Aen. 10.755Iam gravis aequābat lūctūs et mūtua Māvors
fūnera: caedēbant pariter pariterque ruēbant
victōrēs victīque, neque hīs fuga nota neque illīs.Now heavy Mars was evening out the grief and the deaths on both sides: victors and vanquished alike were killing and alike falling, and neither side knew flight. Aen. 10.758Dī Iovis in tēctīs īram miserantur inānem
ambōrum et tantōs mortālibus esse labōrēs:
760hinc Venus, hinc contrā spectat Sāturnia Iūnō,
pallida Tīsiphonē media inter mīlia saevit.The gods in Jupiter's halls pity the futile anger of both sides, and that mortals should have such toils: here Venus watches, there opposite Saturn's daughter Juno; pale Tisiphone rages in the midst of the thousands. Aen. 10.762At vērō ingentem quatiēns Mezentius hastam
turbidus ingreditur campō.But now Mezentius, brandishing a huge spear, strides wildly onto the plain. Aen. 10.763Quam magnus Ōrīōn,
cum pedes incēdit mediī per maxima Nēreī
765stagna viam scindēns, umerō superēminet undās
aut summīs referēns annōsam montibus ornum
ingrediturque solō et caput inter nūbila condit:
tālis sē vāstīs īnfert Mezentius armīs.As great as Orion, when he goes on foot through the deepest pools of mid-Nereus, cleaving his way, and his shoulder towers above the waves, or, bringing back an aged ash from the mountain-tops, walks on the ground and hides his head among the clouds: such is Mezentius as he advances in his vast armour.
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Vergil · Aeneid X
Aeneid 10.755–768
Mezentius strides like Orion
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| iam, adv. | now, already |
| gravis, -e | heavy; severe, grievous, serious |
| aequō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | make equal |
| lūctus, -ūs m. | grief, mourning |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| mūtuus, -a, -um | borrowed, lent; mutual (pecūnia mūtua: a loan) |
| fūnus, -eris n. | funeral |
| caedō, -ere, cecīdī, caesum | cut, cut down; kill |
| pariter (adv.) | equally, alike; at the same time |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| ruō, -ere, -ī, -itūrus | rush |
| victor, -ōris m. | conqueror, victor |
| vincō, -ere, vīcī, victum | conquer, defeat |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| fuga, -ae, f. | flight |
| nōtus, -a, -um | known, well-known, famous |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| deus, -ī, m. | god |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| tēctum, -ī n. | roof; house |
| īra, -ae, f. | anger, wrath |
| miseror, -ārī, -ātus sum | lament, pity |
| inānis, -e | empty |
| ambō, -ae, -ō | both |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| mortālis, -e | mortal |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| labor, -ōris, m. | labor, toil |
| hinc, adv. | from this place, hence |
| contrā, prep, with acc. | against, contrary to |
| spectō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | look at or on |
| Sāturnius, -a, -um | of Saturn; Sāturnia arva: Italy, where Saturn once reigned |
| pallidus, -a, -um | pale, pallid |
| medius, -a, -um | mid, middle |
| inter, prep, with acc. | among, between |
| mīlle, indecl. adj. | a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands; |
| saeviō, -īre, -iī, -ītum | rage |
| at, conj. | but |
| vērō, adv. | in truth, indeed; however |
| ingēns, -gentis, adj. | huge, vast |
| quatiō, -ere, —, quassus | shake, beat |
| hasta, -ae f. | spear |
| turbidus, -a, -um | stormy, wild, confused |
| ingredior, -ī, ingressus sum | go into, enter |
| campus, -ī, m. | plain, field |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| pedes, peditis m. | foot soldier |
| incēdō, -ere, -cessī, -cessum | walk, step, advance |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| stagnum, -ī n. | pool, standing water |
| via, -ae, f. | road, way |
| scindō, -ere, scidī, scissum | tear down, cut |
| umerus, -ī, m. | shoulder |
| superēmineō, -ēre | tower above |
| unda, -ae, f. | wave |
| aut, conj. | or; aut ... aut, either ... or |
| summus, -a, -um | uppermost, highest, greatest |
| referō, referre, rettulī, relātus | bring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia |
| annōsus, -a, -um | full of years, aged, old |
| mōns, montis, m. | mountain |
| ornus, -ī f. | mountain ash |
| sōlum (adv.); solum, -ī n. | only (nōn sōlum … sed etiam: not only … but also); ground, soil |
| caput, capitis, n. | head |
| nūbila, -ōrum n. pl. | clouds, the cloudy sky |
| condō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | put together, found; store away |
| tālis, -e | such |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| vāstus, -a, -um | waste, huge, enormous, vast |
| īnferō, īnferre, intulī, inlātus | bring in or against, wage against; inflict |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
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.