Aen. 7.783Ipse inter prīmōs praestantī corpore Turnus
vertitur arma tenēns et tōtō vertice suprā est.Turnus himself, outstanding in body, moves among the foremost holding his arms, and stands a whole head above them. Aen. 7.785Cui triplicī crīnītā iubā galea alta Chimaeram
sustinet, Aetnaeōs efflantem faucibus ignīs:
tam magis illa fremēns et trīstibus effera flammīs,
quam magis effūsō crūdēscunt sanguine pugnae.His high helmet, crested with a triple plume, bears a Chimaera, breathing Etna's fires from her jaws: she roars and rages with grim flames all the more, the more the fighting grows savage as blood is poured out. Aen. 7.789At levem clipeum sublātīs cornibus Iō
790aurō īnsignībat, iam saetīs obsita, iam bōs
(argūmentum ingēns), et custōs virginis Argus
caelātāque amnem fundēns pater Īnachus urnā.But his smooth shield was emblazoned in gold with Io, her horns raised, already covered with bristles, already a cow (a mighty theme), and Argus, the maiden's guard, and father Inachus pouring his river from an engraved urn. Aen. 7.793Īnsequitur nimbus peditum clipeātaque tōtīs
agmina dēnsentur campīs, Argīvaque pūbēs
795Auruncaeque manus, Rutulī veterēsque Sicānī
et Sacrānae aciēs et pictī scūta Labīcī;A cloud of foot soldiers follows, and shielded columns crowd together over all the plains: the Argive youth and the Auruncan bands, the Rutulians and the old Sicanians, and the Sacranian ranks and the Labici with painted shields; Aen. 7.797quī saltūs, Tiberīne, tuōs sacrumque Numīcī
lītus arant Rutulōsque exercent vōmere collēs
Circaeumque iugum, quīs Iuppiter Anxurus arvīs
800praesidet et viridī gaudēns Fērōnia lūcō;those who plough your glades, Tiber, and the sacred shore of Numicus, and work the Rutulian hills with the ploughshare and the ridge of Circe, over whose fields Jupiter of Anxur presides, and Feronia, rejoicing in her green grove; Aen. 7.801quā Saturae iacet ātra palūs gelidusque per īmās
quaerit iter vallīs atque in mare conditur Ūfēns.where the black marsh of Satura lies, and cold Ufens seeks his way through the lowest valleys and is lost in the sea.
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Vergil · Aeneid VII
Aeneid 7.783–802
Turnus and his host
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| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| inter, prep, with acc. | among, between |
| prīmus, -a, -um | first, foremost |
| praestāns, -stantis, adj. | preëminent, remarkable |
| corpus, corporis, n. | body |
| vertō, vertere, vertī, versus | turn |
| arma, -ōrum, n. plur. | arms, weapons |
| teneō, -ēre, -uī, -tus | hold, keep; hold back, restrain, stop |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| tōtus, -a, -um | all the, the whole or entire |
| vertex, -icis m. | top of the head, crown; summit |
| suprā, adv. and prep. with acc. | above, before |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| triplex, -icis | threefold, triple |
| crīnītus, -a, -um | long-haired |
| iuba, -ae f. | mane |
| galea, -ae, f. | helmet |
| altus, -a, -um | high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep |
| sustineō, -tinēre, -tinuī, -tentus | hold or bear up, sustain, withstand |
| Aetnaeus, -a, -um | of Etna, the volcano in Sicily |
| efflō, -flāre, -flāvī, -flātus | breathe out |
| faucēs, -ium f. pl. | throat; narrow pass, gorge |
| ignis, -is, m. | fire |
| tam, adv. | so |
| magis, comp. adv. | more, rather |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| fremō, -ere, -uī, -itum | roar, growl; grumble (in + acc.: at) |
| trīstis, -e | sad, gloomy |
| efferus, -a, -um | wild, savage, frantic |
