Aen. 10.276Haud tamen audācī Turnō fīdūcia cessit
lītora praecipere et venientīs pellere terrā.Yet bold Turnus' confidence did not fail him, to seize the shore first and drive the newcomers from the land. Aen. 10.279Quod vōtīs optāstis, adest, perfringere dextrā;'What you have longed for in your prayers is here: to break through with the right hand; Aen. 10.280in manibus Mārs ipse virīs.Mars himself is in the hands of men. Aen. 10.280Nunc coniugis Estō
quisque suae tēctīque memor, nunc magna refertō
facta, patrum laudēs.Now let each man remember his wife and his home; now let him renew the great deeds, the glories of our fathers. Aen. 10.282Ultrō occurrāmus ad undam,
dum trepidī ēgressīsque labant vestīgia prīma.Let us go out to meet them at the water's edge, while they are in disarray and their first steps falter as they land. Aen. 10.284Audentīs Fortūna iuvat,
285haec ait et sēcum versat, quōs dūcere contrā
vel quibus obsessōs possit concrēdere mūrōs.Fortune helps the bold.' So he speaks, and turns over in his mind whom he can lead against them, or to whom he can entrust the besieged walls.
Lectitō › Vergil › Aeneid, Book 10 › Aeneid 10.276–286
Vergil · Aeneid X
Aeneid 10.276–286
Turnus rallies his men
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (58 words)
| haud, adv. | not at all, by no means, not |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| audāx, -ācis | bold, daring, reckless |
| fīdūcia, -ae f. | confidence, trust, reliance |
| cēdō, -ere, cessī, cessum | go, withdraw, give way |
| lītus, lītoris, n. | shore |
| praecipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take beforehand, anticipate; order, charge |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| pellō, pellere, pepulī, pulsus | drive, drive away, beat, rout |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| vōtum, -ī n. | vow; wish, prayer |
| optō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | wish for, desire; pray for |
| adsum, adesse, adfuī | be present, be at hand |
| perfringō, -ere, -frēgī, -frāctum | break through |
| dextra, -ae, f. | right hand (manus understood) |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| manus, -ūs, f. | hand |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| vir, virī, m. | man |
| nunc, adv. | now |
| coniūnx, coniugis, m. and f. | spouse, husband, wife |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| quisque, quaeque, quidque, indef. pron. | each |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| tēctum, -ī n. | roof; house |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| memor, -oris | mindful, remembering (+ gen.) |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| referō, referre, rettulī, relātus | bring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia |
| factum, -ī n. | deed, act |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| laus, laudis f. | praise, glory |
| ultrō (adv.) | of one's own accord; besides (ultrō citrōque: back and forth) |
| occurrō, -currere, -currī, -cursus | run against, meet |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| unda, -ae, f. | wave |
| dum, conj. | while, as; as long as; until |
| trepidus, -a, -um | anxious, alarmed; critical, dangerous |
| ēgredior, -gredī, -gressus | go out or forth, go ashore, disembark |
| labō, -āre, -āvī | totter, waver (short a: not lābor, slip) |
| vestīgium, -ī, n. | track, foot-print |
| prīmus, -a, -um | first, foremost |
| audeō, audēre, ausus sum | dare |
| fortūna, -ae, f. | fortune |
| iuvō, -āre, iūvī, iūtum | help |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| āiō (defective) | say, affirm; ut aiunt: as they say |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| versō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | turn about; (pass. or reflexive) move about, be engaged |
| dūcō, dūcere, dūxī, ductus | lead; make, dig; with or without in mātrimōnium, marry |
| contrā, prep, with acc. | against, contrary to |
| vel | or; vel … vel: either … or |
| obsideō, -sidēre, -sēdī, -sessus | beset, besiege |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| concrēdō, -ere, -didī, -ditus | entrust, commit (to) |
| mūrus, -ī, m. | wall |
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.