Aen. 7.678Nec Praenestīnae fundātor dēfuit urbis,
Volcānō genitum pecora inter agrestia rēgem
680inventumque focīs omnis quem crēdidit aetās
Caeculus.Nor was the founder of the city of Praeneste absent, the king whom every age has believed was born to Vulcan among the country herds and found on the hearth, Caeculus. Aen. 7.681Hunc lātē legiō comitātur agrestis:
quīque altum Praeneste virī quīque arva Gabīnae
Iūnōnis gelidumque Aniēnem et rōscida rīvīs
Hernica saxa colunt, quōs dīves Anagnia pāscit,
685quōs, Amasene pater.A rustic legion accompanies him far and wide: the men who live in lofty Praeneste, and in the fields of Gabine Juno, and by the cold Anio, and among the Hernican rocks dewy with streams, those whom rich Anagnia feeds, and you, father Amasenus. Aen. 7.685Nōn illīs omnibus arma,
nec clipeī currūsve sonant: pars maxima glandēs
līventis plumbī spargit, pars spīcula gestat
bīna manū, fulvōsque lupī dē pelle galērōs
tegmen habent capitī, vestīgia nūda sinistrī
690īnstituēre pedis, crūdus tegit altera pērō.Not all of them have arms, nor do shields or chariots clang: the greatest part sling bullets of grey lead, some carry two javelins in their hand, and have tawny caps of wolfskin as covering for their heads; they set the print of the left foot bare, a rawhide boot covers the other.
Lectitō › Vergil › Aeneid, Book 7 › Aeneid 7.678–690
Vergil · Aeneid VII
Aeneid 7.678–690
Caeculus of Praeneste
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| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| Praenestīnus, -a, -um | of Praeneste, a hill town east of Rome |
| fundātor, -ōris m. | founder |
| dēsum, deesse, dēfuī | be lacking, fail |
| urbs, urbis, f. | city |
| gignō, gignere, genuī, genitus | produce, bring forth |
| pecus, pecoris, n. | herd, flock, cattle |
| inter, prep, with acc. | among, between |
| agrestis, -e | of the country, rustic; boorish |
| rēx, rēgis, m. | king |
| inveniō, -venīre, -vēnī, -ventus | come upon, find |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| focus, -ī m. | hearth, fireplace; (fig.) home |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| crēdō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | believe |
| aetās, -tātis, f. | age |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| lātē | widely |
| legiō, -ōnis f. | legion |
| comitor, -ārī, -ātus sum | accompany, follow |
| altus, -a, -um | high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep |
| vir, virī, m. | man |
| arvum, -ī n. | ploughed field, field |
| Gabīnus, -a, -um | of Gabii |
| gelidus, -a, -um | icy, ice-cold |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| rōscidus, -a, -um | dewy, wet with dew |
| rīvus, -ī m. | stream, brook |
| Hernicus, -a, -um | of the Hernici, a people of Latium |
| saxum, -ī, n. | rock, stone |
| colō, colere, coluī, cultus | till, cultivate; inhabit; worship |
| dīves, dīvitis (superl. dītissimus) | rich |
| pāscō, pāscere, pāvī, pāstus | feed |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| clipeus, -ī m. (also clipeum, -ī n.) | round bronze shield |
| currus, -ūs, m. | chariot, car |
| sonō, -āre, sonuī, sonitus | make a sound, sound |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| magnus, -a, -um | large, big, great, mighty; loud |
| glāns, glandis f. | acorn; sling-bullet (of lead or clay) |
| līveō, -ēre | be bluish or leaden in colour; be envious |
| plumbum, -ī n. | lead (plumbum album: tin) |
| spargō, spargere, sparsī, sparsus | scatter, sprinkle |
| spīculum, -ī n. | point, sharp tip; dart, arrow |
| gestō, -āre | carry, wear |
| bīnī, -ae, -a | two each, two at a time |
| manus, -ūs, f. | hand |
| fulvus, -a, -um | tawny, yellow-brown |
| lupus, -ī m. | wolf |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| pellis, -is, f. | hide, skin, pelt |
| galērus, -ī m. | leather or fur cap |
| tegimen (tegumen), -inis n. | covering, protection |
| habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | have, hold; consider |
| caput, capitis, n. | head |
| vestīgium, -ī, n. | track, foot-print |
| nūdus, -a, -um | naked, bare |
| sinister, -tra, -trum | left |
| īnstituō, -stituere, -stituī, -stitūtus | decide upon, determine |
| pēs, pedis, m. | foot |
| crūdus, -a, -um | raw; fresh, vigorous |
| tegō, tegere, tēxī, tēctus | cover |
| alter, -era, -erum | one or the other (of two); another, second |
| pērō, -ōnis m. | rawhide boot |
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.