Aeneid 2.795–804

Aen. 2.795Sīc dēmum sociōs cōnsūmptā nocte revīsō.

So at last, when the night was spent, I go back to my companions.

Note. cōnsūmptā nocte: ablative absolute, 'when the night was spent'.

Aen. 2.796Atque hīc ingentem comitum adflūxisse novōrum
inveniō admīrāns numerum, mātrēsque virōsque,
collēctam exsiliō pūbem, miserābile volgus.

And here I find, to my wonder, that a huge number of new companions has streamed together, mothers and men, a people gathered for exile, a pitiable crowd.

Note. adflūxisse: 'had streamed together', infinitive in indirect statement after inveniō. admīrāns: deponent present participle. exsiliō: dative of purpose, 'gathered for exile'. pūbem: 'a people', a body of men. miserābile volgus: in apposition.

Aen. 2.799Undique convēnēre, animīs opibusque parātī,
800in quāscumque velim pelagō dēdūcere terrās.

They had come from all sides, ready in spirit and in means for whatever lands I wish to lead them to over the sea.

Note. convēnēre: -ēre perfect. animīs opibusque parātī: 'ready in spirit and resources'. in quāscumque … terrās: 'to whatever lands'. velim: subjunctive in a relative clause of characteristic, or attracted into the subjunctive.

Aen. 2.801Iamque iugīs summae surgēbat Lūcifer Īdae
dūcēbatque diem, Danaīque obsessa tenēbant
līmina portārum, nec spēs opis ūlla dabātur;

And now the morning star was rising over the ridges of highest Ida and bringing on the day, and the Greeks held the gates' thresholds under siege, and there was no hope of help;

Note. Lūcifer: the morning star, Venus' star, a fitting guide for her son. summae … Īdae: 'of highest Ida'. obsessa … līmina: 'the besieged thresholds'. spēs opis: 'hope of help'.

Aen. 2.804cessī, et sublātō montēs genitōre petīvī.

I gave way, and, lifting up my father, I made for the mountains.

Note. cessī: 'I gave way', to fate. sublātō … genitōre: ablative absolute, 'lifting my father'. Book 2 ends with Aeneas carrying Anchises toward the mountains, the image Romans remembered as the model of pietās.