Aen. 7.750Quīn et Marruvia vēnit dē gente sacerdōs,
fronde super galeam et fēlīcī cōmptus olīvā.Moreover, from the Marruvian people came a priest, his helmet adorned with foliage and fruitful olive. Aen. 7.752Archippī rēgis missū, fortissimus Umbrō,
vīpereō generī et graviter spīrantibus hydrīs
spargere quī somnōs cantūque manūque solēbat
755mulcēbatque īrās et morsūs arte levābat.Sent by King Archippus, bravest Umbro, who used to sprinkle sleep with song and hand on the race of vipers and on hydras of foul breath, and soothed their anger and relieved their bites by his art. Aen. 7.756Sed nōn Dardaniae medicārī cuspidis ictum
ēvaluit, neque eum iūvēre in volnera cantūs
somniferī et Marsīs quaesītae montibus herbae.But he was not able to heal the blow of a Dardan spear-point, nor did sleep-bringing songs and herbs sought on the Marsian mountains help him against wounds. Aen. 7.759Tē nemus Angitiae, vitrea tē Fūcinus unda,
760tē liquidī flēvēre lacūs.For you the grove of Angitia wept, for you Fucinus with its glassy water, for you the clear lakes.
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Vergil · Aeneid VII
Aeneid 7.750–760
Umbro, the Marsian priest
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| quīn, conj. | so that ... not, but that, but |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| Marruvius, -a, -um | of Marruvium, chief town of the Marsi |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| gēns, gentis, f. | race, nation |
| sacerdōs, -dōtis, m. and f. | priest, priestess |
| frōns, frontis, f. | forehead |
| super (prep. + acc. or abl.; also adv.) | over, above, on top of; upon; about, concerning |
| galea, -ae, f. | helmet |
| fēlīx, -īcis | fortunate, lucky, happy |
| cōmō, -ere, cōmpsī, cōmptum | arrange, comb (hair) |
| olīva, -ae f. | olive tree; olive |
| rēx, rēgis, m. | king |
| missus, -ūs m. | sending (only abl. missū: at someone's bidding) |
| fortis, -e | brave |
| vīpereus, -a, -um | of snakes |
| genus, generis, n. | kind, nature |
| graviter, adv. | severely, seriously |
| spīrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | breathe; (of wind) blow |
| hydrus, -ī m. | water-snake |
| spargō, spargere, sparsī, sparsus | scatter, sprinkle |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| somnus, -ī, m. | sleep, drowsiness |
| cantus, -ūs, m. | singing, song |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| manus, -ūs, f. | hand |
| soleō, -ēre, solitus sum | be accustomed, usually do |
| mulceō, -ēre, mulsī, mulsus | stroke; soothe, calm |
| īra, -ae, f. | anger, wrath |
| morsus, -ūs m. | bite; jaws |
| ars, artis, f. | art |
| levō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | lift; lighten, relieve |
| sed, conj. | but |
| nōn, adv. | not |
| Dardanius, -a, -um | Dardanian, of Dardanus; Trojan |
| medicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | drug, steep in medicine |
| cuspis, -idis f. | point, tip (of a spear or arrow) |
| īctus, -ūs, m. | blow |
| ēvalēscō, -ere, -valuī | grow strong; prevail, gain currency; be able |
| neque or nec, conj. | and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| iuvō, -āre, iūvī, iūtum | help |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| vulnus, vulneris, n. | wound |
| somnifer, -era, -erum | sleep-bringing |
| Marsus, -a, -um | Marsian, of the Marsi, a hardy people of central Italy |
| quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītus | seek; ask, inquire |
| mōns, montis, m. | mountain |
| herba, -ae, f. | herb, plant |
| tū, tuī, pers. pron. | thou, you |
| nemus, -oris n. | grove, wood |
| Angitia, -ae f. | Angitia, a goddess of the Marsi with healing and snake-charming powers |
| vitreus, -a, -um | of glass; glassy, clear, sparkling |
| unda, -ae, f. | wave |
| liquidus, -a, -um | liquid, flowing; clear |
| fleō, -ēre, flēvī, flētum | weep |
| lacus, -ūs, m. | lake |
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.