Aeneid 11.122–138

Drances answers Aeneas

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Aen. 11.122Tum senior semperque odiīs et crīmine Drancēs
īnfēnsus iuvenī Turnō sīc ōre vicissim
orsa refert: Ō fāma ingēns, ingentior armīs
125vir Trōiāne, quibus caelō tē laudibus aequem?Then old Drances, always hostile to young Turnus with hatred and reproach, answers in his turn with these words: 'O Trojan, great in fame, greater in arms, with what praises can I raise you to the sky? Aen. 11.126Iūstitiaene prius mīrer bellīne labōrum?Am I to admire first your justice or your labours in war? Aen. 11.127Nōs vērō haec patriam grātī referēmus ad urbem
et tē, Sīqua viam dederit fortūna, Latīnō
iungēmus rēgī: quaerat sibi foedera Turnus.We for our part will gratefully carry these words back to our native city and, if fortune grants a way, will join you to King Latinus: let Turnus seek treaties for himself. Aen. 11.130Quīn et fātālīs mūrōrum attollere mōlēs
saxaque subvectāre umerīs Trōiāna iuvābit.Nay more, we shall rejoice to raise the fated mass of your walls and carry Trojan stones on our shoulders.' Aen. 11.132Dīxerat haec, ūnōque omnēs eadem ōre fremēbant.He had spoken these words, and all with one voice murmured the same.

Aen. 11.133Bis sēnōs pepigēre diēs et pāce sequestrā
per silvās Teucrī mīxtīque inpūne Latīnī
135errāvēre iugīs.They agreed on twice six days, and with peace as mediator Teucrians and Latins, mingling, roamed unharmed through the woods over the ridges. Aen. 11.135Ferrō sonat alta bipennī
fraxinus, ēvertunt āctās ad sīdera pīnūs,
rōbora nec cuneīs et olentem scindere cedrum
nec plaustrīs cessant vectāre gementibus ornōs.The tall ash rings with the double-edged iron axe; they overturn pines that soared to the stars; they do not cease to split oaks and fragrant cedar with wedges, nor to haul rowans on groaning wagons.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (93 words)

tum, adv.	then, at that time
senior, -ōris m.	elder; seniores: the elders (of the people)
semper, adv.	always
que, enclitic conj.	and
odium, -ī, n.	hatred
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
crīmen, -inis n.	charge, accusation; crime
īnfēnsus, -a, -um	hostile, angry (with: dat.)
iuvenis, -is, m.	young man, youth
sīc, adv.	so, thus
ōs, ōris, n.	mouth
vicissim (adv.)	in turn
ordior, -īrī, orsus sum	begin
referō, referre, rettulī, relātus	bring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia
ō (interj.)	O! oh!
fāma, -ae, f.	report, rumor
ingēns, -gentis, adj.	huge, vast
arma, -ōrum, n. plur.	arms, weapons
vir, virī, m.	man
Trōiānus, -a, -um	Trojan
quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj.	what?
caelum, -ī, n.	heaven, sky
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
laus, laudis f.	praise, glory
aequō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	make equal
iūstitia, -ae f.	justice, fairness
prius, adv.	before, first
mīror, -ārī, -ātus	wonder, wonder at
bellum, -ī, n.	war
labor, -ōris, m.	labor, toil
nōs	plur. of ego
vērō, adv.	in truth, indeed; however
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
patrius, -a, -um	of one's fathers, ancestral
grātus, -a, -um	pleasing, grateful
ad, prep. with acc.	to, toward; at, near; for
urbs, urbis, f.	city
sī quis, sī qua, sī quid	if anyone, if any (sī + the indefinite quis)
via, -ae, f.	road, way
dō, dare, dedī, datus	give
fortūna, -ae, f.	fortune
iungō, iungere, iūnxī, iūnctus	join; yoke, harness
rēx, rēgis, m.	king
quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītus	seek; ask, inquire
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.	himself, herself, itself, themselves
foedus, -eris n.	treaty, alliance
quīn, conj.	so that ... not, but that, but
fātālis, -e	fated, destined; fatal, deadly
mūrus, -ī, m.	wall
attollō, -ere	lift up, raise
mōlēs, -is f.	mass; dam, breakwater
saxum, -ī, n.	rock, stone
subvectō, -āre	carry up, convey
umerus, -ī, m.	shoulder
iuvō, -āre, iūvī, iūtum	help
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus	say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
ūnus, -a, -um	one; only, alone
omnis, -e	all, every
īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron.	the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also
fremō, -ere, -uī, -itum	roar, growl; grumble (in + acc.: at)
bis (adv.)	twice
sēnī, -ae, -a	six each, six at a time
pangō, -ere, pepigī, pāctus	fix; agree, bargain for
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.	day
pāx, pācis f.	peace
sequester, -tra, -trum	intervening; pāx sequestra: truce; (m. as noun) go-between, agent holding bribes
per, prep, with ace.	through, by means of
silva, -ae, f.	wood, forest
misceō, miscēre, miscuī, mīxtus	mix, mingle
impūne (adv.)	without punishment
Latīnus, -a, -um	Latin
errō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	wander, stray; be mistaken
iugum, -ī, n.	yoke
ferrum, -ī n.	iron; iron point, sword
sonō, -āre, sonuī, sonitus	make a sound, sound
altus, -a, -um	high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep
bipennis, -is f.	two-edged axe
fraxinus, -ī f.	ash tree; ash-wood spear
ēvertō, -vertere, -vertī, -versus	overturn, overthrow, destroy
agō, agere, ēgī, āctus	drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia
sīdus, -eris n.	star, constellation
pīnus, -ūs or -ī f.	pine tree; (poetic) a ship
rōbur, rōboris, n.	oak
neque or nec, conj.	and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
cuneus, -ī m.	wedge; a wedge-shaped formation of troops
oleō, -ēre, -uī	smell, give off a smell
scindō, -ere, scidī, scissum	tear down, cut
cedrus, -ī f.	cedar; cedar-wood
plaustrum (plōstrum), -ī n.	wagon, cart
cessō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	stop, cease, rest; be idle
vectō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	carry, convey
gemō, -ere, -uī, -itus	groan; lament
ornus, -ī f.	mountain ash

Vergil, Aeneid XI. 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.