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Vergil · Aeneid X

Aeneid 10.62–95

Juno's angry reply

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Aen. 10.62dā, pater, Īliacōs Teucrīs.of Ilium, father, grant to the Teucrians.' Aen. 10.63ācta furōre gravī: Quid mē alta silentia cōgis
rumpere et obductum verbīs volgāre dolōrem?
Then queen Juno, driven by heavy fury: 'Why do you force me to break my deep silence and broadcast in words a grief I had kept covered?
Aen. 10.65Aenēān hominum quisquam dīvomque subēgit
bella sequī aut hostem rēgī sē īnferre Latīnō?
Did any man or any god compel Aeneas to pursue war, or to set himself up as an enemy to King Latinus?
Aen. 10.67Ītaliam petiit fātīs auctōribus, Estō,
Cassandrae inpulsus furiīs: num linquere castra
hortātī sumus aut vītam committere ventīs?
He sought Italy with the fates as his authority, so be it, driven by the ravings of Cassandra: did we urge him to leave his camp or to entrust his life to the winds?
Aen. 10.70Num puerō summam bellī, num crēdere mūrōs
Tyrrhēnamque fidem, aut gentīs agitāre quiētās?
Did we urge him to entrust the conduct of the war to a boy, to entrust his walls, or to unsettle Tyrrhenian loyalty and peaceful nations?

Aen. 10.72Quis deus in fraudem, quae dūra potentia nostra
ēgit?
What god, what harsh power of mine drove him into this deceit?
Aen. 10.73Ubi hīc Iūnō dēmissave nūbibus Īris?Where is Juno in this, or Iris sent down from the clouds? Aen. 10.74Indignum est Italōs Troiam circumdare flammīs
75nāscentem et patriā Turnum cōnsistere terrā,
cui Pīlumnus avus, cui dīva Venīlia māter:
quid face Trōiānōs ātrā vim ferre Latīnīs,
arva aliēna iugō premere atque āvertere praedās?
It is shameful that Italians should ring with flames a Troy being born, and that Turnus should stand on his native soil, Turnus, whose grandfather is Pilumnus, whose mother is the goddess Venilia: what of the Trojans bringing violence on the Latins with black torches, crushing others' fields under their yoke and driving off plunder?
Aen. 10.79Quid socerōs legere et gremiīs abdūcere pactās,
80pācem ōrāre manū, praefīgere puppibus arma?
What of their choosing fathers-in-law and dragging betrothed brides from their mothers' laps, begging for peace with the hand while fixing arms on their sterns?
Aen. 10.81Tū potes Aenēān manibus subdūcere Grāium
prōque virō nebulam et ventōs obtendere inānīs,
tū potes in totidem classem convertere nymphās:
nōs aliquid Rutulōs contrā iūvisse nefandum est?
You can steal Aeneas away from the hands of the Greeks and spread a mist and empty winds before them in place of the man, you can turn a fleet into as many nymphs: is it a crime for us to have helped the Rutulians a little in return?

Aen. 10.85Aenēās ignārus abest: ignārus et absit.Aeneas is away and does not know: away and unknowing let him stay. Aen. 10.86Est Paphus Īdaliumque tibi, sunt alta Cythēra:
quid gravidam bellīs urbem et corda aspera temptās?
You have Paphos and Idalium, you have lofty Cythera: why do you meddle with a city pregnant with wars, and with rough hearts?
Aen. 10.88Nōsne tibi fluxās Phrygiae rēs vertere fundō
cōnāmur, nōs, an miserōs quī Trōas Achīvīs
90obiēcit?
Is it we who try to overturn from its foundations the tottering fortune of Phrygia for you, we? Or he who threw the wretched Trojans in the way of the Achaeans?
Aen. 10.90Quae causa fuit, cōnsurgere in arma
Eurōpamque Asiamque et foedera solvere fūrtō?
What was the cause that Europe and Asia rose up in arms, and treaties were broken by a theft?
Aen. 10.92Mē duce Dardanius Spartam expugnāvit adulter,
aut ego tēla dedī fōvīve cupīdine bella?
Was it under my leadership that the Dardan adulterer stormed Sparta, or did I supply the weapons, or foster wars with desire?
Aen. 10.94Tum decuit metuisse tuīs: nunc sēra querēlīs
95haud iūstīs adsurgis et inrita iūrgia iactās.
Then you should have feared for your own: now, too late, you rise up with unjust complaints and hurl useless abuse.'

