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Vergil · Aeneid X

Aeneid 10.96–117

Jupiter's impartial decree

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Aen. 10.96Tālibus ōrābat Iūnō, cūnctīque fremēbant
caelicolae adsēnsū variō, ceu flāmina prīma
cum dēprēnsa fremunt silvīs et caeca volūtant
murmura, ventūrōs nautīs prōdentia ventōs.
With such words Juno pleaded, and all the heaven-dwellers murmured in varied assent, as when the first gusts, caught in the woods, murmur and roll unseen rumblings, betraying to sailors the winds to come.
Aen. 10.100Tum pater omnipotēns, rērum cui prīma potestās,
īnfit;
Then the all-powerful father, who holds the highest power over the world, begins;
Aen. 10.101eō dīcente deum domus alta silēscit
et tremefacta solō tellūs, silet arduus aethēr,
tum Zephyrī posuēre, premit placida aequora pontus:
Accipite ergō animīs atque haec mea fīgite dicta.
as he speaks, the lofty house of the gods falls silent, and the earth trembles to its base; the high air is silent, then the Zephyrs drop, and the sea calms its waters to stillness: 'Take these words of mine to heart, then, and fix them there.
Aen. 10.105Quandōquidem Ausoniōs coniungī foedere Teucrīs
haud licitum, nec vestra capit discordia fīnem:
quae cuique est fortūna hodiē, quam quisque secat spem,
Trōs Rutulusne fuat nūllō discrīmine habēbō.
Since it is not permitted that the Ausonians be joined in treaty with the Teucrians, and your discord finds no end, whatever fortune each has today, whatever hope each carves out, whether he be Trojan or Rutulian, I shall treat them with no distinction.

Aen. 10.109Seu fātīs Italum castra obsidiōne tenentur
110sīve errōre malō Troiae monitīsque sinistrīs.
Whether it is by the fates of the Italians that the camp is held under siege, or by Troy's evil error and sinister warnings.
Aen. 10.111Nec Rutulōs solvō: sua cuique exōrsa labōrem
fortūnamque ferent.
Nor do I release the Rutulians: what each has begun will bring him his toil and his fortune.
Aen. 10.112Rēx Iuppiter omnibus īdem.King Jupiter is the same to all. Aen. 10.113Fāta viam invenient.The fates will find a way.' Aen. 10.113Stygiī per flūmina frātris,
per pice torrentīs ātrāque vorāgine rīpās
115adnuit et tōtum nūtū tremefēcit Olympum.
By the rivers of his Stygian brother, by the banks seething with pitch and the black abyss, he nodded assent, and with his nod made all Olympus tremble.
Aen. 10.116Hic fīnis fandī.Here was the end of speaking. Aen. 10.116Soliō tum Iuppiter aureō
surgit, caelicolae medium quem ad līmina dūcunt.
Then Jupiter rises from his golden throne, and the heaven-dwellers escort him in their midst to the threshold.

