θαρσεῖν χρὴ φίλε Βάττε: τάχ' αὔριον ἔσσετ' ἄμεινον → you need to be brave, dear Battus; perhaps tomorrow will be better | Take heart, dear Battos! Tomorrow will be better.
virgĭdēmĭa: ae, f. formed from virga, after the analogy of vindemia,
I a harvest of rods, i. e. of stripes or blows, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 22; Varr. ap. Non. p. 187, 13.