Herba fui quondam viridi de gramine terrae;
Sed chalybis duro mollis praecisa metallo
Mole premor propria, tecto conclusa sub alto.
Solution: Hay
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Ambo sumus lapides, una sumus, ambo iacemus.
Quam piger est unus, tantum non est piger alter:
Hic manet inmotus, non desinit ille moveri.
Solution: Millstone
Inter saxa fui quae me contrita premebant,
Vix tamen effugi totis conlisa medullis;
Et iam forma mihi minor est, sed copia maior.
Solution: Flour
Nolo toro iungi, quamvis placet esse maritam.
Nolo virum thalamo: per me mea nata propago est.
Nolo sepulcra pati: scio me submergere terrae.
Solution: Vine
Exiguum corpus flexu mucronis adunci,
Fallaces escas medio circumfero fluctu.
Blandior, ut noceam; morti praemitto saginam.
Solution: Hook
Longa sed exilis, tenui producta metallo,
Mollia duco levi comitantia vincula ferro;
Et faciem laesis et nexum reddo solutis.
Solution: Needle
Maior eram longe quondam, dum vita manebat;
Sed nunc exanimis lacerata ligata revulsa
Dedita sum terrae, tumulo sed condita non sum.
Solution: Boot
In caput ingredior, quia de pede pendeo solo.
Vertice tango solum, capitis vestigia signo;
Sed multi comites casum patiuntur eundem.
Solution: Hobnail
Findere me nulli possunt, praecidere multi.
Sed sum versicolor, albus quandoque futurus.
Malo manere niger: minus ultima fata verebor.
Solution: Hair
Non sum compta comis et non sum calva capillis,
Intus enim crines mihi sunt quos non videt ullus.
Meque manus mittunt manibusque remittor in auras.
Solution: Ball
Dentibus innumeris sum toto corpore plena.
Frondicomam subolem morsu depascor acuto,
Mando tamen frustra, quia respuo praemia dentis.
Solution: Saw
Mucro mihi geminus ferro coniungitur uno.
Cum vento luctor, cum gurgite pugno profundo.
Scrutor aquas medias, ipsas quoque mordeo terras.
Solution: Anchor
Stat nemus in lymphis, stat in alto gurgite silva,
Et manet in mediis undis inmobile robur;
Terra tamen mittit quod terrae munera praestat.
Solution: Bridge
Ipsa gravis non sum, sed aquae mihi pondus inhaeret.
Viscera tota tument patulis diffusa cavernis.
Intus lympha latet, sed non se sponte profundit.
Solution: Sponge
Tres mihi sunt dentes, unus quos continet ordo;
Unus praeterea dens est et solus in imo;
Meque tenet numen, ventus timet, aequora curant.
Solution: Trident
Saepta gravi ferro, levibus circumdata pinnis,
Aera per medium volucri contendo meatu,
Missaque discedens nullo mittente revertor.
Solution: Arrow
De pecudis dorso pecudes ego terreo cunctas,
Obsequium reddens memorata lege doloris.
Nec volo contemni sed contra nolo nocere.
Solution: Whip
Cornibus apta cavis, tereti perlucida gyro,
Lumen habens intus divini sideris instar,
Noctibus in mediis faciem non perdo dierum.
Solution: Lantern
Perspicior penitus nec luminis arceo visus,
Transmittens oculos ultra mea membra meantes;
Nec me transit hiems, sed sol tamen emicat in me.
Solution: Window-pane
Nulla mihi certa est, nulla est peregrina figura.
Fulgor inest intus radianti luce coruscus,
Qui nihil ostendit, nisi si quid viderit ante.
Solution: Mirror
Lex bona dicendi, lex sum quoque dura tacendi,
Ius avidae linguae, finis sine fine loquendi,
Ipsa fluens, dum verba fluunt, ut lingua quiescat.
Solution: Water-clock
Mersa procul terris in cespite lympha profundo
Non nisi perfossis possum procedere venis,
Et trahor ad superos alieno ducta labore.
Solution: Well
Truncum terra tegit, latitant in cespite lymphae;
Alveus est modicus, qui ripas non habet ullas;
In ligno vehitur medio, quae ligna vehebat.
Solution: Tube
Non ego continuo morior, dum spiritus exit;
Nam redit adsidue, quamvis et saepe recedit:
Et mihi nunc magna est animae, nunc nulla facultas.
Solution: Bellows
Deucalion ego sum crudeli sospes ab unda,
Affinis terrae sed longe durior illa.
Littera decedat: volucris quoque nomen habebo.
Solution: Stone
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