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Vergil · Aeneid X

Aeneid 10.185–197

Cinyras, Cupavo and Cycnus

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Aen. 10.185Nōn ego tē, Ligurum ductor fortissimē bellō,
trānsierim, Cinyre, et paucīs comitāte Cupavō,
cuius olōrīnae surgunt dē vertice pennae,
crīmen, Amor, vestrum fōrmaeque īnsigne paternae.
I would not pass you by, Cinyras, bravest leader of the Ligurians in war, nor you, Cupavo, attended by few, from whose crest rise swan's feathers, a reproach to you, Love, and to your mother, and the emblem of his father's shape.
Aen. 10.189Namque ferunt lūctū Cycnum Phaethontis amātī,
190pōpuleās inter frondēs umbramque sorōrum
dum canit et maestum Mūsa sōlātur amōrem,
canentem mollī plūmā dūxisse senectam,
linquentem terrās et sīdera vōce sequentem.
For they say that Cycnus, in grief for his beloved Phaethon, while he sang among the poplar leaves, the shade of his sisters, and consoled his sad love with music, drew on a white old age of soft plumage, leaving the earth and following the stars with his voice.
Aen. 10.194Fīlius, aequālīs comitātus classe catervās,
195ingentem remīs Centaurum prōmovet: ille
īnstat aquae saxumque undīs immāne minātur
arduus et longā sulcat maria alta carīnā.
His son, escorting bands of his own age with his fleet, drives the huge Centaur on with oars: it bears down on the water and, towering, threatens the waves with a huge rock, and furrows the deep sea with its long keel.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (68 words)
nōn, adv.not
ego, meī, pers. pron.I
tū, tuī, pers. pron.thou, you
ductor, -ōris m.leader, guide
fortiter, adv.bravely
bellum, -ī, n.war
trānseō, -īre, -iī, -itusgo across or over, cross
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
paucī, -ae, -a, plur. adj.few
comitor, -ārī, -ātus sumaccompany, follow
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
olōrīnus, -a, -umof a swan, swan's
surgō, -ere, surrēxī, surrēctusrise, get up, stand up
dē, prep, with abl.down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
vertex, -icis m.top of the head, crown; summit
penna, -ae f.feather; (pl.) wings
crīmen, -inis n.charge, accusation; crime
amor, -ōris, m.love
vester, -tra, -trumyour
fōrma, -ae, f.form, appearance; beauty
que, enclitic conj.and
īnsigne, -is n.badge, mark, decoration
paternus, -a, -umof a father, a father's
namque, conj.for
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātusbear, bring
lūctus, -ūs m.grief, mourning
cycnus, -ī m.swan
amō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuslove
pōpuleus, -a, -umof the poplar, poplar-
inter, prep, with acc.among, between
frōns, frondis f.leafy branch, foliage
umbra, -ae, f.shadow, shade
soror, -ōris, f.sister
dum, conj.while, as; as long as; until
canō, -ere, cecinī, cantussing; of a trumpet: sound (receptuī canere: sound the retreat)
maestus, -a, -umsad, dejected, gloomy
sōlor, -ārī, -ātus sumcomfort, console; relieve
caneō, -ēre, canuībe white, be grey (of hair or of olive leaves)
mollis, -esoft, weak
plūma, -ae f.feather, down
dūcō, dūcere, dūxī, ductuslead; make, dig; with or without in mātrimōnium, marry
senecta, -ae f.old age (poetic)
linquō, -ere, līquīleave
terra, -ae, f.land, earth
sīdus, -eris n.star, constellation
vōx, vōcis, f.voice; word
sequor, sequī, secūtusfollow
fīlius, -ī, m.son
aequālis, -eequal; of the same age
classis, -is f.fleet
caterva, -ae f.crowd, band, troop
ingēns, -gentis, adj.huge, vast
rēmus, -ī, m.oar
centaurus, -ī, m.centaur
prōmoveō, -ēre, -mōvī, -mōtummove forward
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
īnstō, -āre, -stitīpress on; be at hand
aqua, -ae, f.water
saxum, -ī, n.rock, stone
unda, -ae, f.wave
immānis, -ehuge, enormous; savage
minor, -ārī, -ātus sumthreaten (someone: dat.; with something: abl.)
arduus, -a, -umsteep, difficult
longus, -a, -umlong; tedious
sulcō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusfurrow, plough; cut through (the sea)
mare, maris, n.sea
altus, -a, -umhigh, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep
carīna, -ae f.keel; hull
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.