Aen. 5.104Exspectāta diēs aderat, nōnamque serēnā
105Aurōram Phaethontis equī iam lūce vehēbant,
fāmaque fīnitimōs et clārī nōmen Acestae
excierat;The awaited day had come, and the horses of Phaethon were now bearing in the ninth Dawn in clear light, and rumour and the name of famous Acestes had roused the neighbouring people; Aen. 5.107laetō complērant lītora coetū,
vīsūrī Aeneadās, pars et certāre parātī.they had filled the shores in a happy throng, to see the sons of Aeneas, and some ready to compete. Aen. 5.109Mūnera prīncipiō ante oculōs circōque locantur
110in mediō, sacrī tripodēs viridēsque corōnae,
et palmae pretium victōribus, armaque et ostrō
perfūsae vestēs, argentī aurīque talenta;First the prizes are set before their eyes in the middle of the course: sacred tripods and green garlands, and palms, the reward for the victors, and armour and robes steeped in purple, talents of silver and gold; Aen. 5.113et tuba commissōs mediō canit aggere lūdōs.and from the central mound the trumpet sounds that the games have begun.
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Vergil · Aeneid V
Aeneid 5.104–113
Crowds gather for the games
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| exspectō, -spectāre, -spectāvī, -spectātus | look out for, wait for, await, expect; wait |
| diēs, -ēī, m. and f. | day |
| adsum, adesse, adfuī | be present, be at hand |
| nōnus, -a, -um | ninth |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| serēnus, -a, -um | clear, calm, fair |
| aurōra, -ae f. | dawn |
| equus, -ī, m. | horse |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| lūx, lūcis, f. | light |
| vehō, vehere, vexī, vectus | carry |
| fāma, -ae, f. | report, rumor |
| fīnitimus, -a, -um | neighboring, adjoining |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| clārus, -a, -um | clear, loud; famous |
| nōmen, -minis, n. | name (that by which one is known) |
| exciō, -īre, -cīvī, -citus | rouse, stir up; summon |
| laetus, -a, -um | glad, joyful |
| compleō, -plēre, -plēvī, -plētus | fill full, fill up |
| lītus, lītoris, n. | shore |
| coetus, -ūs m. | meeting, gathering, assembly |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| certō, adv. | with certainty, for certain, certainly |
| parātus, -a, -um | prepared, equipped, ready |
| mūnus, mūneris, n. | service, office, duty; present, gift |
| prīncipium, -ī n. | beginning; prīncipiō, in the first place |
| ante, prep, with acc. and adv. | before |
| oculus, -ī, m. | eye |
| circus, -ī m. | circle; racecourse, circus (Circus Maximus) |
| locō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | place; let out a contract for (a public work) |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| medius, -a, -um | mid, middle |
| sacer, sacra, sacrum | sacred, holy |
| tripūs, -odis m. | tripod (as an oracle seat or prize) |
| viridis, -e | green |
| corōna, -ae f. | crown, wreath (sub corōnā vēndere: sell as slaves) |
| palma, -ae f. | palm of the hand; flat spreading branch |
| pretium, -ī, n. | price, charge |
| victor, -ōris m. | conqueror, victor |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| ostrum, -ī n. | purple dye; purple cloth |
| perfundō, -ere, -fūdī, -fūsus | pour over, drench; fill (with a feeling) |
| vestis, -is, f. | clothing, dress, robe |
| argentum, -ī, n. | silver |
| aurum, -ī, n. | gold |
| talentum, -ī n. | talent, a large Greek weight and sum of money |
| tuba, -ae f. | trumpet |
| committō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | send together; commit, intrust; expose; proelium committere, to join battle |
| canō, -ere, cecinī, cantus | sing; of a trumpet: sound (receptuī canere: sound the retreat) |
| agger, aggeris m. | mound, siege ramp |
| lūdus, -ī, m. | game, sport |
Vergil, Aeneid V. 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.