Ovid knowt flashcards

si non accipiet scriptum inlectumque remittet

if she doesn’t accept what you’ve written and sends it back unread

lecturam spera propositumque tene

hope that she will read it and hold on to your plan

tempore difficiles veniunt ad aratra iuvenci

In time difficult young bulls come to the plough

tempore lenta pati frena docentur equi

In time horses are taught to endure tough reins

ferreus assiduo consumitur anulus usu

an iron ring is worn away through continual use

interit assidua vomer aduncus humo

the crooked ploughshare is worn out by constant (contact with) earth

quid magis est saxo durum, quid mollius unda?

What is there more hard than rock, what is there softer than water?

dura tamen molli saxa cavantur aqua

however hard rocks are hollowed out by soft water

Penelopen ipsam, persta modo, tempore vinces

only persist in time you will win Penelope herself

capta vides sero Pergama, capta tamen

You see that after along time Troy was captured, however captured (it was)