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Vergil · Aeneid III

Aeneid 3.472–505

Farewells at Buthrotum

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Aen. 3.472Intereā classem vēlīs aptāre iubēbat
Anchīsēs, fieret ventō mora nē qua ferentī.
Meanwhile Anchises was ordering the fleet to be fitted with sails, so that there should be no delay for the favouring wind.
Aen. 3.474Quem Phoebī interpres multō compellat honōre:
475Coniugiō, Anchīsē, Veneris dignāte superbō,
cūra deum, bis Pergameīs ērepte ruīnīs,
ecce tibi Ausoniae tellūs;
Him the interpreter of Phoebus addresses with great respect: 'Anchises, deemed worthy of proud marriage with Venus, cared for by the gods, twice snatched from the ruins of Pergamum, look, there before you is the land of Ausonia;
Aen. 3.477hanc arripe vēlīs.seize it with your sails. Aen. 3.478Et tamen hanc pelagō praeterlābāre necesse est;And yet you must glide past this part on the sea; Aen. 3.479Ausoniae pars illa procul, quam pandit Apollo.that part of Ausonia which Apollo opens to you is far off. Aen. 3.480Vāde ait Ō fēlīx nātī pietāte.Go,' he says, 'happy in your son's devotion. Aen. 3.480Quid ultrā
prōvehor, et fandō surgentīs dēmoror austrōs?
Why do I go on further, and delay the rising south winds by talking?'
Aen. 3.482Nec minus Andromachē dīgressū maesta suprēmō
fert pictūrātās aurī subtēmine vestēs
et Phrygiam Ascaniō chlamydem (nec cēdit honōre),
485textilibusque onerat dōnīs, ac tālia fātur:
Accipe et haec, manuum tibi quae monumenta meārum
sint, puer, et longum Andromachae testentur amōrem,
coniugis Hectoreae.
No less, Andromache, sad at this final parting, brings robes embroidered with gold thread, and a Phrygian cloak for Ascanius (nor does she fall short in honour), and loads him with woven gifts, and speaks thus: 'Take these too, my boy, to be memorials of my handiwork, and to bear witness to the lasting love of Andromache, Hector's wife.

Aen. 3.488Cape dōna extrēma tuōrum,
Ō mihi sōla meī super Astyanactis imāgō:
490sīc oculōs, sīc ille manūs, sīc ōra ferēbat;
Take the last gifts of your kin, O sole image left to me of my Astyanax: such were his eyes, such his hands, such his face;
Aen. 3.491et nunc aequālī tēcum pūbēsceret aevō.and now he would be growing to manhood, equal in age with you.' Aen. 3.492Hōs ego dīgrediēns lacrimīs adfābar obortīs:
Vīvite fēlīcēs, quibus est fortūna perācta
iam sua;
As I left, I addressed them with welling tears: 'Live happily, you whose fortune is already accomplished;
Aen. 3.494nōs alia ex aliīs in fāta vocāmur.we are called from one fate to another. Aen. 3.495Vōbīs parta quiēs;Your rest is won; Aen. 3.495nūllum maris aequor arandum,
arva neque Ausoniae semper cēdentia retrō
quaerenda.
you have no expanse of sea to plough, no fields of Ausonia, ever receding, to seek.
Aen. 3.497Effigiem Xanthī Troiamque vidētis
quam vestrae fēcēre manūs, meliōribus, optō,
auspiciīs, et quae fuerit minus obvia Grāiīs.
You see an image of Xanthus and a Troy which your own hands have made, under better auspices, I pray, and one that will be less exposed to the Greeks.

Aen. 3.500Sī quandō Thybrim vīcīnaque Thybridis arva
intrārō, gentīque meae data moenia cernam,
cognātās urbēs ōlim populōsque propinquōs,
Ēpīrō, Hesperiā, quibus īdem Dardanus auctor
atque īdem cāsus, ūnam faciēmus utramque
505Troiam animīs;
If ever I enter the Tiber and the fields bordering the Tiber, and see the walls granted to my race, then our kindred cities and neighbouring peoples, in Epirus and Hesperia, who have the same Dardanus as founder and the same misfortunes, we shall make both into one Troy in spirit;
Aen. 3.505maneat nostrōs ea cūra nepōtēs.may that task await our descendants.'

