Manilius:
Astronomica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomica_(Manilius)
Meter: hexameter [
- - / - uu (x6)]
04.09.25: The best
place to start Latin poetry is … in a cave! [2]; some basics concerning
Classical Latin poetry
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2025/09/040925-best-place-to-start-latin-poetry_3.html
[1] Hīs inter sōlisque
viās Arctōsque latentīs,
[Hīs īn- ¦ tēr sō-
¦ līs-quĕ vĭ- ¦ ās ārc- ¦ tōs-quĕ lă- ¦ tēn-tīs]
Between these and
the paths of the Sun and the hidden Bears,
[2] Axem
quae mundī strīdentem pondere torquent,
[Āx-ēm ¦ quāe mūn-
¦ dī strī- ¦ dēn-tēm ¦ pōn-dĕ-rĕ ¦ tōr-quē̆nt]
which turn the axis
of the world, creaking under its weight,
[3] Orbe
peregrīnō caelum dēpingitur astrīs,
[Ōr-bĕ pĕ- ¦
rē-grī- ¦ nō cāe- ¦ lūm dē- ¦ pīn-gĭ-tŭr ¦ ās-trīs]
in a foreign orbit
the sky is painted with stars,
[4] Quae notia
antīquī dīxērunt sīdera vātēs.
[Quāe nŏ-tĭ-(a)
¦ ān-tī- ¦ quī dī-¦ xē-rūnt ¦ sī-dĕ-ră ¦ vā-tēs]
which the ancient
poets called the southern constellations
notius, -a, -um:
southern
Arctos, -ī [2/f]:
the Great Bear (Ursa Major); (here) in the plural, referring to Ursa Major and
Ursa Minor
vātēs, -is [3 m/f]: various meanings including [i] prophet(ess); [ii] soothsayer; [iii] poet(ess)
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