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Aeneid 1.65–75
Juno's bribe
Vergil, Aeneid I. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in LectitōAen. 1.65Aeole, namque tibi dīvom pater atque hominum rēx
et mulcēre dedit flūctūs et tollere ventō,
gēns inimīca mihi Tyrrhēnum nāvigat aequor,
Īlium in Ītaliam portāns victōsque Penātēs:
incute vim ventīs submersāsque obrue puppēs,
70aut age dīversōs et disiice corpora pontō.
'Aeolus — for the father of gods and king of men has given you the power to calm the waves and to raise them with the wind — a race hateful to me is sailing the Tyrrhenian sea, carrying Ilium and its defeated household gods into Italy: strike force into your winds, sink and overwhelm their ships, or drive them apart and scatter their bodies over the sea.
Note. Aeole: vocative. namque … dedit: a parenthesis explaining why she comes to him: 'for the father … gave you (the power) to calm'. dīvom pater atque hominum rēx: a Homeric title of Jupiter. Īlium … victōsque Penātēs: Aeneas carries Troy itself and its defeated household gods to Italy. incute vim ventīs: 'strike force into the winds'. submersās obrue puppēs: 'sink and overwhelm the ships', the participle anticipating the result. disiice: imperative of disiciō.
Aen. 1.71Sunt mihi bis septem praestantī corpore nymphae,
quārum quae fōrma pulcherrima Dēiopēa,
cōnūbiō iungam stabilī propriamque dicābō,
omnīs ut tēcum meritīs prō tālibus annōs
75exigat, et pulchrā faciat tē prōle parentem.
I have twice seven nymphs of outstanding beauty; the loveliest of them in form, Deiopea, I will join to you in lasting marriage and declare her yours, so that for such services she may spend all her years with you and make you the father of beautiful children.'
Note. bis septem: 'twice seven', fourteen. praestantī corpore: ablative of description. quārum quae fōrmā pulcherrima: 'of whom the one who is most beautiful in form', the antecedent Dēiopēam attracted into the relative clause (Dēiopēa). cōnūbiō … stabilī: 'in lasting marriage', the formula of Roman marriage; Juno is the goddess of marriage. omnīs … annōs: accusative of extent of time. ut … exigat … faciat: purpose clauses. prōle: 'with offspring'.
Vocabulary
| namque, conj. | for |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| dīvus, -ī m. (gen. pl. also dīvum, dīvom) | god |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| homō, hominis, m. | man |
| rēx, rēgis, m. | king |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| mulceō, -ēre, mulsī, mulsus | stroke; soothe, calm |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| flūctus, -ūs m. | wave |
| tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātus | lift, raise; take away, remove; ancorās tollere, to weigh anchor |
| ventus, -ī, m. | wind |
| gēns, gentis, f. | race, nation |
| inimīcus, -a, -um | unfriendly, hostile |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| Tyrrhēnus, -a, -um | Etruscan; mare Tyrrhēnum: the sea west of Italy |
| nāvigō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | sail |
| aequor, -oris n. | level surface; the sea |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| portō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | carry |
| vincō, -ere, vīcī, victum | conquer, defeat |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| incutiō, -ere, -cussī, -cussus | strike into, inspire (fear) in (+ dat.) |
| vīs, vīs, f. | violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main |
| submergō, -mergere, -mersī, -mersus | plunge under, sink, overwhelm |
| obruō, -ere, -ruī, -rutus | overwhelm, bury, crush |
| puppis, -is f. | stern of a ship |
| aut, conj. | or; aut ... aut, either ... or |
| agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia |
| dīversus, -a, -um | turned different ways, opposite, contrary, different |
| disiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectus | throw apart, scatter |
| corpus, corporis, n. | body |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| bis (adv.) | twice |
| septem | seven |
| praestāns, -stantis, adj. | preëminent, remarkable |
| nympha, -ae, f. | nymph |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| fōrma, -ae, f. | form, appearance; beauty |
| pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum | beautiful |
| cōnūbium, -ī n. | marriage; the right of intermarriage |
| iungō, iungere, iūnxī, iūnctus | join; yoke, harness |
| stabilis, -e | firm, steady, lasting |
| proprius, -a, -um | one's own, private; characteristic (of) |
| dicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | dedicate, devote; sē dicāre: give oneself up (to) |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| meritum, -ī n. | service, desert |
| prō, prep. with abl. | before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for |
| tālis, -e | such |
| annus, -ī, m. | year |
| exigō, -ere, -ēgī, -āctum | drive out; finish, spend (a season) |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| prōlēs, -is f. | offspring, children |
| parēns, -entis m./f. | parent |