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Vergil · Aeneid III

Aeneid 3.49–68

Polydorus' murder and funeral rites

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Aen. 3.49Hunc Polydōrum aurī quondam cum pondere magnō
50īnfēlīx Priamus fūrtim mandārat alendum
Thrēiciō rēgī, cum iam diffīderet armīs
Dardaniae, cingīque urbem obsidiōne vidēret.
This Polydorus unhappy Priam had once secretly entrusted, with a great weight of gold, to the Thracian king to be brought up, when he was already losing faith in the arms of Dardania and saw the city encircled by siege.
Aen. 3.53Ille, ut opēs frāctae Teucrum, et Fortūna recessit,
rēs Agamemnoniās victrīciaque arma secūtus,
55fās omne abrumpit;
That king, when the power of the Teucrians was broken and Fortune withdrew, following Agamemnon's cause and his victorious arms, breaks every sacred law;
Aen. 3.55Polydōrum obtruncat, et aurō
vī potītur.
he cuts down Polydorus and takes possession of the gold by force.
Aen. 3.56Quid nōn mortālia pectora cōgis,
aurī sacra famēs?
To what do you not drive mortal hearts, accursed hunger for gold?
Aen. 3.57Postquam pavor ossa relīquit,
dēlēctōs populī ad procerēs prīmumque parentem
mōnstra deum referō, et quae sit sententia poscō.
When fear had left my bones, I report the gods' portents to chosen leaders of the people, and to my father first, and ask what their judgement is.

Aen. 3.60Omnibus īdem animus, scelerātā excēdere terrā,
linquī pollūtum hospitium, et dare classibus austrōs.
All have the same mind: to leave the criminal land, to abandon the polluted bond of hospitality, and to give the south winds to our fleet.
Aen. 3.62Ergō īnstaurāmus Polydōrō fūnus, et ingēns
aggeritur tumulō tellūs;
So we renew the funeral for Polydorus, and earth is heaped high on the mound;
Aen. 3.63stant Mānibus ārae,
caeruleīs maestae vittīs ātrāque cupressō,
65et circum Īliadēs crīnem dē mōre solūtae;
altars stand to his Shades, mournful with dark-blue ribbons and black cypress, and around them the women of Ilium, their hair unbound as custom is;
Aen. 3.66īnferimus tepidō spūmantia cymbia lacte
sanguinis et sacrī paterās, animamque sepulchrō
condimus, et magnā suprēmum vōce ciēmus.
we bring cups foaming with warm milk and bowls of sacred blood, and we lay his spirit to rest in the tomb, and with loud voice call on him for the last time.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (106 words)
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
aurum, -ī, n.gold
quondam (adv.)once, formerly, at one time
cum, prep, with abl.with
pondus, ponderis, n.weight
magnus, -a, -umlarge, big, great, mighty; loud
īnfēlīx, -fēlīcis, adj.unhappy, unfortunate
fūrtim (adv.)stealthily, secretly
mandō, -dāre, -dāvī, -dātusput in hand, intrust, commit; charge, command
alō, -ere, -uī, -tusnourish
Thrēicius, -a, -umThracian
rēx, rēgis, m.king
cum, conj.when, while, after; since; although
iam, adv.now, already
diffīdō, -ere, -fīsus sumdistrust, lose confidence in (+ dat.)
arma, -ōrum, n. plur.arms, weapons
cingō, cingere, cinxī, cinctussurround, gird
que, enclitic conj.and
urbs, urbis, f.city
obsidiō, -ōnis f.siege, blockade; oppression
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsussee; pass., seem
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
ut, conj.as; when; that; ita ut, as
ops, opis f.; pl. opēs, -umhelp; (pl.) resources, wealth, power
frangō, frangere, frēgī, frāctusbreak; dash to pieces, wreck
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
fortūna, -ae, f.fortune
recēdō, -ere, -cessī, -cessumgo back, withdraw, retire
rēs, reī, f.thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really
Agamemnonius, -a, -umof Agamemnon, Agamemnon's (Agamemnonius Orestēs: Orestes, Agamemnon's son)
victrīx, -īcis (f. adj. and noun)victorious; conqueror (feminine)
sequor, sequī, secūtusfollow
fās (indecl.) n.what is right by divine law (fās est: it is allowed)
omnis, -eall, every
abrumpō, -ere, -rūpī, -ruptusbreak off, cut short
obtruncō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuscut down, kill
vīs, vīs, f.violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main
potior, -īrī, -ītusbecome master of, get possession of
quis, quid, interrog. pron.who? which? what?
nōn, adv.not
mortālis, -emortal
pectus, pectoris, n.breast
cōgō, cōgere, coēgī, coāctusdrive together, collect; compel
sacer, sacra, sacrumsacred, holy
famēs, -is, abl. famē, f.hunger
postquam, conj.later than, after, when
pavor, -ōris, m.terror, panic
os, ossis n.bone
relinquō, -linquere, -līquī, -lictusleave behind, leave
dēligō, -ligere, -lēgī, -lēctuschoose out, choose, select
populus, -ī m.people, nation
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
procerēs, -um m. pl.chiefs, leading men
prīmum, adv.first, in the first place
parēns, -entis m./f.parent
mōnstrum, -ī, n.wonder, monster
deus, -ī, m.god
referō, referre, rettulī, relātusbring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia
quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj.what?
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
sententia, -ae, f.opinion; purpose
poscō, poscere, poposcīask, demand
īdem, eadem, idem, dem. pron.the same; sometimes to be translated likewise, also
animus, -ī, m.mind; heart; spirit, courage
scelerātus, -a, -umwicked, criminal
excēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessusgo out or forth, depart
terra, -ae, f.land, earth
linquō, -ere, līquīleave
polluō, -ere, -uī, -ūtussoil, defile, desecrate
hospitium, -ī, n.hospitality
dō, dare, dedī, datusgive
classis, -is f.fleet
auster, -trī m.the south wind
ergō (adv.)therefore, then; quid ergō? what then?
īnstaurō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusrenew, begin again
fūnus, -eris n.funeral
ingēns, -gentis, adj.huge, vast
aggerō (adgerō), -gerere, -gessī, -gestuscarry to, bring up, pile up (earth)
tumulus, -ī m.mound, hillock
tellūs, -ūris f.earth, land (poetic)
stō, stāre, stetī, statusstand
mānēs, -ium, m. plur.spirit, shade
āra, -ae, f.altar
caeruleus, -a, -umdark blue
maestus, -a, -umsad, dejected, gloomy
vitta, -ae f.headband, ribbon
āter, ātra, ātrumblack, dark; gloomy
cupressus, -ī f.cypress tree
circum, prep. with acc.around
crīnis, -is m.hair, a lock of hair
dē, prep, with abl.down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
mōs, mōris, m.way, manner, habit, custom
solvō, solvere, solvī, solūtusloosen, unbind, release; pay; with or without nāvem, cast off, set sail, put to sea
īnferō, īnferre, intulī, inlātusbring in or against, wage against; inflict
tepidus, -a, -umwarm, lukewarm
spūmō, -āre, -āvīfoam, froth
cymbium, -ī n.boat-shaped drinking cup, bowl
lāc, lactis, n.milk
sanguis, sanguinis, m.blood
patera, -ae f.a shallow bowl for drinking or pouring offerings
anima, -ae, f.breath, soul, life
sepulcrum, -ī n.tomb, grave
condō, -dere, -didī, -ditusput together, found; store away
suprēmus, -a, -umhighest, last
vōx, vōcis, f.voice; word
cieō, ciēre, cīvī, citusset in motion, stir up; pugnam ciēre: start the fight
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.