Aeneid 11.376–396

Turnus replies to Drances

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Aen. 11.376Tālibus exārsit dictīs violentia Turnī;At such words Turnus' violence blazed up; Aen. 11.377dat gemitum rumpitque hās īmō pectore vōcēs
Larga quidem, Drancē, semper tibi cōpia fandī
tum, cum bella manūs poscunt, patribusque vocātīs
380prīmus ades.he groans and bursts out with these words from the depths of his heart: 'You always have plenty of words, Drances, at the very time when wars call for hands, and when the fathers are summoned you are there first. Aen. 11.380Sed nōn replenda est cūria verbīs,
quae tūtō tibi magna volant, dum distinet hostem
agger mūrōrum nec inundant sanguine fossae.But the senate-house is not to be filled with words, which fly big from you in safety while the rampart of the walls holds off the enemy and the ditches do not overflow with blood. Aen. 11.383Proinde tonā ēloquiō, solitum tibi, mēque timōris
argue tū, Drancē, quandō tot strāgis acervōs
385Teucrōrum tua dextra dedit passimque tropaeīs
īnsignīs agrōs.So thunder with eloquence, as you are used to, and accuse me of fear, you, Drances, since your right hand has made so many heaps of slaughtered Teucrians and you mark the fields everywhere with trophies.

Aen. 11.386Possit quid vīvida virtūs,
experiāre licet;What lively valour can do, you may put to the test; Aen. 11.387nec longē scīlicet hostēs
quaerendī nōbīs: circumstant undique mūrōs.and indeed we need not seek the enemy far: they surround the walls on every side. Aen. 11.389Īmus in adversōs: quid cessās?Are we going against them? Why do you hang back? Aen. 11.389An tibi Māvors
390ventōsā in linguā pedibusque fugācibus istīs
semper erit?Or will your warfare always lie in that windy tongue and those fleeing feet of yours? Aen. 11.392Pulsus ego?I, beaten? Aen. 11.392Aut quisquam meritō, foedissime, pulsum
arguet, Īliacō tumidum quī crēscere Thybrim
sanguine et Evandrī tōtam cum stirpe vidēbit
395prōcubuisse domum atque exūtōs Arcadas armīs?Or will anyone, vilest of men, justly charge me with being beaten, who sees the Tiber swelling high with Ilian blood and the whole house of Evander laid low with its stock, and the Arcadians stripped of their arms? Aen. 11.396Haud ita mē expertī Bitiās et Pandarus ingēnsNot so did Bitias and huge Pandarus find me,

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Grammar in this passage: gerunds and gerundives ×3, ablative absolute ×1

Latin vocabulary for this passage (106 words)

tālis, -e	such
exārdēscō, -ārdēscere, -ārsī, -ārsus	blaze out, be inflamed, rage
dictum, -ī n.	word, order (dictō audiēns: obedient)
violentia, -ae f.	violence, vehemence
dō, dare, dedī, datus	give
gemitus, -ūs m.	groan, sigh
rumpō, rumpere, rūpī, ruptus	break, burst
que, enclitic conj.	and
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
īmus, -a, -um	lowest (ab īmō: from the bottom)
pectus, pectoris, n.	breast
vōx, vōcis, f.	voice; word
largus, -a, -um	abundant, plentiful; generous
quidem, adv.	in fact, indeed, certainly; nē ... quidem, not ... even
semper, adv.	always
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
cōpia, -ae, f.	supply, abundance; plur., forces, troops
for, fārī, fātus sum	speak, say
tum, adv.	then, at that time
cum, conj.	when, while, after; since; although
bellum, -ī, n.	war
manus, -ūs, f.	hand
poscō, poscere, poposcī	ask, demand
pater, patris, m.	father
vocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	call, summon
prīmus, -a, -um	first, foremost
adsum, adesse, adfuī	be present, be at hand
sed, conj.	but
nōn, adv.	not
repleō, -plēre, -plēvī, -plētus	fill again or up, fill
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
cūria, -ae f.	senate house
verbum, -ī, n.	word
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
tūtō (adv.; comp. tūtius)	safely
magnus, -a, -um	large, big, great, mighty; loud
volō, -āre, -āvī, -ātūrus	fly
dum, conj.	while, as; as long as; until
distineō, -ēre, -tinuī, -tentum	keep apart, keep divided
hostis, -is, m. and f.	enemy, foe
agger, aggeris m.	mound, siege ramp
mūrus, -ī, m.	wall
neque or nec, conj.	and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
inundō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	overflow, flood
sanguis, sanguinis, m.	blood
fossa, -ae, f.	ditch, trench
proinde (adv.)	therefore, accordingly; so then
tonō, -āre, -uī	thunder; (trans.) call out in a thundering voice
ēloquium, -ī n.	eloquence; speech, utterance
soleō, -ēre, solitus sum	be accustomed, usually do
ego, meī, pers. pron.	I
timor, -ōris, m.	fear
arguō, -ere, -uī, -ūtus	show up, expose; accuse, convict
quandō (adv.)	when; (after sī) ever
tot (indecl.)	so many
strāgēs, -is f.	slaughter, carnage; heap of fallen bodies
acervus, -ī m.	heap, pile
tuus, -a, -um	thy, thine, your
dextra, -ae, f.	right hand (manus understood)
passim (adv.)	here and there, in all directions
tropaeum, -ī n.	trophy, monument of victory; a victory
īnsignis, -e	notable, remarkable
ager, agri, m.	field, land
possum, posse, potuī	be able, have power, can
quis, quid, interrog. pron.	who? which? what?
vīvidus, -a, -um	full of life, lively, vigorous
virtūs, -tūtis, f.	manliness, courage, bravery
experior, -īrī, expertus sum	try, test, experience
licet, -ēre, -uit or -itum est, impers.	is lawful or permitted
longē, adv.	far
scīlicet, adv.	of course, naturally, evidently
quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītus	seek; ask, inquire
nōs	plur. of ego
circumstō, -stāre, -stetī	stand around
undique, adv.	from or on all sides
eō, īre, iī, itus	go
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
adversus, -a, -um	facing; unfavourable, unsuccessful
cessō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	stop, cease, rest; be idle
an, conj.	or (in questions)
ventōsus, -a, -um	windy
lingua, -ae f.	tongue; language
pēs, pedis, m.	foot
fugāx, -ācis	fleeing, swift; shy
iste, ista, istud, dem. pron.	that of yours, that
pellō, pellere, pepulī, pulsus	drive, drive away, beat, rout
aut, conj.	or; aut ... aut, either ... or
quisquam, quicquam, indef. pron.	any one, anything
meritō (adv.)	deservedly, rightly
foedus, -a, -um	foul, loathsome, hideous
Īliacus, -a, -um	of Ilium, Trojan
tumidus, -a, -um	swollen, swelling
crēscō, -ere, crēvī, crētum	grow, rise (in power)
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
tōtus, -a, -um	all the, the whole or entire
cum, prep, with abl.	with
stirps, stirpis f.	stock, root; family, race
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus	see; pass., seem
prōcumbō, -ere, -cubuī, -cubitum	fall down, sink down
domus, -ūs, f.	house, home
atque, ac (conj.)	and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
exuō, -uere, -uī, -ūtus	put or take off
arma, -ōrum, n. plur.	arms, weapons
haud, adv.	not at all, by no means, not
ita, adv.	in this manner, thus, so; ita ut, as
ingēns, -gentis, adj.	huge, vast

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.