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Vergil · Aeneid X

Aeneid 10.543–574

Aeneas sweeps the field

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Aen. 10.543Īnstaurant aciēs Volcānī stirpe creātus
Caeculus et veniēns Marsōrum montibus Umbrō:
545Dardanidēs contrā furit.
Caeculus, born of Vulcan's stock, and Umbro, coming from the Marsian mountains, renew the battle lines: the Dardanian rages against them.
Aen. 10.545Anxuris ēnse sinistram
et tōtum clipeī ferrō dēiēcerat orbem;
With his sword he had struck off Anxur's left hand and the whole circle of his shield;
Aen. 10.547dīxerat ille aliquid magnum vimque adfore verbō
crēdiderat caelōque animum fortasse ferēbat
cānitiemque sibi et longōs prōmīserat annōs:
550Tarquitus exultāns contrā fulgentibus armīs,
silvicolae Faunō Dryope quem nympha creārat,
obvius ārdentī sēsē obtulit.
Anxur had spoken some great boast and believed there would be force in his word, and was perhaps lifting his spirit to the sky, and had promised himself grey hairs and long years: Tarquitus, exulting in flashing arms, whom the nymph Dryope had borne to woodland Faunus, threw himself in the blazing hero's way.
Aen. 10.552Ille reductā
lōrīcam clipeīque ingēns onus impedit hastā;
He, drawing back his spear, pins together the breastplate and the huge weight of the shield;
Aen. 10.554tum caput ōrantis nēquīquam et multa parantis
555dīcere dēturbat terrae truncumque tepentem
prōvolvēns super haec inimīcō pectore fātur:
Istīc nunc, metuende, iacē.
then, as he begged in vain and was preparing to say much, he strikes his head to the ground, and rolling the warm trunk over, speaks thus above it with hostile heart: 'Lie there now, you fearsome one.

Aen. 10.557Nōn tē optima māter
condet humī patriōque onerābit membra sepulchrō:
ālitibus linquere ferīs aut gurgite mersum
560unda feret piscēsque impāstī volnera lambent.
Your noble mother will not bury you in the ground or weigh your limbs with an ancestral tomb: you will be left to wild birds, or, sunk in the flood, the wave will carry you and hungry fish will lick your wounds.'
Aen. 10.561Prōtinus Antaeum et Lucam, prīma agmina Turnī,
persequitur fortemque Numam fulvumque Camertem,
magnanimō Volcente satum, dītissimus agrī
quī fuit Ausonidum et tacitīs regnāvit Amyclīs.
Straightaway he pursues Antaeus and Lucas, first in Turnus' line, and brave Numa and tawny-haired Camers, son of great-hearted Volcens, who was the richest in land of the Ausonians and reigned over silent Amyclae.
Aen. 10.565Aegaeōn quālis, centum cui bracchia dīcunt
centēnāsque manūs, quīnquāgintā ōribus ignem
pectoribusque ārsisse, Iovis cum fulmina contrā
tot paribus streperet clipeīs, tot stringeret ēnsēs:
sīc tōtō Aenēās dēsaevit in aequore victor,
570ut semel intepuit mūcrō.
Like Aegaeon, who, they say, had a hundred arms and a hundred hands, and blazed fire from fifty mouths and breasts, when against Jupiter's thunderbolts he clashed with as many matching shields and drew as many swords: so Aeneas rages victorious over the whole field, once his blade grew warm.

Aen. 10.570Quīn ecce Niphaeī
quadriiugīs in equōs adversaque pectora tendit.
Why, look, he heads for the four-horse team of Niphaeus and their breasts facing him.
Aen. 10.572Atque illī longē gradientem et dīra frementem
ut vīdēre, metū versī retrōque ruentēs
effunduntque ducem rapiuntque ad lītora currūs.
And they, when they saw him striding from afar and roaring dreadfully, turned in fear and, rushing backwards, throw out their master and sweep the chariot to the shore.

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Grammar in this passage: ablative absolute ×1, indirect statement ×2, gerunds and gerundives ×1

