Aeneid 10.426–438

Lausus checks the Arcadians

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Aen. 10.426At nōn caede virī tantā perterrita Lausus,
pars ingēns bellī, sinit agmina: prīmus Abantem
oppositum interimit, pugnae nōdumque moramque.But Lausus, a great part of the war, does not let the ranks be terrified by such slaughter of a hero: first he kills Abas, who stood against him, the knot and the stay of the fight. Aen. 10.429Sternitur Arcadiae prōlēs, sternuntur Etrūscī
430et vōs, Ō Grāīs imperdita corpora, Teucrī.The sons of Arcadia are laid low, the Etruscans are laid low, and you, Teucrians, bodies not destroyed by the Greeks. Aen. 10.431Agmina concurrunt ducibusque et vīribus aequīs.The columns clash, with leaders and strength well matched. Aen. 10.432Extrēmī addēnsent aciēs nec turba movērī
tēla manūsque sinit.The rearmost ranks crowd in on the front, and the press does not allow weapons or hands to move. Aen. 10.433Hinc Pallās īnstat et urget,
hinc contrā Lausus, nec multum discrepat aetās:
435ēgregiī fōrmā, sed Quīs Fortūna negārat
in patriam reditūs.On this side Pallas presses and urges on, on that side, facing him, Lausus, and they are not far apart in age: outstanding in beauty, but Fortune had denied them return to their homeland.

Aen. 10.436Ipsōs concurrere passus
haud tamen inter sē magnī regnātor Olympī:
mox illōs sua fāta manent maiōre sub hoste.Yet the ruler of great Olympus did not allow them to meet each other: soon their fates await them under a greater enemy.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (68 words)

at, conj.	but
nōn, adv.	not
caedēs, -is, f.	cutting down, killing, slaughter
vir, virī, m.	man
tantus, -a, -um	so great or much
perterreō, -terrēre, -terrui, -territus	thoroughly frighten, terrify
pars, partis, f.	part, side, direction
ingēns, -gentis, adj.	huge, vast
bellum, -ī, n.	war
sinō, -ere, sīvī, situs	allow, permit, let
agmen, -minis, n.	band, column
prīmus, -a, -um	first, foremost
oppōnō, -ere, -posuī, -positus	set against, place opposite
interimō, -imere, -ēmī, -ēmptus	do away with, kill
pugna, -ae, f.	fighting, battle, combat
nōdus, -ī m.	knot; knob, joint
que, enclitic conj.	and
mora, -ae, f.	delay
sternō, -ere, strāvī, strātus	spread out; furnish with couches (of a room)
prōlēs, -is f.	offspring, children
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
vōs	plur. of tū
ō (interj.)	O! oh!
imperditus, -a, -um	not destroyed, spared
corpus, corporis, n.	body
concurrō, -currere, -currī, -cursus	run, rush, or dash together
dux, ducis, m. and f.	leader, commander
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, -um	level; equal; fair
extrēmus, -a, -um	last, extreme, furthest
addēnseō, -ēre	make dense, close up (ranks)
aciēs, -ēī, f.	line of battle
neque or nec, conj.	and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
turba, -ae f.	crowd
moveō, movēre, mōvī, mōtus	move
tēlum, -ī, n.	missile, spear, weapon
manus, -ūs, f.	hand
hinc, adv.	from this place, hence
īnstō, -āre, -stitī	press on; be at hand
urgeō, -ēre, ursī	press hard
contrā, prep, with acc.	against, contrary to
multum, -ī, n.	much
discrepō, -āre, -āvī/-uī	differ, be unlike; disagree, be at odds
aetās, -tātis, f.	age
ēgregius, -a, -um	outstanding, excellent
fōrma, -ae, f.	form, appearance; beauty
sed, conj.	but
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
fortūna, -ae, f.	fortune
negō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	say no or not, deny, refuse
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
patria, -ae, f.	fatherland, country
reditus, -ūs, m.	return
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.	self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
patior, patī, passus, bear	suffer, allow
haud, adv.	not at all, by no means, not
tamen, adv.	however, yet, nevertheless
inter, prep, with acc.	among, between
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.	himself, herself, itself, themselves
magnus, -a, -um	large, big, great, mighty; loud
regnātor, -ōris m.	ruler, lord
mox, adv.	soon
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
suus, -a, -um	his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
fātum, -ī, n.	destiny, fate
maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsus	remain
sub, prep. with acc. and abl.	under; sub vesperum, towards evening
hostis, -is, m. and f.	enemy, foe

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.