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

Latin vocabulary for this passage (152 words)
dō, dare, dedī, datusgive
pater, patris, m.father
Īliacus, -a, -umof Ilium, Trojan
agō, agere, ēgī, āctusdrive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia
furor, -ōris, m.rage, fury, frenzy, madness
gravis, -eheavy; severe, grievous, serious
quis, quid, interrog. pron.who? which? what?
ego, meī, pers. pron.I
altus, -a, -umhigh, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep
silentium, -ī n.silence; silentiō: in silence, quietly
cōgō, cōgere, coēgī, coāctusdrive together, collect; compel
rumpō, rumpere, rūpī, ruptusbreak, burst
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
obdūcō, -ere, -dūxī, -ductumdraw across, extend
verbum, -ī, n.word
vulgō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusmake common, spread abroad; (corpus) prostitute
dolor, -ōris, m.pain, grief; anger
homō, hominis, m.man
quisquam, quicquam, indef. pron.any one, anything
dīvus, -ī m. (gen. pl. also dīvum, dīvom)god
que, enclitic conj.and
subigō, -ere, -ēgī, -āctusbring under, subdue; force, compel
bellum, -ī, n.war
sequor, sequī, secūtusfollow
aut, conj.or; aut ... aut, either ... or
hostis, -is, m. and f.enemy, foe
rēx, rēgis, m.king
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
īnferō, īnferre, intulī, inlātusbring in or against, wage against; inflict
petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītusseek, ask; attack
fātum, -ī, n.destiny, fate
auctor, -ōris m.originator, instigator
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
impellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsusdrive or urge on, incite, urge
furiae, -ārum f. pl.frenzy, rage; the Furies
num, adv., introducing a question to which a negative answer is expecteduntranslatable
linquō, -ere, līquīleave
castra, -ōrum, n. plur.camp
hortor, -ārī, -ātusexhort, encourage, urge
vīta, -ae, f.life
committō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missussend together; commit, intrust; expose; proelium committere, to join battle
ventus, -ī, m.wind
puer, puerī, m.boy
summa, -ae f.total, sum; supreme command
crēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditusbelieve
mūrus, -ī, m.wall
Tyrrhēnus, -a, -umEtruscan; mare Tyrrhēnum: the sea west of Italy
fidēs, -eī f.faith, trust; pledge
gēns, gentis, f.race, nation
agitō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusdrive about; discuss, debate
quiētus, -a, -umquiet, at peace, calm
quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj.what?
deus, -ī, m.god
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
fraus, fraudis, f.deception, fraud
dūrus, -a, -umhard; harsh; difficult
potentia, -ae f.power, influence
noster, -tra, -trumour
ubi, adv.where; conj., when
hīc, adv.here; hereupon
dēmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missussend down, let fall; animōs dēmittere, to lose courage
nūbēs, -is, f.cloud
indignus, -a, -umunworthy; shameful
circumdō, -dare, -dedī, -datusput around, surround
flamma, -ae, f.flame
nāscor, -ī, nātus sumbe born; rise, begin
patrius, -a, -umof one's fathers, ancestral
cōnsistō, -sistere, -stitī, -stitusstation oneself, take one's stand; consist
terra, -ae, f.land, earth
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
avus, -ī, m.grandfather
dīva, -ae f.goddess
māter, mātris, f.mother
fax, facis, f.torch, firebrand
āter, ātra, ātrumblack, dark; gloomy
vīs, vīs, f.violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātusbear, bring
arvum, -ī n.ploughed field, field
aliēnus, -a, -umbelonging to another, out of place
iugum, -ī, n.yoke
premō, premere, pressī, pressuspress, check, restrain
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
āvertō, -ere, āvertī, āversumturn away, turn aside
praeda, -ae, f.booty, spoil, plunder
socer, -erī m.father-in-law
legō, legere, lēgī, lēctuschoose, pick out; read
gremium, -ī n.lap, bosom
abdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductuslead or take away
pacīscor, -ī, pactus sumagree, arrange; pactus: agreed upon
pāx, pācis f.peace
ōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusspeak; beg, pray
manus, -ūs, f.hand
praefīgō, -ere, -fīxī, -fīxumfix in front
puppis, -is f.stern of a ship
arma, -ōrum, n. plur.arms, weapons
tū, tuī, pers. pron.thou, you
possum, posse, potuībe able, have power, can
subdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductusdraw up, beach
prō, prep. with abl.before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for
vir, virī, m.man
nebula, -ae f.mist, cloud
obtendō, -ere, -tendī, -tentusspread before, draw over as a screen; (pass.) lie opposite
inānis, -eempty
totidem (indecl.)just as many
classis, -is f.fleet
convertō, -vertere, -vertī, -versusturn round, turn, change; in fugam convertere, to put to flight
nympha, -ae, f.nymph
nōsplur. of ego
aliquis, -quid, indef. pron.someone, any one, something, anything, some, any
contrā, prep, with acc.against, contrary to
iuvō, -āre, iūvī, iūtumhelp
nefandus, -a, -umunspeakable, abominable
ignārus, -a, -umignorant
absum, abesse, āfuī, āfutūrusbe away, be absent, be distant; be wanting
gravidus, -a, -umpregnant
urbs, urbis, f.city
cor, cordis n.heart
asper, -era, -erumrough, harsh; difficult
temptō, -āre, -āvī, -ātustry, attempt
fluxus, -a, -umflowing; fleeting, unstable
rēs, reī, f.thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really
vertō, vertere, vertī, versusturn
fundus, -ī m.bottom, depths
cōnor, -ārī, -ātustry, attempt
an, conj.or (in questions)
miser, misera, miserumwretched, unhappy
obiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectusthrow in the way or to
causa, -ae, f.cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of
cōnsurgō, -ere, -surrēxī, -surrēctusrise together, stand up
foedus, -eris n.treaty, alliance
solvō, solvere, solvī, solūtusloosen, unbind, release; pay; with or without nāvem, cast off, set sail, put to sea
fūrtum, -ī, n.theft
dux, ducis, m. and f.leader, commander
Dardanius, -a, -umDardanian, of Dardanus; Trojan
expugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumtake by storm, capture
adulter, -erī m.adulterer
tēlum, -ī, n.missile, spear, weapon
foveō, -ēre, fōvī, fōtuskeep warm; cherish, favour
cupīdō, -inis f. (in Sallust also m.)desire, longing, greed
tum, adv.then, at that time
decet, decēre, decuit (impers.)it is fitting, it is proper
metuō, -ere, metuīfear, be afraid of
tuus, -a, -umthy, thine, your
nunc, adv.now
sērus, -a, -umlate
querēla, -ae f.complaint, lament
haud, adv.not at all, by no means, not
iūstus, -a, -umjust
assurgō (adsurgō), -ere, -surrēxī, -surrēctumrise up
irritus, -a, -uminvalid, of no effect; irritum facere: make void, cancel
iūrgium, -ī n.quarrel, dispute
iactō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumtoss about; discuss
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.