Metrum 2

Meter: Asclepiad (glyconic internally compounded with a choriamb [ - u u -]) alternating with pherecratic:

line 1

Si: take with fundat . . . nec retrahat . . . Copia (lines 5-6).
quantas: quantas . . . quot: correlative with tantas (l. 5).

line 3

quot: quantas . . . quot: correlative with tantas (l. 5).

line 6

Copia: "Plenty"; the image of the cornucopia goes back to earliest Latin literature.

line 7

ideo: "for that reason."

line 8

cesset flere querelas: "would cease to weep out its laments."

line 10

prodigus: "lavish," governs genitive.

line 12

nil iam parta uidentur: (parta < pario) "Things that have already been gained seem as nothing."

line 13

quaesita: accusative plural neuter, "that which is sought-for."

line 16

retentent: "hold fast, keep back"; potential subjunctive.

line 17

cum potius: "when instead [of the restraints mentioned in line 15]."

line 18

sitis: "thirst."

line 19

diues agit: "is rich"; ago here = sum or uiuo.