Aen. 11.648At mediās inter caedēs exsultat Amāzōn,
ūnum exserta latus pugnae, pharetrāta Camilla,
650et nunc lentā manū spargēns hastīlia dēnset,
nunc validam dextrā rapit indēfessa bipennem;But in the midst of the slaughter the Amazon exults, one side bared for the fight, Camilla with her quiver, and now she showers pliant spears thick from her hand, now tireless snatches up a stout double axe in her right hand; Aen. 11.652aureus ex umerō sonat arcus et arma Diānae.the golden bow and the arms of Diana ring on her shoulder. Aen. 11.653Illa etiam in tergum, sīquandō pulsa recessit,
spīcula conversō fugientia dīrigit arcū.She too, if ever she is driven back and retreats, turns her bow and aims her arrows backwards in flight. Aen. 11.655At circum lēctae comitēs, Larinaque virgō
Tullaque et aerātam quatiēns Tarpēia secūrem,
Italidēs, quās ipsa decus sibi dīa Camilla
dēlēgit pācisque bonās bellīque ministrās:
quālēs Thrēiciae cum flūmina Thermōdontis
660pulsant et pictīs bellantur Amāzonēs armīs
seu circum Hippolytēn, seu cum sē Mārtia currū
Penthesilēa refert, magnōque ululante tumultū
fēminea exsultant lūnātīs agmina peltīs.And around her are her chosen companions, the maiden Larina and Tulla and Tarpeia brandishing a bronze axe, daughters of Italy, whom divine Camilla herself chose as her glory, good handmaids in peace and in war: as when the Thracian Amazons pound the streams of Thermodon and war in painted arms, whether round Hippolyte or when martial Penthesilea returns in her chariot, and with great howling uproar the women's columns exult with crescent shields.
Lectitō › Vergil › Aeneid, Book 11 › Aeneid 11.648–663
Vergil · Aeneid XI
Aeneid 11.648–663
Camilla and her companions
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| at, conj. | but |
| medius, -a, -um | mid, middle |
| inter, prep, with acc. | among, between |
| caedēs, -is, f. | cutting down, killing, slaughter |
| exsultō, -āre, -āvī | leap up; exult, revel, run riot |
| ūnus, -a, -um | one; only, alone |
| exserō, -ere, -seruī, -sertus | put out, stretch out; bare |
| latus, lateris n. | side, flank |
| pugna, -ae, f. | fighting, battle, combat |
| pharetrātus, -a, -um | wearing a quiver |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| nunc, adv. | now |
| lentus, -a, -um | slow, sluggish |
| manus, -ūs, f. | hand |
| spargō, spargere, sparsī, sparsus | scatter, sprinkle |
| hastīle, -is n. | spear shaft |
| dēnseō, -ēre | make thick, close up, pack together |
| validus, -a, -um | strong |
| dextra, -ae, f. | right hand (manus understood) |
| rapiō, -ere, -uī, -tus | seize, snatch |
| indēfessus, -a, -um | unwearied, tireless |
| bipennis, -is f. | two-edged axe |
| aureus, -a, -um | of gold, golden |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| umerus, -ī, m. | shoulder |
| sonō, -āre, sonuī, sonitus | make a sound, sound |
| arcus, -ūs, m. | bow |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| etiam, adv. | and now, also, too, even |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| tergum, -ī, n. | back |
| sīquandō (conj.) | if ever |
| pellō, pellere, pepulī, pulsus | drive, drive away, beat, rout |
| recēdō, -ere, -cessī, -cessum | go back, withdraw, retire |
| spīculum, -ī n. | point, sharp tip; dart, arrow |
| convertō, -vertere, -vertī, -versus | turn round, turn, change; in fugam convertere, to put to flight |
| fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitūrus | flee, run away |
| dīrigō (dērigō), -ere, -rēxī, -rēctus | set straight, arrange in line; dērēctus: straight |
| circum, prep. with acc. | around |
| legō, legere, lēgī, lēctus | choose, pick out; read |
| comes, -itis, m. and f. | companion |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| virgō, virginis, f. | maiden |
| aerātus, -a, -um | covered or fitted with bronze |
| quatiō, -ere, —, quassus | shake, beat |
| secūris, -is f. | axe (the axes in the fasces, sign of Roman power) |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| decus, -oris n. | honour, glory; what is fitting, propriety |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| dīus, -a, -um | divine, godlike; noble |
| dēligō, -ligere, -lēgī, -lēctus | choose out, choose, select |
| pāx, pācis f. | peace |
| bonus, -a, -um | good |
| bellum, -ī, n. | war |
| ministra, -ae f. | female attendant; (in the church) deaconess |
| quālis, -e | of what sort? what kind of? |
| Thrēicius, -a, -um | Thracian |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| flūmen, -minis, n. | river |
| pulsō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | push or strike against, knock, knock at |
| pingō, -ere, pīnxī, pictus | paint |
| bellō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | wage war, fight |
| sīve or seu, conj. | or if; sīve ... sīve, whether ... or |
| Mārtius, -a, -um | of Mars; campus Mārtius, the Field of Mars outside the old city |
| currus, -ūs, m. | chariot, car |
| referō, referre, rettulī, relātus | bring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| ululō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | howl, wail |
| tumultus, -ūs m. | uproar, uprising |
| fēmineus, -a, -um | of a woman, a woman's, female |
| lūnātus, -a, -um | crescent-shaped |
| agmen, -minis, n. | band, column |
| pelta, -ae f. | small crescent-shaped shield |
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.