Aen. 3.135Iamque ferē siccō subductae lītore puppēs;And now the ships had been drawn up on the dry shore; Aen. 3.136cōnūbiīs arvīsque novīs operāta iuventūs;the young men were busy with marriages and new fields; Aen. 3.137iūra domōsque dabam: subitō cum tābida membrīs,
corruptō caelī tractū, miserandaque vēnit
arboribusque satīsque luēs et lētifer annus.I was giving laws and homes: when suddenly, from a tainted tract of sky, there came upon our limbs a wasting, pitiable plague, and upon trees and crops, and a season bringing death. Aen. 3.140Linquēbant dulcīs animās, aut aegra trahēbant
corpora;Men were giving up their sweet lives or dragging their sick bodies; Aen. 3.141tum sterilīs exūrere Sīrius agrōs;then Sirius scorched the fields barren; Aen. 3.142ārēbant herbae, et vīctum seges aegra negābat.the grass withered, and the diseased crop denied us food. Aen. 3.143Rūrsus ad ōrāclum Ortygiae Phoebumque remēnsō
hortātur pater īre marī, veniamque precārī:
145quam fessīs fīnem rēbus ferat;My father urges us to cross the sea again and go back to the oracle of Ortygia and to Phoebus, and to beg his favour: what end would he grant to our weary fortunes; Aen. 3.145unde labōrum
temptāre auxilium iubeat;where would he bid us seek help for our troubles; Aen. 3.146quō vertere cursūs.where should we turn our course.
Lectitō › Vergil › Aeneid, Book 3 › Aeneid 3.135–146
Vergil · Aeneid III
Aeneid 3.135–146
Plague strikes the Cretan settlement
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| iam, adv. | now, already |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| ferē, adv. | nearly, about, almost, for the most part |
| siccus, -a, -um | dry; (n. as noun) dry land |
| subdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductus | draw up, beach |
| lītus, lītoris, n. | shore |
| puppis, -is f. | stern of a ship |
| cōnūbium, -ī n. | marriage; the right of intermarriage |
| arvum, -ī n. | ploughed field, field |
| novus, -a, -um | new; novissimus, last |
| operor, -ārī, -ātus sum | work, be at work; be active |
| iuventūs, -ūtis f. | youth; the young men |
| iūs, iūris, n. | right, justice, law; iūs dīcere, to pronounce judgment; iūs iūrandum, iūris iūrandī, oath |
| domus, -ūs, f. | house, home |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| subitō, adv. | unexpectedly, suddenly |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| tābidus, -a, -um | wasting, decaying; consuming |
| membrum, -ī, n. | limb, member |
| corrumpō, -rumpere, -rūpī, -ruptus | spoil, ruin, destroy; bribe |
| caelum, -ī, n. | heaven, sky |
| tractus, -ūs m. | a drawing out; stretch, extent; line (of trees) |
| miseror, -ārī, -ātus sum | lament, pity |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| arbor, -oris, f. | tree |
| satum, -ī n. (usu. pl. sata) | sown field, crop |
| luēs, -is f. | plague, pestilence; disaster |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| lētifer, -era, -erum | deadly, death-bringing |
| annus, -ī, m. | year |
| linquō, -ere, līquī | leave |
| dulcis, -e | sweet |
| anima, -ae, f. | breath, soul, life |
| aut, conj. | or; aut ... aut, either ... or |
| aeger, -gra, -grum | sick, ill; as noun, a sick man |
| trahō, trahere, trāxī, trāctus | draw, drag |
| corpus, corporis, n. | body |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| sterilis, -e | barren, unable to bear children |
| exūrō, -ere, -ussī, -ustum | burn down |
| ager, agri, m. | field, land |
| āreō, -ēre, āruī | be dry; wither |
| herba, -ae, f. | herb, plant |
| vīctus, -ūs, m. | sustenance, food |
| seges, -etis f. | field of grain, standing crop |
| negō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | say no or not, deny, refuse |
| rūrsus, adv. | again |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| ōrāculum, -ī, n. | oracle |
| remētior, -īrī, -mēnsus sum | measure out in return, measure back |
| hortor, -ārī, -ātus | exhort, encourage, urge |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| eō, īre, iī, itus | go |
| mare, maris, n. | sea |
| venia, -ae f. | pardon, forgiveness |
| precor, -ārī, -ātus sum | pray, beg |
| quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj. | what? |
| fessus, -a, -um | exhausted, worn out, weary |
| fīnis, -is, m. | end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus | bear, bring |
| unde, adv. | whence |
| labor, -ōris, m. | labor, toil |
| temptō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | try, attempt |
| auxilium, -ī, n. | help, aid |
| iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus | bid, order, command |
| quō, adv. | to what place? whither? to which place, whither; for which reason, wherefore, therefore; quō ūsque, till when? how long? |
| vertō, vertere, vertī, versus | turn |
| cursus, -ūs, m. | running, speed; course, route, voyage; race |
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.