| flamma, -ae, f. | flame |
| quam, adv. | how? as; than; with superl., as ... as possible |
| effundō, -fundere, -fūdī, -fūsus | pour out |
| crūdēscō, -ere, -duī | grow fierce, grow violent |
| sanguis, sanguinis, m. | blood |
| pugna, -ae, f. | fighting, battle, combat |
| at, conj. | but |
| levis, -e | light, slight |
| clipeus, -ī m. (also clipeum, -ī n.) | round bronze shield |
| tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātus | lift, raise; take away, remove; ancorās tollere, to weigh anchor |
| cornū, -ūs, n. | horn |
| iō, interj. | oh! ho! (a cry of joy, pain or calling) |
| aurum, -ī, n. | gold |
| īnsigniō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | mark, distinguish, adorn with a device |
| iam, adv. | now, already |
| saeta, -ae f. | bristle, coarse hair |
| obserō, -serere, -sēvī, -situs | sow, plant; cover, fill |
| bōs, bovis, gen. plur. boum, dat. and abl. plur. bōbus, m. and f. | ox, bull, cow |
| argūmentum, -ī n. | proof, evidence |
| ingēns, -gentis, adj. | huge, vast |
| custōs, -ōdis m. | guard |
| virgō, virginis, f. | maiden |
| caelō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | engrave, carve in relief, chase (metal) |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| amnis, -is m. | river |
| fundō, -ere, fūdī, fūsum | pour; rout, scatter (an enemy) |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| urna, -ae f. | jar, urn |
| īnsequor, -sequī, -secūtus | follow upon or up, pursue |
| nimbus, -ī m. | rain-cloud, storm-cloud |
| pedes, peditis m. | foot soldier |
| clipeātus, -a, -um | armed with a shield |
| agmen, -minis, n. | band, column |
| dēnseō, -ēre | make thick, close up, pack together |
| campus, -ī, m. | plain, field |
| Argīvus, -a, -um | Argive, of Argos; Greek |
| pūbēs, -eris | adult, grown-up (of men of military age) |
| Auruncus, -a, -um | Auruncan, of the Aurunci (an ancient people of Latium) |
| manus, -ūs, f. | hand |
| vetus, veteris | old, former |
| Sacrānus, -a, -um | of the Sacrani, an ancient people of Latium |
| aciēs, -ēī, f. | line of battle |
| pingō, -ere, pīnxī, pictus | paint |
| scūtum, -ī, n. | shield |
| saltus, -ūs m. | wooded pass, forest glade, woodland |
| tuus, -a, -um | thy, thine, your |
| sacer, sacra, sacrum | sacred, holy |
| lītus, lītoris, n. | shore |
| arō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | plow |
| exerceō, -ercēre, -ercuī, -ercitus | exercise |
| vōmer, -eris m. | ploughshare |
| collis, -is m. | hill |
| Circaeus, -a, -um | of Circe |
| iugum, -ī, n. | yoke |
| Anxurus, -a, -um | of Anxur (Tarracina); Iuppiter Anxurus |
| arvum, -ī n. | ploughed field, field |
| praesideō, -sidēre, -sēdī | sit in front of; guard, protect, preside over (+ dat.) |
| viridis, -e | green |
| gaudeō, gaudēre, gāvīsus | be glad, rejoice |
| lūcus, -ī m. | sacred grove |
| quā, adv. | in which place, where |
| iaceō, -ēre, -uī | lie, be prostrate |
| āter, ātra, ātrum | black, dark; gloomy |
| palūs, -ūdis, f. | swamp, marsh |
| gelidus, -a, -um | icy, ice-cold |
| per, prep, with ace. | through, by means of |
| īmus, -a, -um | lowest (ab īmō: from the bottom) |
| quaerō, quaerere, quaesīvī, quaesītus | seek; ask, inquire |
| iter, itineris, n. | a going, journey, march; iter facere, to journey, march |
| vallis, -is, f. | valley |
| atque, ac (conj.) | and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants) |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| mare, maris, n. | sea |
| condō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | put together, found; store away |
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.