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 1   T-I|   apart~I’m carried by fate to Getic, and Sarmatian shores.~He
 2   T-I|       waters she seeks, by the Getic shore.~As soon as she brought
 3 T-III|       grow far away from these Getic shores:~wherever there’s
 4 T-III|       grow far away from these Getic lands.~It’s a time of ease
 5 T-III|        I could almost write in Getic metres.~Believe me, I’m
 6  T-IV|  quenched my parched thirst at Getic fountains,~but retired now
 7  T-IV|    shore, where Sarmatians and Getic bowmen unite.~Here, though
 8   T-V|       ve already sent from the Getic shore.~This one too will
 9   T-V|     submerged in the sounds of Getic,~as by the fact that I’m
10   T-V|    surrounded ~by the noise of Getic weapons, and far from home.~
11   T-V| language,~though even this the Getic pronunciation barbarises.~
12   T-V|       now I’ve learnt to speak Getic and Sarmatian.~Yet still,
13   T-V|    healthOvid sends you from Getic lands,~if anyone can send
14  ExII|   sends you this work from the Getic shore:~he’s no stranger
15  ExII|        and learn the words the Getic bullocks understand~and
16  ExII|        s no opportunity in the Getic country.~My strength’s not
17   ExI|     you when I’m surrounded by Getic weapons,~and I’ll follow
18 ExIII|       I’ve learnt how to speak Getic and Sarmatian) ~it chanced
19 ExIII|       not so far away from the Getic lands.~I was born in that
20 ExIII|        may I die, pierced by a Getic arrow,~(and you know how
21 ExIII|    customary.~I’ve reached the Getic lands: let me die among
22  ExIV|       fear of being wounded by Getic arrows,’~I’d have said: ‘
23  ExIV|         driven like a wreck to Getic waters,~still found a reason
24  ExIV|        once~dyed dark red with Getic blood, at your hands.~Aegisos
25  ExIV|     peace treaty,~he cowed the Getic bowmen with the sword.~He
26  ExIV|        ve almost turned into a Getic poet.~Ah! Shameful: I’ve
27  ExIV|      ve even written a work in Getic,~where savage words are
28  ExIV|   there was a long murmur from Getic mouths.~And one said: ‘Since
29   Ind|       Vestalis in AD12 after a Getic incursion. The Romans re-captured
30   Ind|     the region. The rhythms of Getic are different to those of
31   Ind|     the cities is submerged in Getic pronunciation.~Book TIV.
32   Ind|     III:1-58 ~Ibis:597-644 The Getic bowmen.~Book TV.I:1-48 Book
33   Ind|        50 Ovid wrote a poem in Getic.~Book EIV.XIV:1-62 Ovid
34   Ind|     his considering writing in Getic and corrupting his Latin.~
35   Ind|    admixture is drowned by the Getic semi-nomadic and warlike
36   Ind|      and barbarians chiefly of Getic, Indo-European stock. They
37   Ind|   languages spoken were Greek, Getic and Sarmatian. Ovid learnt
38   Ind|   language and wrote a poem in Getic. The country round Tomis
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