Aen. 8.175Haec ubi dicta, dapēs iubet et sublāta repōnī
pōcula grāmineōque virōs locat ipse sedīlī
praecipuumque torō et villōsī pelle leōnis
accipit Aenēān soliōque invītat acernō.When this was said, he orders the food and the cups that had been taken away to be set back, and himself places the men on a seat of turf, and welcomes Aeneas above all to a couch with the skin of a shaggy lion, and invites him to a maple throne. Aen. 8.179Tum lēctī iuvenēs certātim āraeque sacerdōs
180viscera tosta ferunt taurōrum onerantque canistrīs
dōna labōrātae Cereris Bacchumque ministrant.Then chosen young men and the priest of the altar eagerly bring the roasted flesh of bulls, and heap baskets with the gifts of laboured Ceres, and serve the wine of Bacchus. Aen. 8.182Vēscitur Aenēās simul et Trōiāna iuventūs
perpetuī tergō bovis et lūstrālibus extīs.Aeneas and the Trojan youth together feast on the long chine of an ox and the sacrificial entrails.
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Vergil · Aeneid VIII
Aeneid 8.175–183
The feast for Hercules
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| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictus | say, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day |
| daps, dapis f. | sacrificial feast, banquet |
| iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus | bid, order, command |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātus | lift, raise; take away, remove; ancorās tollere, to weigh anchor |
| repōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positus | put or set back; store up or away |
| pōculum, -ī, n. | cup |
| grāmineus, -a, -um | grassy |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| vir, virī, m. | man |
| locō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | place; let out a contract for (a public work) |
| ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron. | self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very |
| sedīle, -is n. | seat, bench |
| praecipuus, -a, -um | special, particular, outstanding |
| torus, -ī m. | cushion, mattress; couch |
| villōsus, -a, -um | shaggy, hairy |
| pellis, -is, f. | hide, skin, pelt |
| leō, -ōnis, m. | lion |
| accipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptus | take to oneself, receive, accept; hear; suffer |
| solium, -ī, n. | seat, throne |
| invītō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | invite |
| acernus, -a, -um | of maple wood |
| tum, adv. | then, at that time |
| legō, legere, lēgī, lēctus | choose, pick out; read |
| iuvenis, -is, m. | young man, youth |
| certātim (adv.) | eagerly, vying with one another |
| āra, -ae, f. | altar |
| sacerdōs, -dōtis, m. and f. | priest, priestess |
| viscus, -eris n. (usu. pl. viscera) | inner organs, vitals; the heart, the core |
| torreō, -ēre, torruī, tostus | parch, scorch, roast |
| ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus | bear, bring |
| taurus, -ī, m. | bull |
| onerō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | load, burden |
| canistrum, -ī n. | wicker basket |
| dōnum, -ī, n. | gift |
| labōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | labor, toil |
| ministrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum | serve, wait on (+ dat.) |
| vēscor, -ī | feed on, eat |
| simul, adv. | at the same time; simul atque or ac, as soon as |
| Trōiānus, -a, -um | Trojan |
| iuventūs, -ūtis f. | youth; the young men |
| perpetuus, -a, -um | continuous, perpetual; in perpetuum, for all time, forever |
| tergum, -ī, n. | back |
| bōs, bovis, gen. plur. boum, dat. and abl. plur. bōbus, m. and f. | ox, bull, cow |
| lūstrālis, -e | of purification; sacrificium lūstrāle: a purifying sacrifice |
| exta, -ōrum n. pl. | entrails (heart, liver, lungs) of a sacrificed animal |
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.