| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Quanto saepe magis fulgore expalluit auri, | How great she turned pale of gold with great gleam, |
| Cum saeuum cupiens contra contendere monstrum aut mortem appeteret Theseus aut praemia laudis. | with Theseus seeking to fight against the savage monster or death or reward of praise! |
| Non ingrata tamen frustra munuscula diuis promittens tacito succendit uota labello. | Not however she in vain promising little gifts to the gods and she undertakes prayers with a silent lip. |
| Nam uelut in summo quatientem bracchia Tauro
quercum aut conigeram sudanti cortice pinum
Indomitus turbo contorquens flamine robur eruit (illa procul radicitus exturbata
prona cadit, lateque cum eius obuia frangens), | For just as a wild whirlwind twisting the trunk with gust
uprooting the oak tree shaking arms on the top of Taurus
or cone bearing pine tree sweating bark, that one
having been uprooted far off by the roots
falls facedown, widely breaking every conceivable thing in the way, |
| sic domito saeuum prostrauit corpore Theseus
Nequiquam uanis iactantem cornua uentis. | thus Theseus laid low the savage one with the body having been conquered in vain throwing the horns to the angry winds. |
| Inde pedem sospes multa cum laude reflexit
errabunda regens tenui uestigia filo, | From there the safe bent back the foot with great praise
guiding footsteps wandering to the thin string, |
| Ne labyrintheis e flexibus egredientem tecti frustraretur inobseruabilis error. | Lest the untraceable maze might trick the one
going out from the labyrinthian bendings. |
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