Aen. 11.296Vix ea lēgātī, variusque per ōra cucurrit
Ausonidum turbāta fremor: ceu saxa morantur
cum rapidōs amnīs, fit clausō gurgite murmur
vīcīnaeque fremunt rīpae crepitantibus undīs.Hardly had the envoys said this, when a varied murmur ran through the troubled lips of the Ausonians: as when rocks check rapid rivers, a roar rises from the pent-up flood and the neighbouring banks resound with splashing waves. Aen. 11.300Ut prīmum plācātī animī et trepida ōra quiērunt,
praefātus dīvōs soliō rēx īnfit ab altō:As soon as their minds were calmed and their anxious lips fell quiet, the king, first calling on the gods, begins from his high throne:
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Vergil · Aeneid XI
Aeneid 11.296–301
The council stirs
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (38 words)
| vix, adv. | with difficulty, scarcely, hardly, barely |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| lēgātus, -ī, m. | ambassador |
| varius, -a, -um | various |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| ōs, ōris, n. | mouth |
| currō, currere, cucurrī, cursus | run |
| turbō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | confuse, throw into disorder, disturb, trouble |
| fremō, -ere, -uī, -itum | roar, growl; grumble (in + acc.: at) |
| ceu (adv.) | as, like, just as |
| saxum, -ī, n. | rock, stone |
| moror, -ārī, -ātus | delay, linger, stay |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| rapidus, -a, -um | swift; consuming, fierce |
| amnis, -is m. | river |
| fīō, fierī, factus sum | be done or made, become, happen |
| claudō, -ere, clausī, clausum | close, shut; (agmen) bring up the rear |
| gurges, -itis m. | whirlpool; the deep, the sea |
| murmur, -uris n. | murmur, muttering |
| vīcīnus, -ī m. | neighbor |
| rīpa, -ae, f. | bank |
| crepitō, -āre | rustle, crackle |
| unda, -ae, f. | wave |
| ut, conj. | as; when; that; ita ut, as |
| prīmum, adv. | first, in the first place |
| plācō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | calm, appease |
| animus, -ī, m. | mind; heart; spirit, courage |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| trepidus, -a, -um | anxious, alarmed; critical, dangerous |
| quiēscō, -ere, quiēvī, quiētus | rest, keep quiet |
| praefor, -fārī, -fātus sum | say beforehand; invoke at the outset; praefātus dīvōs: first calling on the gods |
| dīvus, -ī m. (gen. pl. also dīvum, dīvom) | god |
| solium, -ī, n. | seat, throne |
| rēx, rēgis, m. | king |
| infit (defective) | he begins (to speak) |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| altus, -a, -um | high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep |
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.