Aen. 7.744Et tē montōsae mīsēre in proelia Nersae,
745Ūfēns, īnsignem fāmā et fēlīcibus armīs;And you too mountainous Nersae sent to battle, Ufens, outstanding in fame and fortunate in arms; Aen. 7.746horrida praecipuē cui gēns adsuētaque multō
vēnātū nemorum, dūrīs Aequicula glaebīs.yours above all is a rugged race, used to much hunting in the forests, the Aequi on their hard soil. Aen. 7.748Armātī terram exercent, semperque recentīs
convectāre iuvat praedās et vīvere raptō.Armed they till the earth, and they always delight to bring in fresh plunder and to live on what they seize.
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Vergil · Aeneid VII
Aeneid 7.744–749
Ufens and the Aequi
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| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| montōsus, -a, -um | mountainous |
| mittō, mittere, mīsī, missus | send |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| proelium, -ī, n. | battle, combat; proelium committere, to join battle |
| īnsignis, -e | notable, remarkable |
| fāma, -ae, f. | report, rumor |
| fēlīx, -īcis | fortunate, lucky, happy |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| horridus, -a, -um | rough, wild, frightening |
| praecipuē, adv. | especially |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| gēns, gentis, f. | race, nation |
| assuēscō, -ere, -suēvī, -suētus | become accustomed, get used to |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| vēnātus, -ūs m. | hunting, the chase; game |
| nemus, -oris n. | grove, wood |
| dūrus, -a, -um | hard; harsh; difficult |
| Aequiculus, -a, -um | of the Aequi (Aequiculi), a mountain people of Italy |
| glaeba, -ae f. | clod, soil |
| armātus, -a, -um | armed |
| terra, -ae, f. | land, earth |
| exerceō, -ercēre, -ercuī, -ercitus | exercise |
| semper, adv. | always |
| recēns, -entis | recent, fresh |
| convectō, -āre | carry together, bring in, gather |
| iuvō, -āre, iūvī, iūtum | help |
| praeda, -ae, f. | booty, spoil, plunder |
| vīvō, vīvere, vīxī, vīctus | live |
| raptō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | drag violently, carry off |
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.