Aen. 3.716Sīc pater Aenēās intentīs omnibus ūnus
fāta renarrābat dīvom, cursūsque docēbat.So father Aeneas, alone, while all were intent, was recounting the fates sent by the gods, and telling of his voyages. Aen. 3.718Conticuit tandem, factōque hic fīne quiēvit.He fell silent at last, and, making an end here, was at rest.
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Vergil · Aeneid III
Aeneid 3.716–718
Aeneas ends his tale
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (17 words)
| sīc, adv. | so, thus |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| intendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentus | stretch out; stretch, draw, aim |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| ūnus, -a, -um | one; only, alone |
| fātum, -ī, n. | destiny, fate |
| renarrō, -āre | tell over again, recount |
| dīvus, -ī m. (gen. pl. also dīvum, dīvom) | god |
| cursus, -ūs, m. | running, speed; course, route, voyage; race |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| doceo, -ēre, -uī, -tus | teach, explain |
| conticēscō, -ere, -ticuī | fall silent |
| tandem, adv. | at length or last, finally |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| fīnis, -is, m. | end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country |
| quiēscō, -ere, quiēvī, quiētus | rest, keep quiet |
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.