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.
Lectitō › Vergil › Aeneid, Book 7 › Aeneid 7.655–669
Vergil · Aeneid VII
Aeneid 7.655–669
Aventinus, son of Hercules
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| post, adv. | after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| īnsignis, -e | notable, 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, -ātus | show, display; show off |
| equus, -ī, m. | horse |
| serō, serere, sēvī, satus | sow, plant |
| pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum | beautiful |
| clipeus, -ī m. (also clipeum, -ī n.) | round bronze shield |
| īnsigne, -is n. | badge, mark, decoration |
| paternus, -a, -um | of a father, a father's |
| centum, indecl. adj. | one hundred |
| anguis, -is, m. and f. | serpent, snake |
| cingō, cingere, cinxī, cinctus | surround, gird |
| gerō, gerere, gessī, gestus | carry, 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, -um | stolen; 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, -ditus | put forth, give out, utter |
| ōra, -ae f. | coast, shore |
| misceō, miscēre, miscuī, mīxtus | mix, mingle |
| deus, -ī, m. | god |
| mulier, mulieris, f. | woman |
| postquam, conj. | later than, after, when |
| Laurēns, -entis | of Laurentum, Laurentine (ager Laurēns: the land around Laurentum, on the coast of Latium) |
| ex(s)tinguō, -ere, -stīnxī, -stīnctus | put out, quench; destroy |
| attingō, -tingere, -tigī, -tāctus | touch at |
| arvum, -ī n. | ploughed field, field |
| Tyrrhēnus, -a, -um | Etruscan; 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, lautus | wash; passive: bathe |
| Hibērus, -a, -um | Spanish, Iberian |
| pīlum, -ī n. | javelin (the Roman heavy spear) |
| manus, -ūs, f. | hand |
| saevus, -a, -um | fierce, 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, -etis | rounded, smooth |
| pugnō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | fight |
| mūcrō, -ōnis m. | sword point, sword |
| verū, -ūs n. | spit (for roasting) |
| Sabellus, -a, -um | Sabellian, 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, tortus | turn |
| immānis, -e | huge, enormous; savage |
| leō, -ōnis, m. | lion |
| terribilis, -e | dreadful, terrible |
| impexus, -a, -um | uncombed, shaggy |
| saeta, -ae f. | bristle, coarse hair |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| dēns, dentis, m. | tooth |
| albus, -a, -um | white |
| induō, induere, induī, indūtus | put on; clothe |
| caput, capitis, n. | head |
| sīc, adv. | so, thus |
| rēgius, -a, -um | royal, kingly |
| tēctum, -ī n. | roof; house |
| subeō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go under; undergo, submit to, sustain, bear, endure |
| horridus, -a, -um | rough, wild, frightening |
| Herculeus, -a, -um | of Hercules |
| umerus, -ī, m. | shoulder |
| innectō, -ere, -nexuī, -nexus | tie 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.