Aeneid 8.152–174

Evander welcomes Aeneas

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Aen. 8.152Dīxerat Aenēās.Aeneas had spoken. Aen. 8.152Ille ōs oculōsque loquentis
iamdūdum et tōtum lūstrābat lūmine corpus.Evander had long been scanning the face and eyes of the speaker and his whole body with his gaze. Aen. 8.154Tum sīc pauca refert: Ut tē, fortissimē Teucrum,
155accipiō agnōscōque libēns!Then he replies thus in few words: 'How gladly, bravest of the Teucrians, I receive and recognise you! Aen. 8.155Ut verba parentis
et vōcem Anchīsae magnī voltumque recordor!How I recall the words and the voice and the face of your father, great Anchises! Aen. 8.157Nam meminī Hēsionae vīsentem regna sorōris
Lāomedontiadēn Priamum, Salamīna petentem,
prōtinus Arcadiae gelidōs invīsere fīnīs.For I remember that Priam, son of Laomedon, on his way to Salamis to see the realm of his sister Hesione, came on to visit the cold borders of Arcadia. Aen. 8.160Tum mihi prīma genās vestībat flōre iuventās,
mīrābarque ducēs Teucrōs, mīrābar et ipsum
Lāomedontiadēn, sed cūnctīs altior ībat
Anchīsēs: mihi mēns iuvenālī ārdēbat amōre
compellāre virum et dextrae coniungere dextram.Then early youth was clothing my cheeks with bloom, and I marvelled at the Teucrian leaders, and marvelled at the son of Laomedon himself; but taller than all walked Anchises: my heart burned with a young man's longing to address the hero and to join right hand with right hand.

Aen. 8.165Accessī et cupidus Pheneī sub moenia dūxī.I approached him and eagerly led him beneath the walls of Pheneus. Aen. 8.166Ille mihi īnsignem pharetram Lyciāsque sagittās
discēdēns chlamydemque aurō dedit intertextam
frēnaque bīna meus quae nunc habet aurea Pallās.On leaving he gave me a splendid quiver and Lycian arrows, and a cloak interwoven with gold, and a pair of golden bridles, which my Pallas now has. Aen. 8.169Ergō et quam petitis iūncta est mihi foedere dextra,
170et lūx cum prīmum terrīs sē crāstina reddet,
auxiliō laetōs dīmittam opibusque iuvābō.Therefore the right hand you seek is already joined with yours in treaty, and as soon as tomorrow's light returns to the earth, I shall send you off glad with help and aid you with my resources. Aen. 8.172Intereā sacra haec, quandō hūc vēnistis amīcī,
annua, quae differre nefās, celebrāte faventēs
nōbīscum et iam nunc sociōrum adsuēscite mēnsīs.Meanwhile, since you have come here as friends, celebrate with us in goodwill these yearly rites, which it is wrong to postpone, and from now on grow used to the tables of your allies.'

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (113 words)

dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus	say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.	that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
ōs, ōris, n.	mouth
oculus, -ī, m.	eye
que, enclitic conj.	and
loquor, loquī, locūtus	speak
iamdūdum (adv.)	long since; for a long time now
et, conj.	and; et ... et, both ... and
tōtus, -a, -um	all the, the whole or entire
lūstrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	purify by sacrifice; review (an army)
lūmen, -minis, n.	light
corpus, corporis, n.	body
tum, adv.	then, at that time
sīc, adv.	so, thus
paucī, -ae, -a, plur. adj.	few
referō, referre, rettulī, relātus	bring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia
ut, conj.	as; when; that; ita ut, as
tū, tuī, pers. pron.	thou, you
fortiter, adv.	bravely
accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus	take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer
agnōscō, -gnōscere, -gnōvī, -gnitus, recognize
libēns (lubēns), -entis	willing, glad; (as adv.) gladly
verbum, -ī, n.	word
parēns, -entis m./f.	parent
vōx, vōcis, f.	voice; word
magnus, -a, -um	large, big, great, mighty; loud
vultus, -ūs m.	face, expression
recordor, -ārī, -ātus sum	call to mind, remember
nam, conj.	for
meminī, meminisse	remember
vīsō, -ere, vīsī, vīsum	go to see, visit; look at
regnum, -ī, n.	royal power, rule, throne; kingdom, realm
soror, -ōris, f.	sister
petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus	seek, ask; attack
prōtinus (adv.)	straight on; at once
gelidus, -a, -um	icy, ice-cold
invīsō, -ere, -vīsī, -vīsus	go to see, visit
fīnis, -is, m.	end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country
ego, meī, pers. pron.	I
prīmus, -a, -um	first, foremost
gena, -ae f.	cheek
vestiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītum	clothe, dress
flōs, flōris m.	flower
iuventās, -ātis f.	youth, the age of youth
mīror, -ārī, -ātus	wonder, wonder at
dux, ducis, m. and f.	leader, commander
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.	self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
sed, conj.	but
cūnctus, -a, -um	all, the whole
altus, -a, -um	high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep
eō, īre, iī, itus	go
mēns, mentis f.	mind, spirit
iuvenālis, -e	youthful, of young men
ārdeō, ārdēre, ārsī, ārsus	be on fire, burn
amor, -ōris, m.	love
compellō, -pellere, -pulī, -pulsus	drive together, drive
vir, virī, m.	man
dextra, -ae, f.	right hand (manus understood)
coniungō, -iungere, -iūnxī, -iūnctus	join together, join
accēdō, -ere, accessī, accessum	come near, approach; be added
cupidus, -a, -um	desirous, eager
sub, prep. with acc. and abl.	under; sub vesperum, towards evening
moenia, -ium, n. plur.	walls
dūcō, dūcere, dūxī, ductus	lead; make, dig; with or without in mātrimōnium, marry
īnsignis, -e	notable, remarkable
pharetra, -ae f.	quiver
Lycius, -a, -um	Lycian, of Lycia in south-west Asia Minor (Lyciae sortēs: Apollo's oracles at Patara)
sagitta, -ae, f.	arrow
discēdō, -cēdere, -cessī, -cessus	go apart, withdraw, depart
chlamys, -ydis f. (acc. chlamydem)	a short Greek cloak
aurum, -ī, n.	gold
dō, dare, dedī, datus	give
intertexō, -ere, -texuī, -textus	weave in, interweave
frēnum, -ī n.	bridle, rein
bīnī, -ae, -a	two each, two at a time
meus, -a, -um	my, mine
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.	who, which
nunc, adv.	now
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itus	have, hold; consider
aureus, -a, -um	of gold, golden
ergō (adv.)	therefore, then; quid ergō? what then?
iungō, iungere, iūnxī, iūnctus	join; yoke, harness
sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	be
foedus, -eris n.	treaty, alliance
lūx, lūcis, f.	light
cum, conj.	when, while, after; since; although
prīmum, adv.	first, in the first place
terra, -ae, f.	land, earth
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.	himself, herself, itself, themselves
crāstinus, -a, -um	of tomorrow; in crāstinum (diem): on the next day
reddō, -dere, -didī, -ditus	give back, return, restore; render
auxilium, -ī, n.	help, aid
laetus, -a, -um	glad, joyful
dīmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missus	send different ways, send forth or away, despatch; let slip, lose
ops, opis f.; pl. opēs, -um	help; (pl.) resources, wealth, power
iuvō, -āre, iūvī, iūtum	help
intereā, adv.	in the meantime, meanwhile
sacrum, -ī n.	sacred object or rite; sacra: rites, worship
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.	this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
quandō (adv.)	when; (after sī) ever
hūc, adv.	to this place, hither
veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus	come
amīcus, -ī, m.	friend
annuus, -a, -um	for a year, yearly
differō, differre, distulī, dīlātum	differ; scatter, put off
nefās n. (indecl.)	a sin, a wrong; something forbidden by divine law
celebrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus	throng; keep (a festival), celebrate
faveō, -ēre, fāvī, fautum (+ dat.)	favour, support
nōs	plur. of ego
iam, adv.	now, already
socius, -ī, m.	companion, comrade, ally
assuēscō, -ere, -suēvī, -suētus	become accustomed, get used to
mēnsa, -ae f.	table

Vergil, Aeneid VIII. 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.