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A B S I N T H I U M.

TErribiles perdant ſiccata Abſinthia ſuccos,

EnglishLet dried absinthium lose its terrible juices, Taught by these to rage against my stomach and head.

Language
Latin
Date
17th century
Form
elegiac_couplet
Editorial status
Reviewed source page
Text
Source and English

Unit 1 · poem · elegiac_couplet · 8 lines

Latin

Block alignment is approximate: translation blocks are shown against their source line ranges, with untranslated gaps and overlaps surfaced rather than shifted into a verified line map.

Source lines 1-5

  1. 1

    TErribiles perdant ſiccata Abſinthia ſuccos,

  2. 2

    His furere in ſtomachum docta caputq́; meum.

  3. 3

    Ni tamen hinc noceant, ſuavi mihi grata tepore

  4. 4

    Et ſtomacho & tuſis provida poplitibus.

  5. 5

    Hæc jecoris reſerant fibras, his renibus amplum

English

No translation for source lines 1-5.

Source lines 6-8

  1. 6

    Curriculum : hinc ſiccus nec ſitibundus hydrops.

  2. 7

    Et tineæ & rabidi fugiant Abſinthia vermes :

  3. 8

    Tutari tunicas jam didicere meas.

English · verified range

Verified range

  1. 1

    Let dried absinthium lose its terrible juices,

  2. 2

    Taught by these to rage against my stomach and head.

  3. 3

    Unless, however, they do harm from this, they are pleasing to me with a sweet warmth

  4. 4

    And provident for the stomach and for bruised knees.

  5. 5

    These unlock the fibers of the liver, by these an ample

  6. 6

    Course for the kidneys: hence dropsy is dry and not thirsty.

  7. 7

    Let both moths and rabid worms flee absinthium:

  8. 8

    They have already learned to protect my garments.