Latin vocabulary for this passage (148 words)
īnstaurō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusrenew, begin again
aciēs, -ēī, f.line of battle
stirps, stirpis f.stock, root; family, race
creō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuselect, appoint
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventuscome
mōns, montis, m.mountain
contrā, prep, with acc.against, contrary to
furō, -ererage, rave, be mad
ēnsis, -is m.sword (a poetic word)
sinistra, -ae, f.left hand (manus understood)
tōtus, -a, -umall the, the whole or entire
clipeus, -ī m. (also clipeum, -ī n.)round bronze shield
ferrum, -ī n.iron; iron point, sword
dēiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectusthrow down, cast, drive out of one's course
orbis, -is, m.circle; orbis terrae or terrārum, circle of the earth or lands, earth, world
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictussay, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
aliquis, -quid, indef. pron.someone, any one, something, anything, some, any
magnus, -a, -umlarge, big, great, mighty; loud
vīs, vīs, f.violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main
que, enclitic conj.and
adsum, adesse, adfuībe present, be at hand
verbum, -ī, n.word
crēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditusbelieve
caelum, -ī, n.heaven, sky
animus, -ī, m.mind; heart; spirit, courage
fortasse (adv.)perhaps
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātusbear, bring
cānitiēs, -ēī f.greyness; grey hair
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
longus, -a, -umlong; tedious
prōmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missussend or put forth, promise
annus, -ī, m.year
exsultō, -āre, -āvīleap up; exult, revel, run riot
fulgeō, -ēre, fulsīflash, shine, glitter
arma, -ōrum, n. plur.arms, weapons
silvicola, -ae m./f.living in the woods; forest-dweller
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
nympha, -ae, f.nymph
obvius, -a, -umin the way, meeting; sē obvium dare: come to meet
ārdeō, ārdēre, ārsī, ārsusbe on fire, burn
offerō, offerre, obtulī, oblātusbear to, proffer, offer
redūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductuslead or bring back; restore
lōrīca, -ae f.breastplate; breastwork, parapet
ingēns, -gentis, adj.huge, vast
onus, oneris n.load, weight
impediō, -pedīre, -pedīvī, -pedītushinder, prevent, impede
hasta, -ae f.spear
tum, adv.then, at that time
caput, capitis, n.head
ōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusspeak; beg, pray
nēquīquam (adv.)in vain, without reason
multus, -a, -ummuch, great; plur., many
parō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusmake ready, prepare
dēturbō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusdrive off, dislodge, knock down
terra, -ae, f.land, earth
truncus, -ī m.tree trunk
tepeō, -ērebe warm, be lukewarm
prōvolvō, -ere, -volvī, -volūtusroll forward, roll over
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
inimīcus, -a, -umunfriendly, hostile
pectus, pectoris, n.breast
for, fārī, fātus sumspeak, say
istīc (adv.)there, where you are
nunc, adv.now
metuō, -ere, metuīfear, be afraid of
iaceō, -ēre, -uīlie, be prostrate
nōn, adv.not
tū, tuī, pers. pron.thou, you
bonus, -a, -umgood
māter, mātris, f.mother
condō, -dere, -didī, -ditusput together, found; store away
humus, -ī f.ground, earth; humī: on the ground
patrius, -a, -umof one's fathers, ancestral
onerō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusload, burden
membrum, -ī, n.limb, member
sepulcrum, -ī n.tomb, grave
āles, ālitis m./f.bird (especially a bird of omen)
linquō, -ere, līquīleave
ferus, -a, -umwild, savage
aut, conj.or; aut ... aut, either ... or
gurges, -itis m.whirlpool; the deep, the sea
mergō, mergere, mersī, mersusdip, plunge, sink
unda, -ae, f.wave
piscis, -is m.fish
impāstus, -a, -umunfed, hungry
vulnus, vulneris, n.wound
lambō, -ere, lambīlick
prōtinus (adv.)straight on; at once
prīmus, -a, -umfirst, foremost
agmen, -minis, n.band, column
persequor, -sequī, -secūtusfollow up, pursue
fortis, -ebrave
fulvus, -a, -umtawny, yellow-brown
magnanimus, -a, -umgreat-hearted, noble
serō, serere, sēvī, satussow, plant
dīves, dīvitis (superl. dītissimus)rich
ager, agri, m.field, land
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
tacitus, -a, -umsilent
regnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusreign, rule
quālis, -eof what sort? what kind of?
centum, indecl. adj.one hundred
bracchium, -ī, n.arm
centēnī, -ae, -aa hundred each, in hundreds
manus, -ūs, f.hand
quīnquāgintā, indecl. adj.fifty
ōs, ōris, n.mouth
ignis, -is, m.fire
cum, conj.when, while, after; since; although
fulmen, -inis n.thunderbolt, lightning
tot (indecl.)so many
pār, parisequal
strepō, -ere, -uīmake a noise, roar, hum
stringō, stringere, strinxī, strictusdraw, unsheathe
sīc, adv.so, thus
dēsaeviō, -īre, -iīrage furiously
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
aequor, -oris n.level surface; the sea
victor, -ōris m.conqueror, victor
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
semel (adv.)once (semel atque iterum: again and again)
intepēscō, -ere, -tepuīgrow warm
mūcrō, -ōnis m.sword point, sword
quīn, conj.so that ... not, but that, but
ecce (interj.)look! see! here is
quadriiugus, -a, -umdrawn by four horses
equus, -ī, m.horse
adversus, -a, -umfacing; unfavourable, unsuccessful
tendō, -ere, tetendī, tentumstretch out; hold out
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
longē, adv.far
gradior, gradī, gressus sumstep, walk, go
dīrus, -a, -umdreadful
fremō, -ere, -uī, -itumroar, growl; grumble (in + acc.: at)
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsussee; pass., seem
metus, -ūs m.fear, dread
vertō, vertere, vertī, versusturn
retrō (adv.)backwards, behind, from behind
ruō, -ere, -ī, -itūrusrush
effundō, -fundere, -fūdī, -fūsuspour out
dux, ducis, m. and f.leader, commander
rapiō, -ere, -uī, -tusseize, snatch
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
lītus, lītoris, n.shore
currus, -ūs, m.chariot, car
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.