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Vergil · Aeneid VII

Aeneid 7.323–340

Juno rouses Allecto

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Aen. 7.323Haec ubi dicta dedit, terrās Horrenda petīvit:
lūctificam Allēctō dīrārum ab sēde deārum
325īnfernīsque ciet tenebrīs, cui trīstia bella
īraeque īnsidiaeque et crīmina noxia cordī.
When she had said this, the dreadful goddess made for the earth: from the home of the dread goddesses and the infernal darkness she rouses grief-bringing Allecto, whose heart delights in grim wars, rages, treachery and harmful crimes.
Aen. 7.327Ōdit et ipse pater Plūtōn, ōdēre sorōrēs
Tartareae mōnstrum: tot sēsē vertit in ōra,
tam saevae faciēs, tot pullulat ātra colubrīs.
Even her father Pluto hates the monster, her Tartarean sisters hate her: into so many shapes she turns herself, so savage are her looks, so thickly does she sprout black snakes.
Aen. 7.330Quam Iūnō hīs acuit verbīs ac tālia fātur:
Hunc mihi dā proprium, virgō sata Nocte, labōrem,
hanc operam, nē noster honōs īnfrāctave cēdat
fāma locō, neu cōnūbiīs ambīre Latīnum
Aeneadae possint Italōsve obsidēre fīnīs.
Juno spurs her with these words and speaks thus: 'Grant me this task as my own, maiden daughter of Night, this service, so that my honour and fame may not be broken and give ground, nor the sons of Aeneas be able to win over Latinus by marriage or besiege the Italian borders.

Aen. 7.335Tū potes ūnanimōs armāre in proelia frātrēs
atque odiīs versāre domōs, tū verbera tēctīs
fūnereāsque īnferre facēs, tibi nōmina mīlle,
mīlle nocendī artēs.
You can arm loving brothers for battle and overturn homes with hatred; you can bring lashes and funeral torches into houses; you have a thousand names, a thousand arts of harm.
Aen. 7.338Fēcundum concute pectus,
disice compositam pācem, sere crīmina bellī:
340arma velit poscatque simul rapiatque inventus.
Shake your fertile breast, shatter the peace that has been made, sow the grounds of war: let the youth want arms, demand them, and seize them all at once.'

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (97 words)
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
ubi, adv.where; conj., when
dictum, -ī n.word, order (dictō audiēns: obedient)
dō, dare, dedī, datusgive
terra, -ae, f.land, earth
horrendus, -a, -umdreadful, terrible
petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītusseek, ask; attack
lūctificus, -a, -umcausing grief, baleful, mournful
dīrus, -a, -umdreadful
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
sēdēs, -is, f.seat, abode
dea, -ae f.goddess
īnfernus, -a, -umbelow, of the underworld; (pl. as noun) the gods below
que, enclitic conj.and
cieō, ciēre, cīvī, citusset in motion, stir up; pugnam ciēre: start the fight
tenebrae, -ārum f. pl.darkness
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
trīstis, -esad, gloomy
bellum, -ī, n.war
īra, -ae, f.anger, wrath
īnsidiae, -ārum, f. plur.ambush; plot, stratagem
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
crīmen, -inis n.charge, accusation; crime
noxius, -a, -umharmful; guilty
cor, cordis n.heart
ōdī, ōdisse, used only in tenses of completed action with the force of tenses of incomplete actionhate
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
pater, patris, m.father
soror, -ōris, f.sister
Tartareus, -a, -umof Tartarus, of the underworld
mōnstrum, -ī, n.wonder, monster
tot (indecl.)so many
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
vertō, vertere, vertī, versusturn
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
ōs, ōris, n.mouth
tam, adv.so
saevus, -a, -umfierce, savage
faciēs, -ēī f.face; appearance
pullulō, -āresprout, shoot up; swarm, teem
āter, ātra, ātrumblack, dark; gloomy
coluber, -brī m.snake, serpent
acuō, -ere, acuī, acūtussharpen; stimulate
verbum, -ī, n.word
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
tālis, -esuch
for, fārī, fātus sumspeak, say
ego, meī, pers. pron.I
proprius, -a, -umone's own, private; characteristic (of)
virgō, virginis, f.maiden
serō, serere, sēvī, satussow, plant
nox, noctis, f.night
labor, -ōris, m.labor, toil
opera, -ae, f.effort, work, labor
nē, adv.not; nē ... quidem, not ... even; conj., that not, lest
noster, -tra, -trumour
honor, -ōris, m.honor
īnfringō, -ere, -frēgī, -frāctusbreak, crush; weaken
cēdō, -ere, cessī, cessumgo, withdraw, give way
fāma, -ae, f.report, rumor
locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n.place, situation
nēve or neu, conj.and that not, and not, nor
cōnūbium, -ī n.marriage; the right of intermarriage
ambiō, -īre, -iī, -itusgo round; approach, court, win over
possum, posse, potuībe able, have power, can
Ītalus, -a, -umItalian
obsideō, -sidēre, -sēdī, -sessusbeset, besiege
fīnis, -is, m.end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country
tū, tuī, pers. pron.thou, you
ūnanimus, -a, -umof one mind, loving, devoted
armō, -āre, -āvi, -ātusarm, equip
proelium, -ī, n.battle, combat; proelium committere, to join battle
frāter, frātris, m.brother
odium, -ī, n.hatred
versō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusturn about; (pass. or reflexive) move about, be engaged
domus, -ūs, f.house, home
verber, -eris n.lash, whip; (pl.) a flogging
tēctum, -ī n.roof; house
fūnereus, -a, -umof a funeral, funereal
īnferō, īnferre, intulī, inlātusbring in or against, wage against; inflict
fax, facis, f.torch, firebrand
nōmen, -minis, n.name (that by which one is known)
mīlle, indecl. adj.a thousand; mīlia, -ium, n. plur., thousands;
noceō, -ēre, nocuī, nocitum (+ dat.)harm, hurt
ars, artis, f.art
fēcundus, -a, -umfruitful, rich (in)
concutiō, -ere, -cussī, -cussusshake violently; shake, weaken
pectus, pectoris, n.breast
disiciō, -icere, -iēcī, -iectusthrow apart, scatter
compōnō, -ere, -posuī, -positumput together; mend, set in order
pāx, pācis f.peace
arma, -ōrum, n. plur.arms, weapons
volō, velle, voluīwish
poscō, poscere, poposcīask, demand
simul, adv.at the same time; simul atque or ac, as soon as
rapiō, -ere, -uī, -tusseize, snatch
inveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventuscome upon, find
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.