Aeneid 5.348–361

Consolation prizes for Salius and Nisus

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Aen. 5.348Tum pater Aenēās Vestra inquit mūnera vōbīs
certa manent, puerī, et palmam movet ōrdine nēmō;Then father Aeneas said: 'Your prizes remain secure for you, boys, and no one changes the order of the palm; Aen. 5.350mē liceat cāsūs miserērī īnsontis amīcī.let me be allowed to pity the misfortune of a blameless friend.' Aen. 5.351Sīc fātus, tergum Gaetūlī immāne leōnis
dat Saliō, villīs onerōsum atque unguibus aureīs.So speaking, he gives Salius the huge hide of a Gaetulian lion, heavy with shaggy hair and gilded claws. Aen. 5.353Hīc Nīsus, Sī tanta inquit sunt praemia victīs,
et tē lapsōrum miseret, quae mūnera Nīsō
355digna dabis, prīmam meruī quī laude corōnam,
nī mē, quae Salium, fortūna inimīca tulisset?At this Nisus said: 'If the prizes for the defeated are so great, and you pity those who fell, what gifts worthy of Nisus will you give, who earned the first crown by merit, had not hostile fortune carried me off as it did Salius?' Aen. 5.357Et simul hīs dictīs faciem ostentābat et ūdō
turpia membra fimō.And as he said this he was displaying his face and his limbs foul with wet dung.

Aen. 5.358Rīsit pater optimus ollī
et clipeum efferrī iussit, Didymaonis artem,
360Neptūnī sacrō Danaīs dē poste refīxum.The excellent father laughed at him and ordered a shield to be brought out, the work of Didymaon, taken down by the Greeks from the sacred doorpost of Neptune. Aen. 5.361Hōc iuvenem ēgregium praestantī mūnere dōnat;With this splendid gift he presents the noble youth;

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (75 words)

tum, adv.	then, at that time
pater, patris, m.	father
vester, -tra, -trum	your
inquam, inquis, inquit, defective verb	I say, you say, he says
mūnus, mūneris, n.	service, office, duty; present, gift
vōs	plur. of tū
certus, -a, -um	determined, fixed, certain; certiōrem facere, to make more certain, inform
maneō, manēre, mānsī, mānsus	remain
puer, puerī, m.	boy
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
palma, -ae f.	palm of the hand; flat spreading branch
moveō, movēre, mōvī, mōtus	move
ōrdō, ōrdinis, m.	arrangement, order, rank; ex ōrdine, in order
nēmō, nēminis, m. and f.	no one, nobody
ego, meī, pers. pron.	I
licet, -ēre, -uit or -itum est, impers.	is lawful or permitted
cāsus, -ūs, m.	fall; chance, accident
misereor, -ērī, miseritus sum	pity, have mercy on (+ gen.)
īnsōns, -sontis	innocent, guiltless
amīcus, -ī, m.	friend
sīc, adv.	so, thus
for, fārī, fātus sum	speak, say
tergum, -ī, n.	back
Gaetūlus, -a, -um	Gaetulian, of the Gaetuli, a people of north-west Africa
immānis, -e	huge, enormous; savage
leō, -ōnis, m.	lion
dō, dare, dedī, datus	give
villus, -ī m.	shaggy hair; nap (of cloth)
onerōsus, -a, -um	heavy, weighty; burdensome, troublesome
atque, ac (conj.)	and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
unguis, -is m.	fingernail, nail; claw
aureus, -a, -um	of gold, golden
hīc, adv.	here; hereupon
sī, conj.	if
tantus, -a, -um	so great or much
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
praemium, -ī, n.	reward
vincō, -ere, vīcī, victum	conquer, defeat
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
lābor, lābī, lapsus	slip, glide, fall
miseret, -ēre, miseruit (impers.)	it moves to pity; me miseret tui: I pity you
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
dignus, -a, -um (+ abl.)	worthy (of), deserving
prīmus, -a, -um	first, foremost
mereō, -ēre, meruī, meritus	deserve, earn
laus, laudis f.	praise, glory
corōna, -ae f.	crown, wreath (sub corōnā vēndere: sell as slaves)
nī (conj.)	if not, unless (= nisi)
fortūna, -ae, f.	fortune
inimīcus, -a, -um	unfriendly, hostile
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus	bear, bring
simul, adv.	at the same time; simul atque or ac, as soon as
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
dictum, -ī n.	word, order (dictō audiēns: obedient)
faciēs, -ēī f.	face; appearance
ostentō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	show, display; show off
ūdus, -a, -um	wet, damp, moist
turpis, -e	disgraceful
membrum, -ī, n.	limb, member
fimus, -ī m.	dung, dirt, filth
rīdeō, rīdēre, rīsī, rīsus	laugh
bonus, -a, -um	good
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
clipeus, -ī m. (also clipeum, -ī n.)	round bronze shield
efferō, -ferre, extulī, ēlātum	carry out, bring out
iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus	bid, order, command
ars, artis, f.	art
sacer, sacra, sacrum	sacred, holy
dē, prep, with abl.	down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
postis, -is m.	doorpost; door
refīgō, -ere, -fīxī, -fīxus	unfix, take down; (of laws) repeal
iuvenis, -is, m.	young man, youth
ēgregius, -a, -um	outstanding, excellent
praestāns, -stantis, adj.	preëminent, remarkable
dōnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum	give; present (someone with something)

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.