetusque volgaris et udam
"and common assembly"|common||"and wet"
spernit humum fugiente pinna.
it was flying|"the ground"|fleeing|fleeing wing
Est et fideli tuta silentio 25
||"faithful" or "loyal"|safe|silence
merces: vetabo, qui Cereris sacrum
"reward" or "wages"|I will forbid|who|of Ceres|sacred ritual
volgarit arcanae, sub isdem
"reveal secrets, under"|"secret things"||"the same"
sit trabibus fragilemque mecum
sits|"with beams"|"and fragile"|with me
solvat phaselon; saepe Diespiter
"may release"|"small boat"|often|Jupiter
neglectus incesto addidit integrum, 30
"neglect" or "disregard"|"unholy act"|he added|whole and pure
raro antecedentem scelestum
rare|preceding|wicked person
deservit pede Poena claudo.
he deserved|kicks|Punishment|limping