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Vergil · Aeneid VII

Aeneid 7.135–147

Aeneas prays; Jupiter thunders

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Aen. 7.135Sīc deinde effātus frondentī tempora rāmō
implicat et geniumque locī prīmamque deōrum
Tellūrem nymphāsque et adhūc ignōta precātur
flūmina, tum Noctem Noctisque orientia signa
Īdaeumque Iovem Phrygiamque ex ōrdine mātrem
140invocat et duplicīs caelōque erebōque parentīs.
Having spoken so, he then wreathes his temples with a leafy branch and prays to the spirit of the place, and to Earth, first of the gods, and to the nymphs and the rivers as yet unknown; then he invokes Night and the rising stars of Night, and Idaean Jupiter, and the Phrygian Mother, each in turn, and his two parents, in heaven and in Erebus.
Aen. 7.141Hic pater omnipotēns ter caelō clārus ab altō
intonuit radiīsque ārdentem lūcis et aurō
ipse manū quatiēns ostendit ab aethere nūbem.
At this the almighty father thundered three times, clear from high heaven, and himself, shaking it in his hand, displayed from the sky a cloud blazing with rays of golden light.
Aen. 7.144Dīditur hīc subitō Trōiāna per agmina rūmor
145advēnisse diem, quō dēbita moenia condant.
Suddenly a rumour spreads through the Trojan ranks that the day has come on which they are to found their promised walls.

Aen. 7.146Certātim īnstaurant epulās atque ōmine magnō
crātēras laetī statuunt et vīna corōnant.
Eagerly they renew the feast, and, glad at the great omen, set out the mixing bowls and crown the wine.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (74 words)
sīc, adv.so, thus
deinde, adv.then, next
effor, -fārī, -fātus sumspeak out, pronounce (a solemn formula)
frondeō, -ērebe in leaf, put out leaves
tempus, temporis, n.time, season
rāmus, -ī, m.branch, bough
implicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusentangle, entwine; involve
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
genius, -ī m.guardian spirit (of a person or place); natural inclination
que, enclitic conj.and
locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n.place, situation
prīmus, -a, -umfirst, foremost
deus, -ī, m.god
tellūs, -ūris f.earth, land (poetic)
nympha, -ae, f.nymph
adhūc, adv.to this point, up to this time, yet, still
ignōtus, -a, -umunknown
precor, -ārī, -ātus sumpray, beg
flūmen, -minis, n.river
tum, adv.then, at that time
nox, noctis, f.night
orior, -īrī, -tusarise, come forth, spring up; ortā lūce, at dawn
signum, -ī, n.sign, signal
Īdaeus, -a, -umof Mount Ida (near Troy)
Phrygius, -a, -umPhrygian, of Phrygia in central Asia Minor
ex, ē (prep. + abl.)out of, from; of (ē only before consonants)
ōrdō, ōrdinis, m.arrangement, order, rank; ex ōrdine, in order
māter, mātris, f.mother
invocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātuscall upon, invoke
duplex, -icisdouble
caelum, -ī, n.heaven, sky
parēns, -entis m./f.parent
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
pater, patris, m.father
omnipotēns, -entisall-powerful
ter (adv.)three times
clārus, -a, -umclear, loud; famous
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
altus, -a, -umhigh, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep
intonō, -āre, -uīthunder
radius, -ī m.rod, spoke; ray, beam (of light)
ārdeō, ārdēre, ārsī, ārsusbe on fire, burn
lūx, lūcis, f.light
aurum, -ī, n.gold
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
manus, -ūs, f.hand
quatiō, -ere, —, quassusshake, beat
ostendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentusstretch out before, show, explain
aethēr, -eris m. (acc. aethera)the upper air, the sky
nūbēs, -is, f.cloud
dīdō, -ere, dīdidī, dīditusspread abroad, distribute, scatter
hīc, adv.here; hereupon
subitō, adv.unexpectedly, suddenly
Trōiānus, -a, -umTrojan
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
agmen, -minis, n.band, column
rūmor, -ōris m.rumour, report
adveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventuscome to or toward, approach, arrive
diēs, -ēī, m. and f.day
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
dēbeō, -ēre, -uī, -itusowe; with infin., ought
moenia, -ium, n. plur.walls
condō, -dere, -didī, -ditusput together, found; store away
certātim (adv.)eagerly, vying with one another
īnstaurō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusrenew, begin again
epulae, -ārum f. pl.feast, banquet
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
ōmen, ōminis n.omen, sign; hīsce ōminibus: with these words of ill omen
magnus, -a, -umlarge, big, great, mighty; loud
crātēr, -ēris m. (acc. crātēra)mixing bowl for wine
laetus, -a, -umglad, joyful
statuō, statuere, statuī, statūtuscause to stand; decide, resolve
vīnum, -ī, n.wine
corōnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātumwreathe, crown; fill to the brim
Vergil, Aeneid VII. 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.