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Vergil · Aeneid X

Aeneid 10.345–361

Deadlock on the shore

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Aen. 10.345Hīc Curibus fīdēns prīmaevō corpore Clausus
advenit et rigidā Dryopem ferit ēminus hastā
sub mentum graviter pressā pariterque loquentis
vōcem animamque rapit trāiectō gutture;
Here Clausus from Cures comes, trusting in his youthful body, and strikes Dryops from a distance with his stiff spear, driven hard under the chin, and as he speaks robs him at once of voice and life, piercing his throat;
Aen. 10.348at ille
fronte ferit terram et crassum vomit ōre cruōrem.
and he strikes the earth with his forehead and vomits thick gore from his mouth.
Aen. 10.350Trēs quoque Thrēiciōs Boreae dē gente suprēmā
et trīs, quōs Idās pater et patria Ismara mittit,
per variōs sternit cāsūs.
Three Thracians too, of the highest race of Boreas, and three whom their father Idas and their homeland Ismara send, he lays low by various fates.
Aen. 10.352Accurrit Halaesus
Auruncaeque manūs, subit et Neptūnia prōlēs,
īnsignis Messāpus equīs.
Halaesus runs up, and the Auruncan bands; Neptune's son also comes up, Messapus, famous for his horses.
Aen. 10.354Expellere tendunt
355nunc hī, nunc illī;
Now these strive to drive them back, now those;
Aen. 10.355certātur līmine in ipsō
Ausoniae.
the struggle is on the very threshold of Ausonia.

Aen. 10.356Magnō discordēs aethere ventī
proelia ceu tollunt animīs et vīribus aequīs;
As in the great sky warring winds raise battles with equal spirit and strength;
Aen. 10.358nōn ipsī inter sē, nōn nūbila, nōn mare cēdit;they themselves do not yield to one another, nor do the clouds, nor the sea; Aen. 10.359anceps pugna diū, stant obnīxa omnia contrā:
360haud aliter Trōiānae aciēs aciēsque Latīnae
concurrunt;
the fight is long in doubt; all things stand locked against each other: just so the Trojan lines and the Latin lines clash;
Aen. 10.361haeret pede pēs dēnsusque virō vir.foot sticks fast to foot, and man presses close on man.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (93 words)
hīc, adv.here; hereupon
fīdō, -ere, fīsus sumtrust, rely on (+ dat. or abl.); fīdēns, confident, bold
prīmaevus, -a, -umin the first bloom of youth, young
corpus, corporis, n.body
claudō, -ere, clausī, clausumclose, shut; (agmen) bring up the rear
adveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventuscome to or toward, approach, arrive
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
rigidus, -a, -umstiff, hard, unbending
feriō, -īrestrike, hit
ēminus (adv.)at a distance, from afar
hasta, -ae f.spear
sub, prep. with acc. and abl.under; sub vesperum, towards evening
mentum, -ī n.chin
graviter, adv.severely, seriously
premō, premere, pressī, pressuspress, check, restrain
pariter (adv.)equally, alike; at the same time
que, enclitic conj.and
loquor, loquī, locūtusspeak
vōx, vōcis, f.voice; word
anima, -ae, f.breath, soul, life
rapiō, -ere, -uī, -tusseize, snatch
trāiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectusthrow across, strike through, pierce
guttur, -uris n.throat
at, conj.but
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
frōns, frontis, f.forehead
terra, -ae, f.land, earth
vomō, -ere, -uī, -itusvomit, spew out, pour forth
ōs, ōris, n.mouth
cruor, -ōris m.blood (shed), gore
trēs, tria, plur. adj.three
quoque, adv.also
Thrēicius, -a, -umThracian
dē, prep, with abl.down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
gēns, gentis, f.race, nation
superus, -a, -um; comp. superior, superl. summus or suprēmusabove, upper; comp. higher, earlier, previous; superior; superl. highest, top of
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
pater, patris, m.father
patrius, -a, -umof one's fathers, ancestral
mittō, mittere, mīsī, missussend
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
varius, -a, -umvarious
sternō, -ere, strāvī, strātusspread out; furnish with couches (of a room)
cāsus, -ūs, m.fall; chance, accident
accurrō, -currere, -currī, -cursusrun to, come up
Auruncus, -a, -umAuruncan, of the Aurunci (an ancient people of Latium)
manus, -ūs, f.hand
subeō, -īre, -iī, -itusgo under; undergo, submit to, sustain, bear, endure
Neptūnius, -a, -umof Neptune; Neptūnia Troia: Troy, whose walls Neptune built
prōlēs, -is f.offspring, children
īnsignis, -enotable, remarkable
equus, -ī, m.horse
expellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsusdrive out, expel
tendō, -ere, tetendī, tentumstretch out; hold out
nunc, adv.now
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
certō, adv.with certainty, for certain, certainly
līmen, -minis, n.threshold; door
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
magnus, -a, -umlarge, big, great, mighty; loud
discors, -cordisdiscordant, not in harmony
aethēr, -eris m. (acc. aethera)the upper air, the sky
ventus, -ī, m.wind
proelium, -ī, n.battle, combat; proelium committere, to join battle
ceu (adv.)as, like, just as
tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātuslift, raise; take away, remove; ancorās tollere, to weigh anchor
animus, -ī, m.mind; heart; spirit, courage
vīs, vīs, f.violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main
aequus, -a, -umlevel; equal; fair
nōn, adv.not
inter, prep, with acc.among, between
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
nūbilum, -ī n.cloud (usually pl.: the clouds)
mare, maris, n.sea
cēdō, -ere, cessī, cessumgo, withdraw, give way
anceps, ancipitistwo-sided, on two fronts; doubtful
pugna, -ae, f.fighting, battle, combat
diū, adv.for a long time, a long time or while, long; comp
stō, stāre, stetī, statusstand
obnītor, -ī, -nīxus sumpush or strain against; struggle, resist
omnis, -eall, every
contrā, prep, with acc.against, contrary to
haud, adv.not at all, by no means, not
aliter, adv.in another way, otherwise, differently
Trōiānus, -a, -umTrojan
aciēs, -ēī, f.line of battle
Latīnus, -a, -umLatin
concurrō, -currere, -currī, -cursusrun, rush, or dash together
haereō, haerēre, haesī, haesūrusstick; hesitate
pēs, pedis, m.foot
dēnsus, -a, -umthick
vir, virī, m.man
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.