Aeneid 4.416–436

Aen. 4.416Anna, vidēs tōtō properārī lītore;

'Anna, you see the hurrying all over the shore;

Note. Anna: vocative. properārī: impersonal passive infinitive, 'that there is hurrying'.

Aen. 4.416circum
undique convēnēre;

they have gathered round from everywhere;

Note. convēnēre: = convēnērunt.

Aen. 4.417vocat iam carbasus aurās,
puppibus et laetī nautae imposuēre corōnās.

already the sail calls for the breezes, and the joyful sailors have set garlands on the sterns.

Note. carbasus: 'the canvas', i.e. the sail. vocat … aurās: 'calls for the breezes'. puppibus … impōsuēre corōnās: sailors garlanded the sterns before setting out.

Aen. 4.419Hunc ego sī potuī tantum spērāre dolōrem,
420et perferre, soror, poterō.

If I have been able to foresee so great a grief, I will also be able to endure it, sister.

Note. Hunc … dolōrem: object of both spērāre ('expect') and perferre. sī potuī … potero: 'if I could expect it, I will be able to bear it'.

Aen. 4.420Miserae hoc tamen ūnum
exsequere, Anna, mihi.

Still, do this one thing for me in my misery, Anna.

Note. Miserae … mihi: 'for me in my misery'. exsequere: imperative of the deponent exsequor.

Aen. 4.421Sōlam nam perfidus ille
tē colere, arcānōs etiam tibi crēdere sēnsūs;

For that faithless man used to honour you alone, and to trust you even with his secret thoughts;

Note. colere … crēdere: historical infinitives, 'he used to court you, even to trust you with his secret feelings'. sōlam … tē: emphatic placement. Some ancient readers took this as a hint of a closer bond between Anna and Aeneas.

Aen. 4.423sōla virī mollīs aditūs et tempora nōrās.

you alone knew the easy ways to reach the man and the right moments.

Note. sōla: 'you alone'. mollīs aditūs: 'the easy approaches', accusative plural in -īs. nōrās: syncopated for nōverās, 'you knew'.

Aen. 4.424Ī, soror, atque hostem supplex adfāre superbum:
425nōn ego cum Danaīs Trōiānam exscindere gentem
Aulide iūrāvī, classemve ad Pergama mīsī,
nec patris Anchīsae cinerēs Mānīsve revellī,
cūr mea dicta neget dūrās dēmittere in aurīs.

Go, sister, and speak as a suppliant to our proud enemy: I did not swear with the Greeks at Aulis to destroy the Trojan race, or send a fleet to Pergamum, nor did I tear up the ashes and the shade of his father Anchises: why does he refuse to let my words into his hard ears?

Note. ī … adfāre: imperatives (adfāre from the deponent adfor). Danaīs: 'the Greeks'. Aulide: ablative of place; the Greek fleet gathered at Aulis. classemve: -ve, 'or'. cinerem Mānīsve revellī: 'tore up the ashes or the shades', i.e. desecrated the grave. cūr … neget: 'why does he refuse', a deliberative subjunctive in a direct question.

Aen. 4.429Quō ruit?

Where is he rushing?

Note. Quō ruit?: 'Where is he rushing to?'

Aen. 4.429Extrēmum hoc miserae det mūnus amantī:
430exspectet facilemque fugam ventōsque ferentīs.

Let him give this last gift to the wretched woman who loves him: let him wait for an easy flight and favouring winds.

Note. det … exspectet: jussive subjunctives, 'let him give … let him wait'. extrēmum … mūnus: 'a last gift'. ferentīs: 'favourable' (present participle of ferō, 'carrying' the ship).

Aen. 4.431Nōn iam coniugium antīquum, quod prōdidit, ōrō,
nec pulchrō ut Latiō careat regnumque relinquat:
tempus ināne petō, requiem spatiumque furōrī,
dum mea mē victam doceat fortūna dolēre.

I no longer ask for the old marriage which he has betrayed, nor that he should go without fair Latium and give up his kingdom: I ask for empty time, a rest and a space for my madness, until my fortune teaches me in defeat how to grieve.

Note. quod prōdidit: 'which he betrayed'. nec … ut … careat … relinquat: 'nor (do I beg) that he go without Italy'. pulchrō … Latiō: ablative with careō. tempus ināne: 'empty time'. requiem spatiumque furōrī: 'rest and room for my madness'. dum … doceat: 'until fortune teaches'; dum with the subjunctive. victam … dolēre: 'how to grieve in defeat'.

Aen. 4.435Extrēmam hanc ōrō veniam— miserēre sorōris—
quam mihi cum dederit, cumulātam morte remittam.

This is the last favour I ask—pity your sister—and when he has granted it to me, I will repay it, heaped up, with my death.'

Note. veniam: 'favour'. miserēre: imperative of misereor, with the genitive sorōris. quam mihi cum dederit: 'when he has granted it to me', a future perfect. cumulātam morte remittam: one of the most debated phrases in Vergil; probably 'I will repay it, with interest, at my death'.