Aen. 7.670Tum geminī frātrēs Tīburtia moenia linquunt,
frātris Tīburtī dictam cognōmine gentem,
Catillusque ācerque Corās, Argīva iuventūs,
et prīmam ante aciem dēnsa inter tēla feruntur:
ceu duo nūbigenae cum vertice montis ab altō
675dēscendunt centaurī, Homolēn Othrymque nivālem
linquentēs cursū rapidō;Then twin brothers leave the walls of Tibur, a people named after their brother Tiburtus, Catillus and fierce Coras, Argive youths, and they are borne before the front line among the thick weapons: as when two cloud-born Centaurs come down from the high peak of a mountain, leaving Homole and snowy Othrys in rapid course; Aen. 7.676dat euntibus ingēns
silva locum et magnō cēdunt virgulta fragōre.the huge forest gives way to them as they go, and the thickets yield with a great crash.
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Vergil · Aeneid VII
Aeneid 7.670–677
Catillus and Coras from Tibur
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| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| frāter, frātris, m. | brother |
| Tīburtius, -a, -um | of Tibur |
| moenia, -ium, n. plur. | walls |
| linquō, -ere, līquī | leave |
| dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus | say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day |
| cognōmen, -inis n. | surname, added name, nickname |
| gēns, gentis, f. | race, nation |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| ācer, ācris, ācre | sharp, shrill |
| Argīvus, -a, -um | Argive, of Argos; Greek |
| iuventūs, -ūtis f. | youth; the young men |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| prīmus, -a, -um | first, foremost |
| ante, prep, with acc. and adv. | before |
| aciēs, -ēī, f. | line of battle |
| dēnsus, -a, -um | thick |
| inter, prep, with acc. | among, between |
| tēlum, -ī, n. | missile, spear, weapon |
| ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus | bear, bring |
| ceu (adv.) | as, like, just as |
| duo, -ae, -o, plur. adj. | two |
| nūbigena, -ae m. | cloud-born; (pl.) the Centaurs |
| cum, prep, with abl. | with |
| vertex, -icis m. | top of the head, crown; summit |
| mōns, montis, m. | mountain |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| altus, -a, -um | high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep |
| dēscendō, -scendere, -scendī, -scēnsus | climb down, descend |
| centaurus, -ī, m. | centaur |
| nivālis, -e | snowy, covered with snow |
| cursus, -ūs, m. | running, speed; course, route, voyage; race |
| rapidus, -a, -um | swift; consuming, fierce |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| eō, īre, iī, itus | go |
| ingēns, -gentis, adj. | huge, vast |
| silva, -ae, f. | wood, forest |
| locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n. | place, situation |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| cēdō, -ere, cessī, cessum | go, withdraw, give way |
| virgultum, -ī n. | brushwood, thicket |
| fragor, -ōris m. | crash, din |
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.