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Historical poem record

De bubulina.

Bubulus eſt minax inter pulmenta Luculli.

EnglishThe steer is menacing among the dishes of Lucullus. Let it not hold praise, but let it bear harsh yokes.

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

    Bubulus eſt minax inter pulmenta Luculli.

  2. 2

    Non teneat laudem, ſed iuga dira ferat.

English text

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

The steer is menacing among the dishes of Lucullus.

Let it not hold praise, but let it bear harsh yokes.