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Vergil · Aeneid X

Aeneid 10.198–214

Ocnus, Aulestes and the fleet

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Aen. 10.198Ille etiam patriīs agmen ciet Ocnus ab ōrīs,
fātidicae Mantūs et Tuscī fīlius amnis,
200quī mūrōs mātrisque dedit tibi, Mantua, nōmen,
Mantua, dīves avīs;
Ocnus too stirs up a column from his ancestral shores, son of prophetic Manto and the Tuscan river, who gave you, Mantua, walls and his mother's name, Mantua, rich in ancestors;
Aen. 10.201sed nōn genus omnibus ūnum:
gēns illī triplex, populī sub gente quaternī,
ipsa caput populīs, Tuscō dē sanguine vīrēs.
but not all are of one race: she has a threefold race, under each race four peoples, and she herself is the head of the peoples, her strength from Tuscan blood.
Aen. 10.204Hinc quoque quīngentōs in sē Mezentius armat,
205quōs patre Bēnācō vēlātus harundine glaucā
Mincius īnfestā dūcēbat in aequora pīnū.
From here too Mezentius arms five hundred against himself, whom Mincius, son of father Benacus, veiled in grey-green reed, was leading over the sea in a hostile pine.
Aen. 10.207It gravis Aulestēs centēnāque arbore flūctum
verberat adsurgēns, spūmant vada marmore versō.
Weighty Aulestes goes, and rising up beats the waves with a hundred oars; the shallows foam as the marble surface is churned.

Aen. 10.209Hunc vehit immānis Trītōn et caerulā conchā
210exterrēns freta, cui laterum tenus hispida nantī
frōns hominem praefert, in pristim dēsinit alvus:
spūmea sēmiferō sub pectore murmurat unda.
Him the huge Triton carries, terrifying the blue waters with his conch: as he swims, his shaggy front shows a man down to the flanks, his belly ends in a sea-monster; the foaming wave murmurs beneath his half-beast breast.
Aen. 10.213Tot lēctī procerēs ter dēnīs nāvibus ībant
subsidiō Troiae et campōs salis aere secābant.
So many chosen chieftains were going in thrice ten ships to the aid of Troy and cutting the salt plains with bronze.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (93 words)
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
etiam, adv.and now, also, too, even
patrius, -a, -umof one's fathers, ancestral
agmen, -minis, n.band, column
cieō, ciēre, cīvī, citusset in motion, stir up; pugnam ciēre: start the fight
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
ōra, -ae f.coast, shore
fātidicus, -a, -umprophetic, foretelling fate
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
Tuscus, -a, -umEtruscan, Tuscan; Tuscus amnis: the Tiber
fīlius, -ī, m.son
amnis, -is m.river
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
mūrus, -ī, m.wall
māter, mātris, f.mother
que, enclitic conj.and
dō, dare, dedī, datusgive
tū, tuī, pers. pron.thou, you
nōmen, -minis, n.name (that by which one is known)
dīves, dīvitis (superl. dītissimus)rich
avus, -ī, m.grandfather
sed, conj.but
nōn, adv.not
genus, generis, n.kind, nature
omnis, -eall, every
ūnus, -a, -umone; only, alone
gēns, gentis, f.race, nation
triplex, -icisthreefold, triple
populus, -ī m.people, nation
sub, prep. with acc. and abl.under; sub vesperum, towards evening
quaternī, -ae, -afour each, four at a time
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
caput, capitis, n.head
dē, prep, with abl.down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
sanguis, sanguinis, m.blood
vīs, vīs, f.violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main
hinc, adv.from this place, hence
quoque, adv.also
quīngentī, -ae, -afive hundred
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
armō, -āre, -āvi, -ātusarm, equip
pater, patris, m.father
vēlō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusveil, cover
harundō (arundō), -inis f.reed, cane
īnfestus, -a, -umunsafe, dangerous
dūcō, dūcere, dūxī, ductuslead; make, dig; with or without in mātrimōnium, marry
aequor, -oris n.level surface; the sea
pīnus, -ūs or -ī f.pine tree; (poetic) a ship
eō, īre, iī, itusgo
gravis, -eheavy; severe, grievous, serious
centēnī, -ae, -aa hundred each, in hundreds
arbor, -oris, f.tree
flūctus, -ūs m.wave
verberō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusbeat, flog
assurgō (adsurgō), -ere, -surrēxī, -surrēctumrise up
spūmō, -āre, -āvīfoam, froth
vadum, -ī n.ford, shallow place
marmor, -oris n.marble; a marble statue
vertō, vertere, vertī, versusturn
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
vehō, vehere, vexī, vectuscarry
immānis, -ehuge, enormous; savage
caeruleus, -a, -umdark blue
concha, -ae f.shell; shellfish (source of purple dye)
exterreō, -ēre, -uī, -itusfrighten badly, terrify
fretum, -ī, n.strait
latus, lateris n.side, flank
tenus (prep. + abl., after its noun)as far as, up to
hispidus, -a, -umshaggy, bristly, rough
nō, nāre, nāvīswim
frōns, frontis, f.forehead
homō, hominis, m.man
praeferō, -ferre, -tulī, -lātumput before, prefer (sē praeferre: show oneself superior)
pristis, -is f.sea monster, whale; (name of a ship) the Pristis
dēsinō, -sinere, -siī, -situsstop, cease (+ inf.)
alvus, -ī f.belly, womb; hollow
spūmeus, -a, -umfoaming
sēmifer, -fera, -ferumhalf-beast, half-human
pectus, pectoris, n.breast
murmurō, -āre, -āvīmurmur, grumble
unda, -ae, f.wave
tot (indecl.)so many
legō, legere, lēgī, lēctuschoose, pick out; read
procerēs, -um m. pl.chiefs, leading men
ter (adv.)three times
dēnī, -ae, -aten each, ten at a time
nāvis, -is, f.ship
subsidium, -ī, n.reserve, reinforcement, support, help
campus, -ī, m.plain, field
sāl, salis, m.salt
aes, aeris, n.copper, bronze
secō, -āre, secuī, sectuscut; (of fodder) mow
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.