Aen. 3.463Quae postquam vātēs sīc ōre effātus amīcō est,
dōna dehinc aurō gravia sectōque elephantō
465imperat ad nāvīs ferrī, stīpatque carīnīs
ingēns argentum, Dōdōnaeōsque lebētas,
lōrīcam cōnsertam hāmīs aurōque trilīcem,
et cōnum īnsignīs galeae cristāsque comantīs,
arma Neoptolemī;When the seer had thus spoken with friendly lips, he next orders gifts heavy with gold and carved ivory to be carried to the ships, and stows in the hulls massive silver and cauldrons of Dodona, a breastplate linked with hooks and triple-woven with gold, and the cone of a splendid helmet with flowing crests, the arms of Neoptolemus; Aen. 3.469sunt et sua dōna parentī.there are gifts of his own for my father too. Aen. 3.470Addit equōs, additque ducēs;He adds horses, and he adds guides; Aen. 3.471rēmigium supplet;he makes up our crews of oarsmen; Aen. 3.471sociōs simul īnstruit armīs.at the same time he equips my comrades with arms.
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Vergil · Aeneid III
Aeneid 3.463–471
Helenus' parting gifts
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| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| vātēs, -is m. and f. | prophet, seer, soothsayer |
| sīc, adv. | so, thus |
| ōs, ōris, n. | mouth |
| effor, -fārī, -fātus sum | speak out, pronounce (a solemn formula) |
| amīcus, -ī, m. | friend |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| dōnum, -ī, n. | gift |
| dehinc (adv.) | from here; next, then, secondly |
| aurum, -ī, n. | gold |
| gravis, -e | heavy; severe, grievous, serious |
| secō, -āre, secuī, sectus | cut; (of fodder) mow |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| elephantus, -ī m. | elephant |
| imperō, -perāre, -perāvī, -perātus | command, order, enjoin |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| nāvis, -is, f. | ship |
| ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus | bear, bring |
| stīpō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | crowd together; surround |
| carīna, -ae f. | keel; hull |
| ingēns, -gentis, adj. | huge, vast |
| argentum, -ī, n. | silver |
| Dōdōnaeus, -a, -um | of Dodona, oracle of Jupiter in Epirus |
| lebēs, -ētis m. | cauldron, basin |
| lōrīca, -ae f. | breastplate; breastwork, parapet |
| cōnserō, -ere, -seruī, -sertus | join, fasten together; manum (manūs) cōnserere: come to blows, engage |
| hāmus, -ī m. | hook, barb |
| trilīx, -īcis | woven with triple thread |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| cōnus, -ī m. | cone; peak of a helmet |
| īnsignis, -e | notable, remarkable |
| galea, -ae, f. | helmet |
| crista, -ae f. | crest, plume (of a helmet) |
| comāns, -antis | hairy; plumed (of a helmet) |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| suus, -a, -um | his, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their |
| parēns, -entis m./f. | parent |
| addō, -ere, -didī, -ditus | add, put to |
| equus, -ī, m. | horse |
| dux, ducis, m. and f. | leader, commander |
| rēmigium, -ī n. | rowing; oars; (of wings) oarage |
| suppleō, -ēre, -plēvī, -plētus | fill up, make full |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| simul, adv. | at the same time; simul atque or ac, as soon as |
| īnstruo, -struere, -strūxī, -strūctus | build in or into; draw up; equip, furnish, |
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.