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Vergil · Aeneid VIII

Aeneid 8.18–35

Aeneas troubled by night

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Aen. 8.18Tālia per Latium.Such were the doings throughout Latium. Aen. 8.18Quae Lāomedontius hērōs
cūncta vidēns magnō cūrārum flūctuat aestū,
20atque animum nunc hūc celerem, nunc dīvidit illūc.
Seeing all of this, the hero of Laomedon's line tosses on a great surge of cares, and divides his swift mind now this way, now that.
Aen. 8.21In partīsque rapit variās perque omnia versat:
sīcut aquae tremulum labrīs ubi lūmen aēnīs
sōle repercussum aut radiantis imāgine lūnae
omnia pervolitat lātē loca iamque sub aurās
25ērigitur summīque ferit lacuāria tēctī.
He snatches it off in different directions and turns it over through every course: just as when light quivering on water in bronze basins, thrown back from the sun or from the image of the shining moon, flits far and wide over every place, and now rises into the air and strikes the panelled ceiling of the roof above.
Aen. 8.26Nox erat, et terrās animālia fessa per omnīs
alituum pecudumque genus sopor altus habēbat:
cum pater in rīpā gelidīque sub aetheris axe
Aenēās, trīstī turbātus pectora bellō,
30prōcubuit sēramque dedit per membra quiētem.
It was night, and over all the lands deep sleep held weary creatures, the race of birds and of flocks: when father Aeneas, his heart troubled by grim war, lay down on the river bank beneath the vault of the cold sky and gave his limbs late rest.

Aen. 8.31Huic deus ipse locī fluviō Tiberīnus amoenō
pōpuleās inter senior sē attollere frondēs
vīsus;
To him the god of the place himself, Tiberinus of the pleasant stream, seemed to rise, an old man, among the poplar leaves;
Aen. 8.33eum tenuis glaucō vēlābat amictū
carbasus, et crīnīs umbrōsa tegēbat harundō,
35tum sīc adfārī et cūrās hīs dēmere dictīs:
fine linen veiled him in a grey-green mantle, and shady reed covered his hair; then he seemed to address him thus and to take away his cares with these words:

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Latin vocabulary for this passage (101 words)
tālis, -esuch
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
Lāomedontius, -a, -umof Laomedon, king of Troy; Trojan
hērōs, -ōis m.hero, demigod; great man
cūnctus, -a, -umall, the whole
videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsussee; pass., seem
magnus, -a, -umlarge, big, great, mighty; loud
cūra, -ae f.care, concern (cūrae esse: to be a concern)
flūctuō, -āre, -āvīmove like waves; waver, hesitate
aestus, -ūs m.heat; tide
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
animus, -ī, m.mind; heart; spirit, courage
nunc, adv.now
hūc, adv.to this place, hither
celer, celeris, celereswift, quick
dīvidō, -videre, -vīsī, -vīsusdivide, separate
illūc (adv.)to that place, there
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
pars, partis, f.part, side, direction
que, enclitic conj.and
rapiō, -ere, -uī, -tusseize, snatch
varius, -a, -umvarious
omnis, -eall, every
versō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusturn about; (pass. or reflexive) move about, be engaged
sīcut (conj.)just as
aqua, -ae, f.water
tremulus, -a, -umtrembling, quivering
labrum, -ī n.lip
ubi, adv.where; conj., when
lūmen, -minis, n.light
aēnus, -a, -umof bronze (poetic for aēneus)
sōl, sōlis, m.sun
repercutiō, -ere, -cussī, -cussusstrike back; reflect (light or an image)
aut, conj.or; aut ... aut, either ... or
radiō, -āreshine, gleam
imāgō, -inis f.likeness, image, portrait
lūna, -ae f.moon
pervolitō, -ārefly or flit all over
lātēwidely
locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n.place, situation
iam, adv.now, already
sub, prep. with acc. and abl.under; sub vesperum, towards evening
aura, -ae, f.air, breeze
ērigō, -rigere, -rēxī, -rēctusraise or set up, raise, lift; cheer, encourage
summus, -a, -umuppermost, highest, greatest
feriō, -īrestrike, hit
lacuar, -āris n.panelled ceiling
tēctum, -ī n.roof; house
nox, noctis, f.night
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
terra, -ae, f.land, earth
animal, -ālis n.living creature, animal
fessus, -a, -umexhausted, worn out, weary
āles, ālitis m./f.bird (especially a bird of omen)
pecus, pecudis, f.head of cattle, beast, sheep, goat
genus, generis, n.kind, nature
sopor, -ōris m.deep sleep
altus, -a, -umhigh, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itushave, hold; consider
cum, conj.when, while, after; since; although
pater, patris, m.father
rīpa, -ae, f.bank
gelidus, -a, -umicy, ice-cold
aethēr, -eris m. (acc. aethera)the upper air, the sky
axis, -is m.axle; the axis of the heavens, the sky
trīstis, -esad, gloomy
turbō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusconfuse, throw into disorder, disturb, trouble
pectus, pectoris, n.breast
bellum, -ī, n.war
prōcumbō, -ere, -cubuī, -cubitumfall down, sink down
sērus, -a, -umlate
dō, dare, dedī, datusgive
membrum, -ī, n.limb, member
quiēs, quiētis, f.rest, repose
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
deus, -ī, m.god
ipse, ipsa, ipsum, intensive pron.self, himself, herself, itself, themselves; often to be rendered by very
fluvius, -ī m.river, stream
amoenus, -a, -umpleasant, lovely (of places)
pōpuleus, -a, -umof the poplar, poplar-
inter, prep, with acc.among, between
senior, -ōris m.elder; seniores: the elders (of the people)
suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron.himself, herself, itself, themselves
attollō, -erelift up, raise
frōns, frondis f.leafy branch, foliage
is, ea, id, dem. pron.this, that; he, she, it, they
tenuis, -ethin
vēlō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusveil, cover
amictus, -ūs m.cloak, wrap, garment
carbasus, -ī f. (pl. carbasa)fine linen; a sail
crīnis, -is m.hair, a lock of hair
umbrōsus, -a, -umshady
tegō, tegere, tēxī, tēctuscover
harundō (arundō), -inis f.reed, cane
tum, adv.then, at that time
sīc, adv.so, thus
adfor (affor), -fārī, -fātus sumspeak to, address
dēmō, -ere, dēmpsī, dēmptustake away, remove
dictum, -ī n.word, order (dictō audiēns: obedient)
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.