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

Latin vocabulary for this passage (114 words)
tālis, -esuch
ōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusspeak; beg, pray
cūnctus, -a, -umall, the whole
que, enclitic conj.and
fremō, -ere, -uī, -itumroar, growl; grumble (in + acc.: at)
caelicola, -ae m.dweller in heaven, god
assēnsus (adsēnsus), -ūs m.agreement, approval, assent
varius, -a, -umvarious
ceu (adv.)as, like, just as
flāmen, -inis n.blast, gust (of wind), breeze
prīmus, -a, -umfirst, foremost
cum, prep, with abl.with
dēprendō, -prendere, -prendī, -prēnsusseize, catch; take by surprise
silva, -ae, f.wood, forest
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
caecus, -a, -umblind
volūtō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusroll, turn over; passive: roll about, writhe
murmur, -uris n.murmur, muttering
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventuscome
nauta, -ae, m.sailor
prōdō, -ere, -didī, -ditumhand down; betray
ventus, -ī, m.wind
tum, adv.then, at that time
pater, patris, m.father
omnipotēns, -entisall-powerful
rēs, reī, f.thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
potestās, -ātis f.power, authority
infit (defective)he begins (to speak)
is, ea, id, dem. pron.this, that; he, she, it, they
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictussay, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
deus, -ī, m.god
domus, -ūs, f.house, home
altus, -a, -umhigh, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep
silēscō, -erefall silent, grow still
tremefaciō, -ere, -fēcī, -factusmake tremble
sōlum (adv.); solum, -ī n.only (nōn sōlum … sed etiam: not only … but also); ground, soil
tellūs, -ūris f.earth, land (poetic)
sileō, -ēre, -uībe silent; pass over in silence
arduus, -a, -umsteep, difficult
aethēr, -eris m. (acc. aethera)the upper air, the sky
pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positusplace, put; pōnī with in and abl., to be placed in, rest or depend on
premō, premere, pressī, pressuspress, check, restrain
placidus, -a, -umcalm, gentle
aequor, -oris n.level surface; the sea
accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptustake to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer
ergō (adv.)therefore, then; quid ergō? what then?
animus, -ī, m.mind; heart; spirit, courage
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
meus, -a, -ummy, mine
fīgō, fīgere, fīxī, fīxusfix, fasten, plant firmly
dictum, -ī n.word, order (dictō audiēns: obedient)
quandōquidem (conj.)since indeed, seeing that
Ausonius, -a, -umAusonian, Italian (Ausonia: a poetic name for Italy)
coniungō, -iungere, -iūnxī, -iūnctusjoin together, join
foedus, -eris n.treaty, alliance
haud, adv.not at all, by no means, not
licet, -ēre, -uit or -itum est, impers.is lawful or permitted
neque or nec, conj.and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
vester, -tra, -trumyour
capiō, capere, cēpī, captustake, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt
discordia, -ae f.disagreement, discord, strife
fīnis, -is, m.end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country
quisque, quaeque, quidque, indef. pron.each
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
fortūna, -ae, f.fortune
hodiē (adv.)today
secō, -āre, secuī, sectuscut; (of fodder) mow
spēs, speī, f.hope
Rutulus, -a, -umRutulian, of the Rutuli, Turnus' people
nūllus, -a, -umnot any, none, no
discrīmen, -crīminis, n.crisis, peril, danger
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itushave, hold; consider
sīve or seu, conj.or if; sīve ... sīve, whether ... or
fātum, -ī, n.destiny, fate
castra, -ōrum, n. plur.camp
obsidiō, -ōnis f.siege, blockade; oppression
teneō, -ēre, -uī, -tushold, keep; hold back, restrain, stop
sīve or seu, conj.or if; sīve ... sīve, whether ... or
error, -ōris m.wandering; mistake, error
malus, -a, -umbad
monitum, -ī n.warning, advice, command
sinister, -tra, -trumleft
solvō, solvere, solvī, solūtusloosen, unbind, release; pay; with or without nāvem, cast off, set sail, put to sea
suus, -a, -umhis, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
exōrdior, -īrī, -ōrsus sumbegin, start; (n. pl. pple as noun) exōrsa: undertakings, beginnings
labor, -ōris, m.labor, toil
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātusbear, bring
rēx, rēgis, m.king
omnis, -eall, every
īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron.the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also
via, -ae, f.road, way
inveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventuscome upon, find
Stygius, -a, -umof the Styx, Stygian; of the underworld
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
flūmen, -minis, n.river
frāter, frātris, m.brother
pix, picis f.pitch
torreō, -ēre, torruī, tostusparch, scorch, roast
āter, ātra, ātrumblack, dark; gloomy
vorāgō, -inis f.chasm, abyss, whirlpool
rīpa, -ae, f.bank
adnuō, -ere, -nuī, -nūtumnod, nod assent
tōtus, -a, -umall the, the whole or entire
nūtus, -ūs m.nod; will, command
for, fārī, fātus sumspeak, say
solium, -ī, n.seat, throne
aureus, -a, -umof gold, golden
surgō, -ere, surrēxī, surrēctusrise, get up, stand up
medius, -a, -ummid, middle
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
līmen, -minis, n.threshold; door
dūcō, dūcere, dūxī, ductuslead; make, dig; with or without in mātrimōnium, marry
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.