Aen. 5.225Sōlus iamque ipsō superest in fīne Cloanthus:
quem petit, et summīs adnīxus vīribus urguet.And now only Cloanthus remains, at the very end: him he pursues, and presses hard, straining with all his strength. Aen. 5.227Tum vērō ingeminat clamor, cūnctīque sequentem
īnstīgant studiīs, resonatque fragōribus aethēr.Then indeed the shouting redoubles, and all urge on the pursuer with their cheers, and the sky echoes with the din. Aen. 5.229Hī proprium decus et partum indignantur honōrem
230nī teneant, vītamque volunt prō laude pacīscī;These are indignant at the thought of not keeping the glory that is theirs and the honour already won, and would barter life for renown; Aen. 5.231hōs successus alit: possunt, quia posse videntur.those success nourishes: they can because they think they can. Aen. 5.232Et fors aequātīs cēpissent praemia rōstrīs,
nī palmās pontō tendēns utrāsque Cloanthus
fūdissetque precēs, dīvōsque in vōta vocāsset:
235Dī, quibus imperium est pelagī, quōrum aequora currō,
vōbīs laetus ego hōc candentem in lītore taurum
cōnstituam ante ārās, vōtī reus, extaque salsōs
porriciam in flūctūs et vīna liquentia fundam.And perhaps they would have taken the prize with beaks level, had not Cloanthus, stretching both his palms towards the sea, poured out prayers and called the gods to hear his vows: 'Gods who hold sway over the sea, whose waters I race over, gladly will I set before your altars on this shore a white bull, bound by my vow, and cast its entrails into the salt waves and pour flowing wine.' Aen. 5.239Dīxit, eumque īmīs sub flūctibus audiit omnis
240Nērēidum Phorcīque chorus Panopēaque virgō,
et pater ipse manū magnā Portūnus euntem
impulit;He spoke, and beneath the depths of the waves the whole band of the Nereids and of Phorcus heard him, and the maiden Panopea, and father Portunus himself with his great hand pushed him on his way; Aen. 5.242illa Notō citius volucrīque sagittā
ad terram fūgit, et portū sē condidit altō.the ship flies to land faster than the South Wind or a winged arrow, and hid herself in the deep harbour.
Lectitō › Vergil › Aeneid, Book 5 › Aeneid 5.225–243
Vergil · Aeneid V
Aeneid 5.225–243
Cloanthus wins with divine help
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| sōlus, -a, -um | alone |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| supersum, -esse, -fuī | be over or left, remain |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| fīnis, -is, m. | end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus | seek, ask; attack |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| summus, -a, -um | uppermost, highest, greatest |
| adnītor, -nītī, -nīsus sum | lean on; exert oneself, support (someone's cause) |
| vīs, vīs, f. | violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main |
| urgeō, -ēre, ursī | press hard |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| vērō, adv. | in truth, indeed; however |
| ingeminō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | redouble |
| clāmor, -ōris, m. | shout, cry |
| cūnctus, -a, -um | all, the whole |
| sequor, sequī, secūtus | follow |
| īnstīgō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | urge on, rouse, incite |
| studium, -ī, n. | eagerness, zeal; study, pursuit |
| resonō, -āre, -āvī | resound, echo |
| fragor, -ōris m. | crash, din |
| aethēr, -eris m. (acc. aethera) | the upper air, the sky |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| proprius, -a, -um | one's own, private; characteristic (of) |
| decus, -oris n. | honour, glory; what is fitting, propriety |
| pariō, -ere, peperī, partus | bring forth; win, gain |
| indignor, -ārī, -ātus sum | be indignant, resent |
| honor, -ōris, m. | honor |
| nī (conj.) | if not, unless (= nisi) |
| teneō, -ēre, -uī, -tus | hold, keep; hold back, restrain, stop |
| vīta, -ae, f. | life |
| volō, velle, voluī | wish |
| prō, prep. with abl. | before, in front of; for, in behalf of; for, as; in return for, for |
| laus, laudis f. | praise, glory |
| pacīscor, -ī, pactus sum | agree, arrange; pactus: agreed upon |
| successus, -ūs m. | outcome, success |
| alō, -ere, -uī, -tus | nourish |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| quia (conj.) | because |
| videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus | see; pass., seem |
| fors, fortis f. | chance, luck |
| aequō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | make equal |
| capiō, capere, cēpī, captus | take, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt |
| praemium, -ī, n. | reward |
| rōstrum, -ī, n. | beak |
| palma, -ae f. | palm of the hand; flat spreading branch |
| tendō, -ere, tetendī, tentum | stretch out; hold out |
| uterque, utraque, utrumque | each, either, both |
| fundō, -ere, fūdī, fūsum | pour; rout, scatter (an enemy) |
| prex, precis f. (usu. pl.) | prayer, entreaty |
| dīvus, -ī m. (gen. pl. also dīvum, dīvom) | god |
| vōtum, -ī n. | vow; wish, prayer |
| vocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | call, summon |
| deus, -ī, m. | god |
| imperium, -ī, n. | command; sway, rule |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| pelagus, -ī n. | the sea, the open sea |
| aequor, -oris n. | level surface; the sea |
| currō, currere, cucurrī, cursus | run |
| vōs | plur. of tū |
| laetus, -a, -um | glad, joyful |
| ego, meī, pers. pron. | I |
| candeō, -ēre, -uī | shine, be bright white |
| lītus, lītoris, n. | shore |
| taurus, -ī, m. | bull |
| cōnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus | set together or up; appoint; determine |
| ante, prep, with acc. and adv. | before |
| āra, -ae, f. | altar |
| reus, -ī m. | defendant, the accused |
| exta, -ōrum n. pl. | entrails (heart, liver, lungs) of a sacrificed animal |
| salsus, -a, -um | salted, salt |
| porriciō, -ere | offer up (entrails) in sacrifice |
| flūctus, -ūs m. | wave |
| vīnum, -ī, n. | wine |
| liqueō, -ēre, licuī | be clear; parum liquet, it is not clear |
| dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus | say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| īmus, -a, -um | lowest (ab īmō: from the bottom) |
| sub, prep. with acc. and abl. | under; sub vesperum, towards evening |
| audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | hear; listen or attend to |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| chorus, -ī m. | dance in a ring; band of dancers |
| virgō, virginis, f. | maiden |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| manus, -ūs, f. | hand |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| eō, īre, iī, itus | go |
| impellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsus | drive or urge on, incite, urge |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| citō (adv.; comp. citius) | quickly, soon; citius: more quickly, without delay |
| volucer, -cris, -cre | winged, swift |
| sagitta, -ae, f. | arrow |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| fugiō, fugere, fūgī, fugitūrus | flee, run away |
| portus, -ūs, m. | harbor, haven, port |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| condō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | put together, found; store away |
| altus, -a, -um | high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep |
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.