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Historical poem record

BOS. VITULUS. TAURUS.

ASſiduos habeant Vitulum tua prandia in uſus:

EnglishOX. CALF. BULL. LEt your meals hold the Calf for constant use:

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 1-2

  1. 1

    ASſiduos habeant Vitulum tua prandia in uſus:

  2. 2

    Humida cui ſapido juncta ſapore caro est.

English

No translation for source lines 1-2.

Source line 3

  1. 3

    Terrea bilem affert tetram digeſta per annos:

English · approximate

Approximate · order partial

Buy it now: thus may it be a light food for your stomach.

Source lines 4-8

  1. 4

    Nunc eme: ſic ſtomacho ſit levis eſca tuo.

  2. 5

    Ne tamen incertis natura laboribus erret,

  3. 6

    Cogetur pando Bos dare colla jugo.

  4. 7

    Spectet ad exortum ſolem frons frigida Tauri:

  5. 8

    Siccior eſt: Hyadas ſi fovet, illa ſapit.

English

No translation for source lines 4-8.