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Horace 1.11

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  • spem longam reseces
    prune back your long hopes (far off hope) - may you prune back!
  • seu...seu
    whether...or
  • quidquid erit pati
    to suffer whatever will be
  • sapias
    be wise - may you be wise!
  • quem finem
    which end
  • nefas (est)
    it is forbidden (a sin)
  • vina liques
    strain your wines - may you strain your wines!
  • di dederint (fut perf)
    the gods will have given
  • invida aetas
    jealous time (stage, period of life)
  • ne quaesieris
    do not seek/ask
  • fugerit (fut perf)
    will have fled
  • ut melius
    how much better
  • spatio brevi
    because time is brief; with time brief (abl abso)
  • ultimam
    final (last)
  • postero
    = posterodie
  • Mare Tyrrhenum
    Tyrrhenian Sea (sea west of Italy)
  • hiemes
    winter
  • dum loquimur
    while we are speaking
  • credula quam minimum
    trusting as little as possible
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