Aeneid 5.779–798

Venus pleads with Neptune

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Aen. 5.779At Venus intereā Neptūnum exercita cūrīs
780adloquitur, tālēsque effundit pectore questūs:
Iūnōnis gravis īra nec exsaturābile pectus
cōgunt mē, Neptūne, precēs dēscendere in omnēs;But Venus meanwhile, troubled by cares, addresses Neptune and pours out such complaints from her breast: 'Juno's heavy anger and insatiable heart compel me, Neptune, to stoop to every kind of prayer; Aen. 5.783quam nec longa diēs, pietās nec mītigat ūlla,
nec Iovis imperiō fātīsque īnfrācta quiēscit.neither length of days nor any piety softens her, nor does she rest, unbroken by Jupiter's command and the fates. Aen. 5.785Nōn mediā dē gente Phrygum exēdisse nefandīs
urbem odiīs satis est, nec poenam trāxe per omnem:
reliquiās Troiae, cinerēs atque ossa perēmptae
īnsequitur: causās tantī sciat illa furōris.It is not enough for her to have eaten out the city from the midst of the Phrygian people in her unspeakable hatred, nor to have dragged them through every punishment: the remnants of Troy, the ashes and bones of the slain city, she pursues: may she know the reasons for so great a fury. Aen. 5.789Ipse mihi nūper Libycīs tū testis in undīs
790quam mōlem subitō excierit: maria omnia caelō
miscuit, Aeoliīs nēquīquam frēta procellīs,
in regnīs hoc ausa tuīs.You yourself were my witness lately what a mass of trouble she suddenly roused in the Libyan waves: she mixed all the seas with the sky, relying in vain on the storms of Aeolus, daring this in your realm.

Aen. 5.793Per scelus ecce etiam Trōiānīs mātribus āctīs
exussit foedē puppēs, et classe subēgit
795āmissā sociōs ignōtae linquere terrae.See, she has even driven the Trojan mothers to crime, foully burned the ships, and, the fleet lost, forced them to leave their comrades in an unknown land. Aen. 5.796Quod superest, ōrō, liceat dare tūta per undās
vēla tibi, liceat Laurentem attingere Thybrim:
sī concessa petō, sī dant ea moenia Parcae.For what remains, I pray, let them be allowed to give their sails safely to you through the waves, let them be allowed to reach Laurentine Tiber: if I ask what is granted, if the Fates give those walls.'

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Grammar in this passage: indirect statement ×2, ablative absolute ×1

Latin vocabulary for this passage (105 words)

at, conj.	but
intereā, adv.	in the meantime, meanwhile
exerceō, -ercēre, -ercuī, -ercitus	exercise
cūra, -ae f.	care, concern (cūrae esse: to be a concern)
alloquor (adloquor), -loquī, -locūtus sum	speak to, address
tālis, -e	such
que, enclitic conj.	and
effundō, -fundere, -fūdī, -fūsus	pour out
pectus, pectoris, n.	breast
questus, -ūs m.	complaint, lament
gravis, -e	heavy; severe, grievous, serious
īra, -ae, f.	anger, wrath
neque or nec, conj.	and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
exsaturābilis, -e	that can be satisfied; nec exsaturabilis: insatiable
cōgō, cōgere, coēgī, coāctus	drive together, collect; compel
ego, meī, pers. pron.	I
prex, precis f. (usu. pl.)	prayer, entreaty
dēscendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsus	climb down, descend
in, prep. with acc. and abl.	with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
omnis, -e	all, every
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
longus, -a, -um	long; tedious
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.	day
pietās, -ātis f.	dutifulness, devotion to family and gods
mītigō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	soften, calm, soothe
ūllus, -a, -um	any
imperium, -ī, n.	command; sway, rule
fātum, -ī, n.	destiny, fate
īnfringō, -ere, -frēgī, -frāctus	break, crush; weaken
quiēscō, -ere, quiēvī, quiētus	rest, keep quiet
nōn, adv.	not
medius, -a, -um	mid, middle
dē, prep, with abl.	down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
gēns, gentis, f.	race, nation
exedō, -ēsse, -ēdī, -ēsus	eat away, consume; exēsus: hollowed out, porous
nefandus, -a, -um	unspeakable, abominable
urbs, urbis, f.	city
odium, -ī, n.	hatred
satis, adv.	enough, sufficiently
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
poena, -ae, f.	penalty, punishment
trahō, trahere, trāxī, trāctus	draw, drag
per, prep, with ace.	through, by means of
reliquiae, -ārum f. pl.	remains, what is left over, leftovers
cinis, cineris m.	ashes
atque, ac (conj.)	and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
os, ossis n.	bone
perimō, -ere, -ēmī, -ēmptus	destroy, kill
īnsequor, -sequī, -secūtus	follow upon or up, pursue
causa, -ae, f.	cause, reason; abl. causā, for the sake of
tantus, -a, -um	so great or much
sciō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus	know
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
furor, -ōris, m.	rage, fury, frenzy, madness
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.	self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
nūper, adv.	newly, lately, recently
Libycus, -a, -um	Libyan, African
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
testis, -is m./f.	witness
unda, -ae, f.	wave
quī, quae, quod, interrog. pron. adj.	what?
mōlēs, -is f.	mass; dam, breakwater
subitō, adv.	unexpectedly, suddenly
exciō, -īre, -cīvī, -citus	rouse, stir up; summon
mare, maris, n.	sea
caelum, -ī, n.	heaven, sky
misceō, miscēre, miscuī, mīxtus	mix, mingle
Aeolius, -a, -um	of Aeolus; Aeolian (here of Canace, daughter of Aeolus)
nēquīquam (adv.)	in vain, without reason
frētus, -a, -um (+ abl.)	relying on
procella, -ae f.	storm, gale
regnum, -ī, n.	royal power, rule, throne; kingdom, realm
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
audeō, audēre, ausus sum	dare
tuus, -a, -um	thy, thine, your
scelus, sceleris, n.	wickedness, crime
ecce (interj.)	look! see! here is
etiam, adv.	and now, also, too, even
Trōiānus, -a, -um	Trojan
māter, mātris, f.	mother
agō, agere, ēgī, āctus	drive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia
exūrō, -ere, -ussī, -ustum	burn down
foedē, adv.	foully, shamefully, disgracefully
puppis, -is f.	stern of a ship
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
classis, -is f.	fleet
subigō, -ere, -ēgī, -āctus	bring under, subdue; force, compel
āmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus	send away, lose
socius, -ī, m.	companion, comrade, ally
ignōtus, -a, -um	unknown
linquō, -ere, līquī	leave
terra, -ae, f.	land, earth
supersum, -esse, -fuī	be over or left, remain
ōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	speak; beg, pray
licet, -ēre, -uit or -itum est, impers.	is lawful or permitted
dō, dare, dedī, datus	give
tūtus, -a, -um	safe
vēlum, -ī n.	sail
Laurēns, -entis	of Laurentum, Laurentine (ager Laurēns: the land around Laurentum, on the coast of Latium)
attingō, -tingere, -tigī, -tāctus	touch at
sī, conj.	if
concēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessus	grant, yield
petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus	seek, ask; attack
is, ea, id, dem. pron.	this, that; he, she, it, they
moenia, -ium, n. plur.	walls

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.