Aen. 5.700At pater Aenēās, cāsū concussus acerbō,
nunc hūc ingentēs, nunc illūc pectore cūrās
mūtābat versāns, Siculīsne residēret arvīs,
oblītus fātōrum, Italāsne capesseret ōrās.But father Aeneas, shaken by the bitter blow, was turning his great cares now this way, now that in his breast, pondering whether to settle in Sicilian fields, forgetting the fates, or to make for the shores of Italy. Aen. 5.704Tum senior Nautēs, ūnum Trītōnia Pallas
705quem docuit multāque īnsignem reddidit arte,
haec respōnsa dabat, vel quae portenderet īra
magna deum, vel quae fātōrum posceret ōrdō;Then old Nautes, whom alone Tritonian Pallas taught and made distinguished for much skill, gave him these answers, both what the great anger of the gods portended and what the order of the fates demanded; Aen. 5.708isque hīs Aenēān sōlātus vōcibus īnfit:
Nāte dea, quō fāta trahunt retrahuntque, sequāmur;and comforting Aeneas he begins with these words: 'Goddess-born, wherever the fates draw us and draw us back, let us follow; Aen. 5.710quidquid erit, superanda omnis fortūna ferendō est.whatever shall be, every fortune is to be overcome by bearing it. Aen. 5.711Est tibi Dardanius dīvīnae stirpis Acestēs:
hunc cape cōnsiliīs socium et coniunge volentem;You have Dardanian Acestes, of divine stock: take him as partner in your counsels and join with him, for he is willing; Aen. 5.713huic trāde, āmissīs superant quī nāvibus, et quōs
pertaesum magnī inceptī rērumque tuārum est;hand over to him those who are left over now that ships are lost, and those who are weary of your great undertaking and your fortunes; Aen. 5.715longaevōsque senēs ac fessās aequore mātrēs,
et quidquid tēcum invalidum metuēnsque perīclī est,
dēlige, et hīs habeant terrīs sine moenia fessī:
urbem appellābunt permissō nōmine Acestam.and the aged old men and the mothers weary of the sea, and whatever is weak with you and fearful of danger, choose them out, and let the weary have walls in this land: they will call the city Acesta, if the name is permitted.'
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Vergil · Aeneid V
Aeneid 5.700–718
Nautes advises leaving some behind
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Latin vocabulary for this passage (93 words)
| at, conj. | but |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| cāsus, -ūs, m. | fall; chance, accident |
| concutiō, -ere, -cussī, -cussus | shake violently; shake, weaken |
| acerbus, -a, -um | bitter, harsh, painful |
| nunc, adv. | now |
| hūc, adv. | to this place, hither |
| ingēns, -gentis, adj. | huge, vast |
| illūc (adv.) | to that place, there |
| pectus, pectoris, n. | breast |
| cūra, -ae f. | care, concern (cūrae esse: to be a concern) |
| mūtō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | change |
| versō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | turn about; (pass. or reflexive) move about, be engaged |
| Siculus, -a, -um | Sicilian; fretum Siculum: the strait of Messina |
| resideō, -ēre, -sēdī | remain behind, stay, linger |
| arvum, -ī n. | ploughed field, field |
| oblīvīscor, -līvīscī, -lītus | forget |
| fātum, -ī, n. | destiny, fate |
| Ītalus, -a, -um | Italian |
| capessō, -ere, -īvī, -ītus | take hold of; rem pūblicam capessere: go into public life |
| ōra, -ae f. | coast, shore |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| senior, -ōris m. | elder; seniores: the elders (of the people) |
| ūnus, -a, -um | one; only, alone |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| doceo, -ēre, -uī, -tus | teach, explain |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| īnsignis, -e | notable, remarkable |
| reddō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | give back, return, restore; render |
| ars, artis, f. | art |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| respōnsum, -ī, n. | reply, answer, response |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| vel | or; vel … vel: either … or |
| quis, quid, interrog. pron. | who? which? what? |
| portendō, -ere, -tendī, -tentus | point out beforehand, foretell, portend |
| īra, -ae, f. | anger, wrath |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| deus, -ī, m. | god |
| poscō, poscere, poposcī | ask, demand |
| ōrdō, ōrdinis, m. | arrangement, order, rank; ex ōrdine, in order |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| sōlor, -ārī, -ātus sum | comfort, console; relieve |
| vōx, vōcis, f. | voice; word |
| infit (defective) | he begins (to speak) |
| nātus, -ī m. | son; (pl.) children |
| dea, -ae f. | goddess |
| quō, adv. | to what place? whither? to which place, whither; for which reason, wherefore, therefore; quō ūsque, till when? how long? |
| trahō, trahere, trāxī, trāctus | draw, drag |
| retrahō, -ere, -trāxī, -tractum | drag back |
| sequor, sequī, secūtus | follow |
| quisquis, quidquid (quicquid) | whoever, whatever |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| superō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | overcome, defeat, conquer |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| fortūna, -ae, f. | fortune |
| ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus | bear, bring |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| Dardanius, -a, -um | Dardanian, of Dardanus; Trojan |
| dīvīnus, -a, -um | divine, of the gods |
| stirps, stirpis f. | stock, root; family, race |
| capiō, capere, cēpī, captus | take, catch, seize; receive, suffer; adopt |
| cōnsilium, -ī, n. | advice; plan, design, purpose; prudence |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| coniungō, -iungere, -iūnxī, -iūnctus | join together, join |
| volō, velle, voluī | wish |
| trādō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | give across, over, or up, deliver; hand down, relate, report |
| āmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus | send away, lose |
| nāvis, -is, f. | ship |
| pertaedet, -ēre, pertaesum est (impers.) | it wearies, it disgusts (+ acc. of person, gen. of thing) |
| inceptum, -ī n. | beginning, attempt, undertaking |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| tuus, -a, -um | thy, thine, your |
| longaevus, -a, -um | aged, of great age |
| senex, senis, m. | old man |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| fessus, -a, -um | exhausted, worn out, weary |
| aequor, -oris n. | level surface; the sea |
| māter, mātris, f. | mother |
| invalidus, -a, -um | weak, infirm |
| metuō, -ere, metuī | fear, be afraid of |
| perīculum, -ī, n. | danger, peril, risk |
| dēligō, -ligere, -lēgī, -lēctus | choose out, choose, select |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| sine, prep. with abl. | without |
| moenia, -ium, n. plur. | walls |
| urbs, urbis, f. | city |
| appellō, -pellāre, -pellāvī, -pellātus | call, name |
| permittō, -ere, -mīsī, -missum | allow, permit; entrust |
| nōmen, -minis, n. | name (that by which one is known) |
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.