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (153 words)
intereā, adv.in the meantime, meanwhile
classis, -is f.fleet
vēlum, -ī n.sail
aptō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusfit, adjust, make ready
iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussusbid, order, command
fīō, fierī, factus sumbe done or made, become, happen
ventus, -ī, m.wind
mora, -ae, f.delay
nē, adv.not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest
quis, qua, quid, indef. pron.any one, anybody, anything, some one, somebody, something
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātusbear, bring
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
interpres, -pretis m.interpreter
multus, -a, -ummuch, great; plur., many
compellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsusdrive together, drive
honor, -ōris, m.honor
coniugium, -ī n.marriage, wedlock
dignor, -ārī, -ātus sumthink worthy of (+ abl.)
superbus, -a, -umproud, arrogant, haughty
cūra, -ae f.care, concern (cūrae esse: to be a concern)
deus, -ī, m.god
bis (adv.)twice
Pergameus, -a, -umof Pergama (the citadel of Troy), Trojan
ēripiō, -ripere, -ripuī, -reptussnatch out or away, rescue
ruīna, -ae f.fall, collapse, ruin
ecce (interj.)look! see! here is
tū, tuī, pers. pron.thou, you
Ausonius, -a, -umAusonian, Italian (Ausonia: a poetic name for Italy)
tellūs, -ūris f.earth, land (poetic)
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
arripiō, -ere, -ripuī, -reptusseize, snatch up
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
tamen, adv.however, yet, nevertheless
pelagus, -ī n.the sea, the open sea
praeterlābor, -lābī, -lāpsus sumglide past, flow past
necesse, indecl. adj.necessary
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
pars, partis, f.part, side, direction
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
procul, adv.at or from a distance, far
pandō, -ere, pandī, passumspread out (passīs manibus: with hands outstretched)
vādō, -erego
āiō (defective)say, affirm; ut aiunt: as they say
ō (interj.)O! oh!
fēlīx, -īcisfortunate, lucky, happy
nātus, -ī m.son; (pl.) children
pietās, -ātis f.dutifulness, devotion to family and gods
quis, quid, interrog. pron.who? which? what?
ultrā (prep. + acc.)beyond
prōvehō, -vehere, -vexī, -vectuscarry forward
for, fārī, fātus sumspeak, say
surgō, -ere, surrēxī, surrēctusrise, get up, stand up
dēmoror, -ārī, -ātus sumdelay, hold up
auster, -trī m.the south wind
neque or nec, conj.and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
minus, comp. adv.less
dīgressus, -ūs m.a going away, departure
maestus, -a, -umsad, dejected, gloomy
suprēmus, -a, -umhighest, last
pictūrātus, -a, -umembroidered, decorated with figures
aurum, -ī, n.gold
subtēmen, -inis n.the weft (the cross threads woven through the warp)
vestis, -is, f.clothing, dress, robe
chlamys, -ydis f. (acc. chlamydem)a short Greek cloak
cēdō, -ere, cessī, cessumgo, withdraw, give way
textilis, -ewoven
que, enclitic conj.and
onerō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusload, burden
dōnum, -ī, n.gift
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
tālis, -esuch
accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptustake to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer
manus, -ūs, f.hand
monumentum, -ī n.memorial, monument; record
meus, -a, -ummy, mine
puer, puerī, m.boy
longus, -a, -umlong; tedious
testor, -ārī, -ātus sumbear witness, declare, call to witness
amor, -ōris, m.love
coniūnx, coniugis, m. and f.spouse, husband, wife
Hectoreus, -a, -umof Hector; (poetic) Trojan
capiō, capere, cēpī, captustake, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt
extrēmus, -a, -umlast, extreme, furthest
tuus, -a, -umthy, thine, your
ego, meī, pers. pron.I
sōlus, -a, -umalone
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
imāgō, -inis f.likeness, image, portrait
sīc, adv.so, thus
oculus, -ī, m.eye
ōs, ōris, n.mouth
nunc, adv.now
aequālis, -eequal; of the same age
pūbēscō, -ere, pūbuīreach manhood, grow up; ripen
aevum, -ī n.age, lifetime; old age
dīgredior, -gredī, -gressus sumgo away, part, separate
lacrima, -ae, f.tear
adfor (affor), -fārī, -fātus sumspeak to, address
oborior, -īrī, -ortus sumarise, spring up; (of tears) well up
vīvō, vīvere, vīxī, vīctuslive
fortūna, -ae, f.fortune
peragō, -ere, -ēgī, -āctumcarry through, complete
iam, adv.now, already
suus, -a, -umhis, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
nōsplur. of ego
alius, -a, -udanother, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
fātum, -ī, n.destiny, fate
vocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuscall, summon
vōsplur. of tū
pariō, -ere, peperī, partusbring forth; win, gain
quiēs, quiētis, f.rest, repose
nūllus, -a, -umnot any, none, no
mare, maris, n.sea
aequor, -oris n.level surface; the sea
arō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusplow
arvum, -ī n.ploughed field, field
semper, adv.always
retrō (adv.)backwards, behind, from behind
quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītusseek; ask, inquire
effigiēs, -ēī f.likeness, form, appearance
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsussee; pass., seem
vester, -tra, -trumyour
faciō, facere, fēcī, factusmake, do; iter facere, see iter
bonus, -a, -umgood
optō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuswish for, desire; pray for
auspicium, -ī n.taking of the auspices (reading the will of the gods from birds); omen
obvius, -a, -umin the way, meeting; sē obvium dare: come to meet
sī, conj.if
quandō (adv.)when; (after sī) ever
vīcīnus, -ī m.neighbor
intrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusgo within or into, enter
gēns, gentis, f.race, nation
dō, dare, dedī, datusgive
moenia, -ium, n. plur.walls
cernō, cernere, crēvī, certus or crētusdiscern, perceive, make out
cognātus, -ī m.kinsman, relative
urbs, urbis, f.city
ōlim, adv.once upon a time, once, formerly, of old
populus, -ī m.people, nation
propinquus, -a, -um; as noun, -ī m./-a f.near; (noun) relative
īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron.the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also
Dardanus, -a, -umDardanian, Trojan
auctor, -ōris m.originator, instigator
cāsus, -ūs, m.fall; chance, accident
ūnus, -a, -umone; only, alone
uterque, utraque, utrumqueeach, either, both
animus, -ī, m.mind; heart; spirit, courage
maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsusremain
noster, -tra, -trumour
is, ea, id, dem. pron.this, that; he, she, it, they
nepōs, nepōtis, m.grandson
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.