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Vergil · Aeneid X

Aeneid 10.146–162

Aeneas sails with Tarchon

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Aen. 10.146Illī inter sēsē dūrī certāmina bellī
contulerant: mediā Aenēās freta nocte secābat.
They had joined the contests of harsh war among themselves: Aeneas was cutting through the waves at midnight.
Aen. 10.148Namque ut ab Euandrō castrīs ingressus Etrūscīs
rēgem adit et rēgī memorat nōmenque genusque,
150quidve petat quidve ipse ferat, Mezentius arma
quae sibi conciliet, violentaque pectora Turnī
ēdocet, hūmānīs quae sit fīdūcia rēbus
admonet immiscetque precēs: haud fit mora, Tarchōn
iungit opēs foedusque ferit;
For when, having left Evander and entered the Etruscan camp, he approaches the king and tells the king his name and race, what he seeks and what he himself brings, informs him of the arms Mezentius is winning to his side and of the violent heart of Turnus, reminds him what trust can be placed in human affairs, and mingles prayers: there is no delay; Tarchon joins forces and strikes a treaty;
Aen. 10.154tum lībera fātī
155classem cōnscendit iussīs gēns Lȳdia dīvom,
externō commissa ducī.
then, freed from fate, the Lydian people boards the fleet at the gods' command, entrusted to a foreign leader.
Aen. 10.156Aenēia puppis
prīma tenet, rōstrō Phrygiōs subiūncta leōnēs,
imminet Īda super, profugīs grātissima Teucrīs.
Aeneas' ship holds the lead, with Phrygian lions yoked beneath its beak; above them towers Ida, most welcome to the exiled Teucrians.

Aen. 10.159Hīc magnus sedet Aenēās sēcumque volūtat
160ēventūs bellī variōs, Pallāsque sinistrō
adfīxus laterī iam quaerit sīdera, opācae
noctis iter, iam quae passus terrāque marīque.
Here great Aeneas sits and turns over in his mind the varied outcomes of the war, and Pallas, clinging to his left side, now asks about the stars, their path through the dark night, now about what he has suffered on land and sea.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (89 words)
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
inter, prep, with acc.among, between
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
dūrus, -a, -umhard; harsh; difficult
certāmen, -minis, n.struggle, contest
bellum, -ī, n.war
cōnferō, cōnferre, contulī, conlātusbring together; grant, confer; sē cōnferre, to betake oneself, make one's way
medius, -a, -ummid, middle
fretum, -ī, n.strait
nox, noctis, f.night
secō, -āre, secuī, sectuscut; (of fodder) mow
namque, conj.for
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
castra, -ōrum, n. plur.camp
ingredior, -ī, ingressus sumgo into, enter
Etrūscus, -a, -umEtruscan
rēx, rēgis, m.king
adeō, -īre, -iī, -itusgo to, approach
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
memorō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusremind of, mention
nōmen, -minis, n.name (that by which one is known)
que, enclitic conj.and
genus, generis, n.kind, nature
quis, quid, interrog. pron.who? which? what?
petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītusseek, ask; attack
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātusbear, bring
arma, -ōrum, n. plur.arms, weapons
quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj.what?
conciliō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumwin over; win, obtain
violentus, -a, -umviolent, forceful
pectus, pectoris, n.breast
ēdoceō, -ēre, -docuī, -doctuminform thoroughly, explain
hūmānus, -a, -umof man, human
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
fīdūcia, -ae f.confidence, trust, reliance
rēs, reī, f.thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really
admoneō, -ēre, -uī, -itusremind, warn, advise
immisceō, -ēre, -miscuī, -mixtusmix in; (reflexive) vanish into, mingle with
prex, precis f. (usu. pl.)prayer, entreaty
haud, adv.not at all, by no means, not
fīō, fierī, factus sumbe done or made, become, happen
mora, -ae, f.delay
iungō, iungere, iūnxī, iūnctusjoin; yoke, harness
ops, opis f.; pl. opēs, -umhelp; (pl.) resources, wealth, power
foedus, -eris n.treaty, alliance
feriō, -īrestrike, hit
tum, adv.then, at that time
līber, lībera, līberumfree
fātum, -ī, n.destiny, fate
classis, -is f.fleet
cōnscendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsusclimb; nāvem cōnscendere, to climb the ship, go on board, embark
iussum, -ī, n.order, command
gēns, gentis, f.race, nation
dīvus, -ī m. (gen. pl. also dīvum, dīvom)god
externus, -a, -umoutside, foreign
committō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missussend together; commit, intrust; expose; proelium committere, to join battle
dux, ducis, m. and f.leader, commander
Aenēius, -a, -umof Aeneas
puppis, -is f.stern of a ship
prīmus, -a, -umfirst, foremost
teneō, -ēre, -uī, -tushold, keep; hold back, restrain, stop
rōstrum, -ī, n.beak
Phrygius, -a, -umPhrygian, of Phrygia in central Asia Minor
subiungō, -ere, -iūnxī, -iūnctusharness, yoke beneath; subject, subdue
leō, -ōnis, m.lion
immineō, -ērehang over; threaten, be close at hand
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
profugus, -a, -umfleeing, fugitive; wandering
grātus, -a, -umpleasing, grateful
hīc, adv.here; hereupon
magnus, -a, -umlarge, big, great, mighty; loud
sedeō, sedēre, sēdī, sessussit
volūtō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusroll, turn over; passive: roll about, writhe
ēventus, -ūs m.outcome, result
varius, -a, -umvarious
sinister, -tra, -trumleft
affīgō, -ere, -fīxī, -fīxumfasten to
latus, lateris n.side, flank
iam, adv.now, already
quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītusseek; ask, inquire
sīdus, -eris n.star, constellation
opācus, -a, -umshady, dark
iter, itineris, n.a going, journey, march; iter facere, to journey, march
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
patior, patī, passus, bearsuffer, allow
terra, -ae, f.land, earth
mare, maris, n.sea
Vergil, Aeneid X. Latin text: J. B. Greenough, The Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Virgil (Boston, 1881), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English translation and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.