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Vergil · Aeneid VII

Aeneid 7.705–722

Clausus and the Sabines

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Aen. 7.705urguērī volucrum raucārum ad lītora nūbem.cloud of hoarse birds was being driven to the shores. Aen. 7.706Ecce Sabīnōrum prīscō dē sanguine magnum
agmen agēns Clausus magnīque ipse agminis īnstar,
Claudia nunc ā quō diffunditur et tribus et gēns
per Latium, postquam in partem data Rōma Sabīnīs.
Look, Clausus, of the ancient blood of the Sabines, leading a great column and himself the equal of a great column, from whom the Claudian tribe and family now spreads through Latium, since Rome was given in part to the Sabines.
Aen. 7.710Ūna ingēns Amiterna cohors prīscīque Quirītēs,
Ērētī manus omnis olīviferaeque Mutuscae;
With him a huge cohort from Amiternum, and the ancient Quirites, the whole band of Eretum and of olive-bearing Mutusca;
Aen. 7.712quī Nōmentum urbem, quī Rosea rūra Velīnī,
quī Tetricae horrentis rūpēs montemque Sevērum
Casperiamque colunt Forulōsque et flūmen Himellae,
715quī Tiberim Fabarimque bibunt, quōs frīgida mīsit
Nursia, et Hortīnae classēs populīque Latīnī,
quōsque secāns īnfaustum interluit Allia nōmen:
quam multī Libycō volvuntur marmore flūctūs
saevus ubi Ōrīōn hībernīs conditur undīs;
those who live in the city of Nomentum, in the Rosean fields of Velinus, on the crags of rugged Tetrica and Mount Severus, Casperia and Foruli and the river Himella; those who drink the Tiber and the Fabaris, those whom cold Nursia sent, and the Hortine levies and the Latin peoples, and those whom the Allia, ill-omened name, flows between and divides: as many as the waves that roll on the Libyan sea when fierce Orion sets in the wintry waves;
Aen. 7.720vel cum sōle novō dēnsae torrentur aristae
aut Hermī campō aut Lyciae flāventibus arvīs.
or as the thick ears of corn scorched by the early summer sun, either on the plain of Hermus or in the yellow fields of Lycia.

Aen. 7.722Scūta sonant pulsūque pedum conterrita tellūs.Shields clang, and the earth is terrified by the tramp of feet.

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (85 words)
urgueō (urgeō), -ēre, ursīpress, push, drive on; crowd
volucris, -is, f.bird
raucus, -a, -umhoarse; harsh-sounding, clanging
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
lītus, lītoris, n.shore
nūbēs, -is, f.cloud
ecce (interj.)look! see! here is
prīscus, -a, -umancient, of olden times; Prīscī Latīnī: the Old Latins
dē, prep, with abl.down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
sanguis, sanguinis, m.blood
magnus, -a, -umlarge, big, great, mighty; loud
agmen, -minis, n.band, column
agō, agere, ēgī, āctusdrive; do; pass, lead; grātiās agere, see grātia
claudō, -ere, clausī, clausumclose, shut; (agmen) bring up the rear
que, enclitic conj.and
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
īnstar (indecl. n., + gen.)the equal of, like
nunc, adv.now
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
diffundō, -fundere, -fūdī, -fūsuspour forth, spread or shed abroad, diffuse
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
tribus, -ūs f.tribe, one of the divisions of the Roman people
gēns, gentis, f.race, nation
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
postquam, conj.later than, after, when
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
pars, partis, f.part, side, direction
dō, dare, dedī, datusgive
ūnus, -a, -umone; only, alone
ingēns, -gentis, adj.huge, vast
Amiternus, -a, -umof Amiternum, a Sabine town
cohors, cohortis f.cohort (a tenth of a legion); company
Quirītēs, -ium m. pl.Quirites, the Roman citizens in their civil capacity (used in addressing the people)
manus, -ūs, f.hand
omnis, -eall, every
olīvifer, -era, -erumolive-bearing
urbs, urbis, f.city
roseus, -a, -umrosy, pink
rūs, rūris n.the country, countryside; (pl.) fields
horreō, -ēre, horruīshudder at, dread
rūpēs, -is, f.rock, cliff; reef
mōns, montis, m.mountain
sevērus, -a, -umstern, strict, severe
colō, colere, coluī, cultustill, cultivate; inhabit; worship
flūmen, -minis, n.river
bibō, bibere, bibīdrink
frīgidus, -a, -umcold
mittō, mittere, mīsī, missussend
Hortīnus, -a, -umof Horta, a town in Etruria
classis, -is f.fleet
populus, -ī m.people, nation
Latīnus, -a, -umLatin
secō, -āre, secuī, sectuscut; (of fodder) mow
īnfaustus, -a, -umill-omened, unlucky
interluō, -ereflow between
nōmen, -minis, n.name (that by which one is known)
quam, adv.how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible
multus, -a, -ummuch, great; plur., many
Libycus, -a, -umLibyan, African
volvō, -ere, volvī, volūtusroll, turn over; ponder (multa sēcum volvere)
marmor, -oris n.marble; a marble statue
flūctus, -ūs m.wave
saevus, -a, -umfierce, savage
ubi, adv.where; conj., when
hībernus, -a, -umwintry, of winter
condō, -dere, -didī, -ditusput together, found; store away
unda, -ae, f.wave
velor; vel … vel: either … or
cum, conj.when, while, after; since; although
sōl, sōlis, m.sun
novus, -a, -umnew; novissimus, last
dēnsus, -a, -umthick
torreō, -ēre, torruī, tostusparch, scorch, roast
arista, -ae f.ear of grain, beard of grain
aut, conj.or; aut ... aut, either ... or
campus, -ī, m.plain, field
flāveō, -ērebe yellow, be golden
arvum, -ī n.ploughed field, field
scūtum, -ī, n.shield
sonō, -āre, sonuī, sonitusmake a sound, sound
pulsus, -ūs m.stroke, beat
pēs, pedis, m.foot
conterreō, -ēre, -uī, -itusfrighten badly, terrify
tellūs, -ūris f.earth, land (poetic)
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.