Aen. 5.35At procul ex celsō mīrātus vertice montis
adventum sociāsque ratēs occurrit Acestēs,
horridus in iaculīs et pelle Libystidis ursae,
Trōïa Crinisō conceptum flūmine māter
quem genuit: veterum nōn immemor ille parentum
40grātātur reducēs, et gazā laetus agrestī
excipit, ac fessōs opibus sōlātur amīcīs.But Acestes, marvelling from far off on the high summit of a mountain at the arrival of friendly ships, runs to meet them, bristling with javelins and the hide of a Libyan she-bear; a Trojan mother bore him, conceived by the river Crinisus: not forgetful of his ancestors, he rejoices at their return, gladly welcomes them with rustic riches, and comforts the weary with friendly abundance.
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Vergil · Aeneid V
Aeneid 5.35–41
Acestes welcomes the Trojans
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (40 words)
| at, conj. | but |
| procul, adv. | at or from a distance, far |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| celsus, -a, -um | high, lofty |
| mīror, -ārī, -ātus | wonder, wonder at |
| vertex, -icis m. | top of the head, crown; summit |
| mōns, montis, m. | mountain |
| adventus, -ūs, m. | approach, arrival |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| ratis, -is f. | raft |
| occurrō, -currere, -currī, -cursus | run against, meet |
| horridus, -a, -um | rough, wild, frightening |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| iaculum, -ī n. | javelin, dart |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| pellis, -is, f. | hide, skin, pelt |
| Libystis, -idis (f.) | Libyan, African |
| ursa, -ae f. | she-bear, bear; the constellation of the Bear |
| Trōius, -a, -um | Trojan |
| concipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take in, conceive; plan, imagine |
| flūmen, -minis, n. | river |
| māter, mātris, f. | mother |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| gignō, gignere, genuī, genitus | produce, bring forth |
| vetus, veteris | old, former |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| immemor (inm-), -oris | forgetful, unmindful |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| parēns, -entis m./f. | parent |
| grātor, -ārī, -ātus sum | congratulate; rejoice with (+ dat.) |
| redux, -ucis | returning, brought back |
| laetus, -a, -um | glad, joyful |
| agrestis, -e | of the country, rustic; boorish |
| excipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take out or up, receive, welcome, entertain |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| fessus, -a, -um | exhausted, worn out, weary |
| ops, opis f.; pl. opēs, -um | help; (pl.) resources, wealth, power |
| sōlor, -ārī, -ātus sum | comfort, console; relieve |
| amīcus, -ī, m. | friend |
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.