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Vergil · Aeneid VII

Aeneid 7.655–669

Aventinus, son of Hercules

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Aen. 7.655Post hōs īnsignem palmā per grāmina currum
victōrēsque ostentat equōs satus Hercule pulchrō
pulcher Aventīnus, clipeōque īnsigne paternum
centum anguēs cinctamque gerit serpentibus hydram;
After them handsome Aventinus, son of handsome Hercules, displays over the grass his chariot decorated with the palm and his victorious horses, and on his shield bears his father's emblem, a hundred snakes and the Hydra girt with serpents;
Aen. 7.659collis Aventīnī silvā quem Rhēa sacerdōs
660fūrtīvum partū sub lūminis ēdidit ōrās,
mīxta deō mulier, postquam Laurentia victor
Gēryone extīnctō Tīrynthius attigit arva
Tyrrhēnōque bovēs in flūmine lāvit Hibērās.
whom, in the woods of the Aventine hill, the priestess Rhea brought forth in secret into the borders of light, a woman mated with a god, after the Tirynthian, victorious, having killed Geryon, reached the Laurentine fields and bathed his Iberian cattle in the Tyrrhenian river.
Aen. 7.664Pīla manū saevōsque gerunt in bella dolōnēs
665et teretī pugnant mūcrōne verūque Sabellō.
They carry javelins in their hands and cruel pikes to war, and they fight with the smooth blade and the Sabine spit.
Aen. 7.666Ipse pedes, Tegumen torquēns immāne leōnis,
terribilī impexum saetā cum dentibus albīs
indūtus capitī, sīc rēgia tēcta subībat,
horridus, Herculeōque umerōs innexus amictū.
He himself, on foot, swinging a huge lion's skin, bristling with fearsome shaggy mane, with its white teeth, worn on his head, entered the royal palace in this way, rough and wild, his shoulders wrapped in the garb of Hercules.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (79 words)
post, adv.after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
īnsignis, -enotable, remarkable
palma, -ae f.palm of the hand; flat spreading branch
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
grāmen, -inis n.grass, turf
currus, -ūs, m.chariot, car
victor, -ōris m.conqueror, victor
que, enclitic conj.and
ostentō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusshow, display; show off
equus, -ī, m.horse
serō, serere, sēvī, satussow, plant
pulcher, pulchra, pulchrumbeautiful
clipeus, -ī m. (also clipeum, -ī n.)round bronze shield
īnsigne, -is n.badge, mark, decoration
paternus, -a, -umof a father, a father's
centum, indecl. adj.one hundred
anguis, -is, m. and f.serpent, snake
cingō, cingere, cinxī, cinctussurround, gird
gerō, gerere, gessī, gestuscarry, wear; carry on, do
serpēns, -entis, f.serpent
collis, -is m.hill
silva, -ae, f.wood, forest
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
sacerdōs, -dōtis, m. and f.priest, priestess
fūrtīvus, -a, -umstolen; secret, stealthy
partus, -ūs m.birth; offspring
sub, prep. with acc. and abl.under; sub vesperum, towards evening
lūmen, -minis, n.light
ēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditusput forth, give out, utter
ōra, -ae f.coast, shore
misceō, miscēre, miscuī, mīxtusmix, mingle
deus, -ī, m.god
mulier, mulieris, f.woman
postquam, conj.later than, after, when
Laurēns, -entisof Laurentum, Laurentine (ager Laurēns: the land around Laurentum, on the coast of Latium)
ex(s)tinguō, -ere, -stīnxī, -stīnctusput out, quench; destroy
attingō, -tingere, -tigī, -tāctustouch at
arvum, -ī n.ploughed field, field
Tyrrhēnus, -a, -umEtruscan; mare Tyrrhēnum: the sea west of Italy
bōs, bovis, gen. plur. boum, dat. and abl. plur. bōbus, m. and f.ox, bull, cow
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
flūmen, -minis, n.river
lavō, -āre, lāvī, lautuswash; passive: bathe
Hibērus, -a, -umSpanish, Iberian
pīlum, -ī n.javelin (the Roman heavy spear)
manus, -ūs, f.hand
saevus, -a, -umfierce, savage
bellum, -ī, n.war
dolō, -ōnis m.pike; sword-stick, a staff with a hidden blade
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
teres, -etisrounded, smooth
pugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusfight
mūcrō, -ōnis m.sword point, sword
verū, -ūs n.spit (for roasting)
Sabellus, -a, -umSabellian, Sabine
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
pedes, peditis m.foot soldier
tegimen (tegumen), -inis n.covering, protection
torqueō, torquēre, torsī, tortusturn
immānis, -ehuge, enormous; savage
leō, -ōnis, m.lion
terribilis, -edreadful, terrible
impexus, -a, -umuncombed, shaggy
saeta, -ae f.bristle, coarse hair
cum, prep, with abl.with
dēns, dentis, m.tooth
albus, -a, -umwhite
induō, induere, induī, indūtusput on; clothe
caput, capitis, n.head
sīc, adv.so, thus
rēgius, -a, -umroyal, kingly
tēctum, -ī n.roof; house
subeō, -īre, -iī, -itusgo under; undergo, submit to, sustain, bear, endure
horridus, -a, -umrough, wild, frightening
Herculeus, -a, -umof Hercules
umerus, -ī, m.shoulder
innectō, -ere, -nexuī, -nexustie on; weave, contrive
amictus, -ūs m.cloak, wrap, garment
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.