Aen. 3.1Postquam rēs Asiae Priamīque ēvertere gentem
immeritam vīsum Superīs, ceciditque superbum
Īlium, et omnis humō fūmat Neptūnia Troia,
dīversa exsilia et dēsertās quaerere terrās
5auguriīs agimur dīvom, classemque sub ipsā
Antandrō et Phrygiae mōlīmur montibus Īdae,
incertī, quō fāta ferant, ubi sistere dētur,
contrahimusque virōs.After it had pleased the gods above to overthrow the power of Asia and Priam's undeserving race, and proud Ilium had fallen, and all Neptune's Troy smokes from the ground, we are driven by the auguries of the gods to seek far-scattered places of exile and deserted lands, and beneath Antandros itself and the mountains of Phrygian Ida we build a fleet, unsure where the fates may carry us, where we may be allowed to settle, and we gather our men. Aen. 3.8Vix prīma incēperat aestās,
et pater Anchīsēs dare fātīs vēla iubēbat;Summer had scarcely begun, and father Anchises was bidding us give our sails to the fates; Aen. 3.10lītora cum patriae lacrimāns portūsque relinquō
et campōs, ubi Troia fuit: feror exsul in altum
cum sociīs nātōque Penātibus et magnīs dīs.when, weeping, I leave the shores of my homeland and its harbours and the plains where Troy once was: I am borne an exile onto the deep with my comrades and my son, the Penates and the great gods.
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Vergil · Aeneid III
Aeneid 3.1–12
Troy falls; the exiles set sail
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| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| ēvertō, -vertere, -vertī, -versus | overturn, overthrow, destroy |
| gēns, gentis, f. | race, nation |
| immeritus, -a, -um | undeserving of punishment, innocent; undeserved |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| superī, -ōrum m. pl. | the gods above |
| cadō, cadere, cecidī, cāsūrus | fall |
| superbus, -a, -um | proud, arrogant, haughty |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| humus, -ī f. | ground, earth; humī: on the ground |
| fūmō, -āre | smoke, give off smoke |
| Neptūnius, -a, -um | of Neptune; Neptūnia Troia: Troy, whose walls Neptune built |
| dīversus, -a, -um | turned different ways, opposite, contrary, different |
| exsilium, -ī, n. | exile |
| dēsertus, -a, -um | deserted |
| quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītus | seek; ask, inquire |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| augurium, -ī n. | augury, the reading of signs from birds; omen |
| agō, agere, ēgī, āctus | drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia |
| dīvus, -ī m. (gen. pl. also dīvum, dīvom) | god |
| classis, -is f. | fleet |
| sub, prep. with acc. and abl. | under; sub vesperum, towards evening |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| mōlior, -īrī, -ītus sum | work at, contrive, plot |
| mōns, montis, m. | mountain |
| incertus, -a, -um | uncertain, unreliable |
| quō, adv. | to what place? whither? to which place, whither; for which reason, wherefore, therefore; quō ūsque, till when? how long? |
| fātum, -ī, n. | destiny, fate |
| ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus | bear, bring |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| sistō, -ere, stitī, status | stop, halt; set up |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| contrahō, -ere, -trāxī, -trāctum | draw together, collect |
| vir, virī, m. | man |
| vix, adv. | with difficulty, scarcely, hardly, barely |
| prīmus, -a, -um | first, foremost |
| incipiō, -ere, incēpī, inceptum | begin |
| aestās, -tātis, f. | summer |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| vēlum, -ī n. | sail |
| iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus | bid, order, command |
| lītus, lītoris, n. | shore |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| patria, -ae, f. | fatherland, country |
| lacrimō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | weep, shed tears |
| portus, -ūs, m. | harbor, haven, port |
| relinquō, -linquere, -līquī, -lictus | leave behind, leave |
| campus, -ī, m. | plain, field |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| exsul, -ulis m. | exile, banished person |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| altum, -ī n. | the deep, the open sea; a height |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| nātus, -ī m. | son; (pl.) children |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| deus, -ī, m. | god |
Vergil, Aeneid III. 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.