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fletus (flet)
weeping, tears (weep for)
vectus
having been carried
multa per aequora
through many seas (calm seas)
multas per gentes (gens)
through many nations/peoples/tribes
prisco more
in the ancient custom
nequiquam (sicut frustra)
in vain
inferias
funeral rites; tribute to the dead
ademptus - abstulit
taken away - stolen
munere mortis
gift/offering/tribute of death
mutam cinerem
silent ash
in perpetuum
forever
ave atque vale
hail and farewell
ut adloquerer
(so that) I might speak to/address
quandoquidem
since, seeing that
tete ipsum
you, you yourself
indigne - adv (indignus = adj)
unjustly, undeservedly, unfairly
