Aen. 10.260Iamque in cōnspectū Teucrōs habet et sua castra,
stāns celsā in puppī;And now he has the Teucrians and his own camp in sight, standing on the high stern; Aen. 10.261clipeum cum deinde sinistrā
extulit ārdentem.then with his left hand he raised the blazing shield. Aen. 10.262Clamōrem ad sīdera tollunt
Dardanidae ē mūrīs, spēs addita suscitat īrās,
tēla manū iaciunt: quālēs sub nūbibus ātrīs
265Strȳmoniae dant signa gruēs atque aethera trānant
cum sonitū fugiuntque notōs clamōre secundō.The Dardanians raise a shout to the stars from the walls; hope added rouses their anger; they hurl weapons by hand: just as beneath black clouds Strymonian cranes give their signals and swim through the air with a noise, and flee the south winds with joyful clamour. Aen. 10.267At Rutulō rēgī ducibusque ea mīra vidērī
Ausoniīs, dōnec versās ad lītora puppēs
respiciunt tōtumque adlābī classibus aequor.But to the Rutulian king and the Ausonian leaders this seemed a wonder, until they look back and see the ships turned towards the shore and the whole sea gliding in with fleets. Aen. 10.270Ārdet apex capitī cristīsque ā vertice flamma
funditur et vāstōs umbō vomit aureus ignēs:
nōn secus ac liquidā sīquandō nocte comētae
sanguineī lūgubre rubent aut Sīrius ardor,
ille sitim morbōsque ferēns mortālibus aegrīs,
275nāscitur et laevō contrīstat lūmine caelum.The crest blazes on his head, flame pours from the plumes at the top, and the golden boss spews vast fires: just as when, on a clear night, comets glow blood-red and baleful, or the blaze of Sirius, that bringer of thirst and disease to sick mortals, rises and saddens the sky with sinister light.
Lectitō › Vergil › Aeneid, Book 10 › Aeneid 10.260–275
Vergil · Aeneid X
Aeneid 10.260–275
Aeneas raises his shield
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| iam, adv. | now, already |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| cōnspectus, -ūs, m. | sight |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| castra, -ōrum, n. plur. | camp |
| stō, stāre, stetī, status | stand |
| celsus, -a, -um | high, lofty |
| puppis, -is f. | stern of a ship |
| clipeus, -ī m. (also clipeum, -ī n.) | round bronze shield |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| deinde, adv. | then, next |
| sinistra, -ae, f. | left hand (manus understood) |
| efferō, -ferre, extulī, ēlātum | carry out, bring out |
| ārdeō, ārdēre, ārsī, ārsus | be on fire, burn |
| clāmor, -ōris, m. | shout, cry |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| sīdus, -eris n. | star, constellation |
| tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātus | lift, raise; take away, remove; ancorās tollere, to weigh anchor |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| mūrus, -ī, m. | wall |
| spēs, speī, f. | hope |
| addō, -ere, -didī, -ditus | add, put to |
| suscitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | raise up, rouse; raise (the dead) |
| īra, -ae, f. | anger, wrath |
| tēlum, -ī, n. | missile, spear, weapon |
| manus, -ūs, f. | hand |
| iaciō, iacere, iēcī, iactus | throw, cast, hurl |
| quālis, -e | of what sort? what kind of? |
| sub, prep. with acc. and abl. | under; sub vesperum, towards evening |
| nūbēs, -is, f. | cloud |
| āter, ātra, ātrum | black, dark; gloomy |
| Strȳmonius, -a, -um; Strȳmonius, -ī m. | of the Strymon (river of Thrace), Thracian; (as name) Strymonius, a Trojan |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| signum, -ī, n. | sign, signal |
| grūs, gruis f. | crane (the bird) |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| aethēr, -eris m. (acc. aethera) | the upper air, the sky |
| trānō, -nāre, -nāvī | swim across or over |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| sonitus, -ūs, m. | sound, noise |
| fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitūrus | flee, run away |
| nōtus, -a, -um | known, well-known, famous |
| secundus, -a, -um | following, favorable |
| at, conj. | but |
| Rutulus, -a, -um | Rutulian, of the Rutuli, Turnus' people |
| rēx, rēgis, m. | king |
| dux, ducis, m. and f. | leader, commander |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| mīrus, -a, -um | wonderful, strange |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| Ausonius, -a, -um | Ausonian, Italian (Ausonia: a poetic name for Italy) |
| dōnec (conj.) | until; while, as long as |
| vertō, vertere, vertī, versus | turn |
| lītus, lītoris, n. | shore |
| respiciō, -ere, -spexī, -spectum | look back |
| tōtus, -a, -um | all the, the whole or entire |
| allābor, -lābī, -lāpsus sum | glide towards, reach |
| classis, -is f. | fleet |
| aequor, -oris n. | level surface; the sea |
| apex, -icis m. | point, tip, peak |
| caput, capitis, n. | head |
| crista, -ae f. | crest, plume (of a helmet) |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| vertex, -icis m. | top of the head, crown; summit |
| flamma, -ae, f. | flame |
| fundō, -ere, fūdī, fūsum | pour; rout, scatter (an enemy) |
| vāstus, -a, -um | waste, huge, enormous, vast |
| umbō, -ōnis m. | boss (of a shield) |
| vomō, -ere, -uī, -itus | vomit, spew out, pour forth |
| aureus, -a, -um | of gold, golden |
| ignis, -is, m. | fire |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| secus (prep. + acc.) | beside, along |
| liquidus, -a, -um | liquid, flowing; clear |
| sīquandō (conj.) | if ever |
| nox, noctis, f. | night |
| comēta, -ae m. | comet |
| sanguineus, -a, -um | bloody, blood-red |
| lūgubris, -e | mournful, of mourning |
| rubeō, -ēre | be red, blush |
| aut, conj. | or; aut ... aut, either ... or |
| ardor, -ōris m. | blaze, fire, glow; ardor caelī: a light in the sky |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| sitis, -is f. | thirst |
| morbus, -ī m. | sickness, disease |
| ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus | bear, bring |
| mortālis, -e | mortal |
| aeger, -gra, -grum | sick, ill; as noun, a sick man |
| nāscor, -ī, nātus sum | be born; rise, begin |
| laevus, -a, -um | left; ad laevam (manum): on the left |
| contrīstō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | make sad; passive: be grieved |
| lūmen, -minis, n. | light |
| caelum, -ī, n. | heaven, sky |
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.