Aen. 7.25Iamque rubēscēbat radiīs mare et aethere ab altō
Aurōra in roseīs fulgēbat lūtea bīgīs:
cum ventī posuēre omnisque repente resēdit
flātus et in lentō luctantur marmore tōnsae.And now the sea was reddening with rays, and from the high heaven saffron Dawn was shining in her rosy chariot, when the winds dropped, every breath suddenly fell still, and the oars labour in the sluggish marble sea. Aen. 7.29Atque hīc Aenēās ingentem ex aequore lūcum
30prōspicit.And here Aeneas, looking out from the water, sees a huge grove. Aen. 7.30Hunc inter fluviō Tiberīnus amoenō
verticibus rapidīs et multā flāvus arēnā
in mare prōrumpit.Through its midst the Tiber, with his pleasant stream, bursts out into the sea in swift eddies, yellow with much sand. Aen. 7.32Variae circumque suprāque
adsuētae rīpīs volucrēs et flūminis alveō
aethera mulcēbant cantū lūcōque volābant.All around and above, birds of many kinds, used to the banks and the river's bed, were soothing the air with song and flying through the grove. Aen. 7.35flectere iter sociīs terraeque advertere prōrās
imperat et laetus fluviō succēdit opācō.He orders his comrades to change course and turn their prows to land, and joyfully enters the shady river.
Lectitō › Vergil › Aeneid, Book 7 › Aeneid 7.25–36
Vergil · Aeneid VII
Aeneid 7.25–36
The Trojans enter the Tiber
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| iam, adv. | now, already |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| rubēscō, -ere, rubuī | grow red, redden |
| radius, -ī m. | rod, spoke; ray, beam (of light) |
| mare, maris, n. | sea |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| aethēr, -eris m. (acc. aethera) | the upper air, the sky |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| altus, -a, -um | high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep |
| aurōra, -ae f. | dawn |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| roseus, -a, -um | rosy, pink |
| fulgeō, -ēre, fulsī | flash, shine, glitter |
| lūteus, -a, -um | saffron-yellow, golden-yellow |
| bīga, -ae f. (usu. pl. bīgae) | two-horse chariot |
| cum, conj. | when, while, after; since; although |
| ventus, -ī, m. | wind |
| pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus | place, put; pōnī with in and abl., to be placed in, rest or depend on |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| repente (adv.) | suddenly |
| resīdō, -sīdere, -sēdī | settle down, subside |
| flātus, -ūs m. | blowing, blast, breath |
| lentus, -a, -um | slow, sluggish |
| luctor, -ārī, -ātus | wrestle, struggle |
| marmor, -oris n. | marble; a marble statue |
| tōnsa, -ae f. | oar |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| hīc, adv. | here; hereupon |
| ingēns, -gentis, adj. | huge, vast |
| ex, ē (prep. + abl.) | out of, from; of (ē only before consonants) |
| aequor, -oris n. | level surface; the sea |
| lūcus, -ī m. | sacred grove |
| prōspiciō, -ere, -spexī, -spectum | look ahead, provide for (+ dat.) |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| inter, prep, with acc. | among, between |
| fluvius, -ī m. | river, stream |
| amoenus, -a, -um | pleasant, lovely (of places) |
| vertex, -icis m. | top of the head, crown; summit |
| rapidus, -a, -um | swift; consuming, fierce |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| flāvus, -a, -um | yellow, golden |
| harēna, -ae, f. | sand; shore |
| prōrumpō, -ere, -rūpī, -ruptum | burst forth |
| varius, -a, -um | various |
| circum, prep. with acc. | around |
| suprā, adv. and prep. with acc. | above, before |
| assuēscō, -ere, -suēvī, -suētus | become accustomed, get used to |
| rīpa, -ae, f. | bank |
| volucris, -is, f. | bird |
| flūmen, -minis, n. | river |
| alveus, -ī m. | hollow vessel; trough, tub; river bed |
| mulceō, -ēre, mulsī, mulsus | stroke; soothe, calm |
| cantus, -ūs, m. | singing, song |
| volō, -āre, -āvī, -ātūrus | fly |
| flectō, -ere, flexī, flexus | bend, turn |
| iter, itineris, n. | a going, journey, march; iter facere, to journey, march |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| advertō, -ere, advertī, adversum | turn toward (animum advertere: notice) |
| prōra, -ae, f. | prow, bow |
| imperō, -perāre, -perāvī, -perātus | command, order, enjoin |
| laetus, -a, -um | glad, joyful |
| succēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessus | go or come under, follow after, succeed |
| opācus, -a, -um | shady, dark |
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.