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Ac venerata Ceres, ita culmo surgeret alto,
Explicuit vino contractae seria frontis.

Horace. Satires, II., 2, 124.

And draughts to Ceres, so she'd top the ground
With good tall ears, our frets and worries drowned. - (Conington.)

Ac venerata Cerēs, ita culmō surgeret altō,
Explicuit vīnō contractae sēria frontis.

veneror, -ārī, -ārus sum, reverence, revere, worship, adore.
Cerēs, -eris, f., daughter of Saturn, goddess of agriculture, grain, fruit.
ita, adv., so, thus, in this way.
culmus, -ī, m., stalk, stem, straw (ablative of manner).
surgō, -ere, surrēxī, -, rise, grow up (subjunctive, purpose, final clause).
altus, -a, -um, high, tall.
explicō, -āre, -uī, itus, unfold, extend, loosen.
vīnum, -ī, n., wine (ablative of means or instrument).
sērius, -a, -um, serious, grave, n. pl. serious matters, worries.
contrāctus, -a, -um, narrow, drawn together, wrinkled.
frōns, frontis, f., forehead, brow.