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Historical poem record

De aprina.

Dat aper in hyemem catulis modò captus edacem

EnglishThe wild boar, provided it is caught by hounds for the winter, yields voracious Meat, which, behold, blacker pepper seasons.

Language
Latin
Date
16th century
Meter
elegiac_couplet
Editorial status
Source-attested
Text
Source and English

Unit 1 · poem · elegiac_couplet · 2 lines

Latin

Source text

  1. 1

    Dat aper in hyemem catulis modò captus edacem

  2. 2

    Carnem, quam condit nigrior ecce piper.

English text

Alignment approximate; line numbers are not a verified source-to-translation map.

The wild boar, provided it is caught by hounds for the winter, yields voracious

Meat, which, behold, blacker pepper seasons.