Aen. 10.873Atque hīc Aenēān magnā ter vōce vocāvit.And here he called on Aeneas three times with a loud voice. Aen. 10.874Aenēās agnōvit enim laetusque precātur:
875Sīc pater ille deum faciat, sīc altus Apollo,
incipiās cōnferre manum.Aeneas indeed recognised him, and prays joyfully: 'So may the father of the gods bring it about, so may high Apollo: may you begin to join battle!' Aen. 10.877Tantum effātus et īnfestā subit obvius hastā.He said only this, and advances to meet him with hostile spear. Aen. 10.878Ille autem: Quid mē ēreptō, saevissime, nātō
terrēs?But he: 'Why try to frighten me, cruellest one, now that my son is taken? Aen. 10.879Haec via sōla fuit, quā perdere possēs.This was the only way by which you could destroy me. Aen. 10.880Nec mortem horrēmus nec dīvom parcimus ūllī.We neither shudder at death nor spare any of the gods. Aen. 10.881Dēsine: nam veniō moritūrus et haec tibi portō
dōna prius.Stop: for I come to die, and bring you these gifts first.' Aen. 10.882Dīxit tēlumque intorsit in hostem;He spoke and hurled a weapon at his enemy; Aen. 10.883inde aliud super atque aliud fīgitque volatque
ingentī gȳrō, sed sustinet aureus umbō.then he plants another and another, flying round in a huge circle, but the golden boss withstands them.
Aen. 10.885Ter circum adstantem laevōs equitāvit in orbēs
tēla manū iaciēns, ter sēcum Trōïus hērōs
immānem aerātō circumfert tegmine silvam.Three times he rode round him as he stood, in leftward circles, hurling weapons by hand; three times the Trojan hero carries round with him the huge forest on his bronze-clad shield. Aen. 10.888Inde ubi tot trāxisse morās, tot spīcula taedet
vellere et urgētur pugnā congressus inīquā,
890multa movēns animō iam tandem ērumpit et inter
bellātōris equī cava tempora conicit hastam.Then, when he is weary of so many delays, of pulling out so many darts, and is hard pressed in an unequal fight, pondering much in his mind, at last he bursts out and hurls his spear between the hollow temples of the warrior horse. Aen. 10.892Tollit sē arrēctum quadrupēs et calcibus aurās
verberat effūsumque equitem super ipse secūtus
implicat ēiectōque incumbit cernuus armō.The horse rears up erect and beats the air with its hooves, and, following the thrown rider down, entangles him, and collapses headlong on him with its shoulder dislocated. Aen. 10.895Clamōre incendunt caelum Trōēsque Latīnīque.Trojans and Latins set the sky on fire with their shouting.
Aen. 10.896Advolat Aenēās vāgīnāque ēripit ēnsem
et super haec: Ubi nunc Mezentius ācer et illa
effera vīs animī?Aeneas flies up and snatches his sword from its sheath and says over him: 'Where now is fierce Mezentius, and that savage force of his spirit?' Aen. 10.898Contrā Tyrrhēnus, ut aurās
suspiciēns hausit caelum mentemque recēpit:
900Hostis amāre, quid increpitās mortemque mināris?In answer the Tyrrhenian, when, looking up at the air, he had drunk in the sky and recovered his mind: 'Bitter enemy, why do you taunt me and threaten death? Aen. 10.901Nūllum in caede nefās, nec sīc ad proelia vēnī,
nec tēcum meus haec pepigit mihi foedera Lausus.There is no sin in slaughter, nor did I come to battle on such terms, nor did my Lausus make such a pact with you for me. Aen. 10.903Ūnum hoc per Sīqua est victīs venia hostibus ōrō:
corpus humō patiāre tegī.One thing I beg, by any pardon there is for conquered enemies: allow my body to be covered with earth. Aen. 10.904Sciō acerba meōrum
905circumstāre odia: hunc, ōrō, dēfende furōrem
et mē cōnsortem nātī concēde sepulchrō.I know the bitter hatred of my people surrounds me: defend me, I beg, from this fury, and grant me to be my son's companion in the tomb.' Aen. 10.907Haec loquitur iugulōque haud īnscius accipit ēnsem
undantīque animam diffundit in arva cruōre.So he speaks, and receives the sword in his throat knowingly, and pours out his life over the fields in a stream of blood.