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Vergil · Aeneid V

Aeneid 5.680–699

Aeneas prays and rain saves the fleet

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Aen. 5.680Sed nōn idcircō flammae atque incendia vīrēs
indomitās posuēre;
But not for that did the flames and the blaze lay down their untamed strength;
Aen. 5.681ūdō sub rōbore vīvit
stuppa vomēns tardum fūmum, lentusque carīnās
est vapor, et tōtō dēscendit corpore pestis,
nec vīrēs hērōum īnfūsaque flūmina prōsunt.
under the wet oak the tow lives, spewing slow smoke, the smouldering heat devours the keels, and the plague sinks down through the whole body, nor do the heroes' strength and the floods poured on avail.
Aen. 5.685Tum pius Aenēās umerīs abscindere vestem,
auxiliōque vocāre deōs, et tendere palmās:
Iuppiter omnipotēns, sī nōndum exōsus ad ūnum
Trōiānōs, sī quid pietās antīqua labōrēs
respicit hūmānōs, dā flammam ēvādere classī
690nunc, Pater, et tenuēs Teucrum rēs ēripe lētō.
Then dutiful Aeneas began to tear the garment from his shoulders, to call the gods to help, and to stretch out his palms: 'Almighty Jupiter, if you do not yet hate the Trojans to the last man, if your old pity has any regard for human toils, grant the fleet escape from the flame now, Father, and snatch the slender fortunes of the Trojans from destruction.

Aen. 5.691Vel tū, quod superest īnfestō fulmine mortī,
sī mereor, dēmitte, tuāque hīc obrue dextrā.
Or else, as for what remains, send me down to death with your hostile thunderbolt, if I deserve it, and overwhelm me here with your right hand.'
Aen. 5.693Vix haec ēdiderat, cum effūsīs imbribus ātra
tempestās sine mōre furit, tonitrūque tremēscunt
695ardua terrārum et campī;
Scarcely had he uttered this, when a black storm rages beyond measure with pouring rain, and the heights of the earth and the plains tremble with thunder;
Aen. 5.695ruit aethere tōtō
turbidus imber aquā dēnsīsque nigerrimus austrīs;
from the whole sky rushes a wild rainstorm, blackest with dense south winds;
Aen. 5.697implenturque super puppēs;the ships are filled to the brim; Aen. 5.697sēmiusta madēscunt
rōbora;
the half-burnt timbers are soaked;
Aen. 5.698restīnctus dōnec vapor omnis, et omnēs,
quattuor āmissīs, servātae ā peste carīnae.
until all the heat was quenched, and all the ships but four were saved from the plague.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (111 words)
sed, conj.but
nōn, adv.not
idcircō (adv.)for that reason
flamma, -ae, f.flame
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
incendium, -ī n.fire, burning
vīs, vīs, f.violence, force; virtue, potency, efficacy; plur. vīrēs, -ium, strength; omnibus vīribus, with all one's strength, with might and main
indomitus, -a, -umuntamed, ungovernable
pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positusplace, put; pōnī with in and abl., to be placed in, rest or depend on
ūdus, -a, -umwet, damp, moist
sub, prep. with acc. and abl.under; sub vesperum, towards evening
rōbur, rōboris, n.oak
vīvō, vīvere, vīxī, vīctuslive
stuppa, -ae f.tow, coarse flax fibre (used for caulking and as tinder)
vomō, -ere, -uī, -itusvomit, spew out, pour forth
tardus, -a, -umslow
fūmus, -ī, m.smoke
lentus, -a, -umslow, sluggish
que, enclitic conj.and
carīna, -ae f.keel; hull
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
vapor, -ōris m.steam, vapour, smoke; heat
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
tōtus, -a, -umall the, the whole or entire
dēscendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsusclimb down, descend
corpus, corporis, n.body
pestis, -is f.plague, pest; ruin, destruction
neque or nec, conj.and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
hērōs, -ōis m.hero, demigod; great man
īnfundō, -fundere, -fūdī, -fūsuspour in or upon
flūmen, -minis, n.river
prōsum, prōdesse, prōfuībe of advantage, profit, avail, assist
tum, adv.then, at that time
pius, -a, -umdutiful, devoted, pious
umerus, -ī, m.shoulder
abscindō, -scindere, -scidī, -scissustear away or off
vestis, -is, f.clothing, dress, robe
auxilium, -ī, n.help, aid
vocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuscall, summon
deus, -ī, m.god
tendō, -ere, tetendī, tentumstretch out; hold out
palma, -ae f.palm of the hand; flat spreading branch
omnipotēns, -entisall-powerful
sī, conj.if
nōndum, adv.not yet
exōsus, -a, -umhating, detesting (+ acc.)
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
ūnus, -a, -umone; only, alone
quis, qua, quid, indef. pron.any one, anybody, anything, some one, somebody, something
pietās, -ātis f.dutifulness, devotion to family and gods
antīquus, -a, -umancient
labor, -ōris, m.labor, toil
respiciō, -ere, -spexī, -spectumlook back
hūmānus, -a, -umof man, human
dō, dare, dedī, datusgive
ēvādō, -vādere, -vāsī, -vāsusgo forth, get away, escape
classis, -is f.fleet
nunc, adv.now
pater, patris, m.father
tenuis, -ethin
rēs, reī, f.thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really
ēripiō, -ripere, -ripuī, -reptussnatch out or away, rescue
lētum, -ī n.death
velor; vel … vel: either … or
tū, tuī, pers. pron.thou, you
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
supersum, -esse, -fuībe over or left, remain
īnfestus, -a, -umunsafe, dangerous
fulmen, -inis n.thunderbolt, lightning
mors, mortīs, f.death
mereor, -ērī, meritus sumdeserve; (dē) do service to
dēmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missussend down, let fall; animōs dēmittere, to lose courage
tuus, -a, -umthy, thine, your
hīc, adv.here; hereupon
obruō, -ere, -ruī, -rutusoverwhelm, bury, crush
dextra, -ae, f.right hand (manus understood)
vix, adv.with difficulty, scarcely, hardly, barely
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
ēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditusput forth, give out, utter
cum, conj.when, while, after; since; although
effundō, -fundere, -fūdī, -fūsuspour out
imber, imbris, m.rain, shower
āter, ātra, ātrumblack, dark; gloomy
tempestās, -tātis, f.weather; storm, tempest
sine, prep. with abl.without
mōs, mōris, m.way, manner, habit, custom
furō, -ererage, rave, be mad
tonitrus, -ūs m.thunder
tremēscō, -eretremble, shake; tremble at, dread
arduus, -a, -umsteep, difficult
terra, -ae, f.land, earth
campus, -ī, m.plain, field
ruō, -ere, -ī, -itūrusrush
aethēr, -eris m. (acc. aethera)the upper air, the sky
turbidus, -a, -umstormy, wild, confused
aqua, -ae, f.water
dēnsus, -a, -umthick
niger, nigra, nigrumblack
auster, -trī m.the south wind
impleō, -ēre, -plēvī, -plētumfill; fulfil, complete
super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.)over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning
puppis, -is f.stern of a ship
sēmustus (sēmiustus), -a, -umhalf-burnt
madēscō, -ere, maduībecome wet, grow moist
restinguō, -ere, -stīnxī, -stīnctusput out, extinguish
dōnec (conj.)until; while, as long as
omnis, -eall, every
quattuor, indecl. adj.four
āmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missussend away, lose
servō, -āre, -āvī, -ātussave, preserve
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
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.