Aen. 8.541Haec ubi dicta dedit, soliō sē tollit ab altō
et prīmum Herculeīs sōpītās ignibus ārās
excitat hesternumque larem parvōsque penātīs
laetus adit: mactant lēctās dē mōre bidentīs
545Euandrus pariter, pariter Trōiāna iuventūs.When he had said these words, he rises from his high seat, and first rouses the altars slumbering with Herculean fires, and gladly approaches the household god of yesterday and the humble Penates: Evander and the Trojan youth alike sacrifice chosen two-year-old sheep according to custom. Aen. 8.546Post hinc ad nāvīs graditur sociōsque revīsit.After this he goes to the ships and visits his comrades again. Aen. 8.547Quōrum dē numerō quī sēsē in bella sequantur
praestantīs virtūte legit;From their number he chooses those outstanding in courage to follow him into war; Aen. 8.548pars cētera prōnā
fertur aquā segnisque secundō dēfluit amnī,
550nūntia ventūra Ascaniō rērumque patrisque.the rest are carried downstream on the water and float idly down the favouring river, to come as messengers to Ascanius of events and of his father. Aen. 8.551Dantur equī Teucrīs Tyrrhēna petentibus arva;Horses are given to the Teucrians as they make for the Tyrrhenian fields; Aen. 8.552dūcunt exsortem Aenēae, quem fulva leōnis
pellis obit tōtum, praefulgēns unguibus aureīs.they lead out a special one for Aeneas, which a tawny lion's hide covers entirely, gleaming with golden claws.
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Vergil · Aeneid VIII
Aeneid 8.541–553
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| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| dictum, -ī n. | word, order (dictō audiēns: obedient) |
| dō, dare, dedī, datus | give |
| solium, -ī, n. | seat, throne |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| tollō, tollere, sustulī, sublātus | lift, raise; take away, remove; ancorās tollere, to weigh anchor |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| altus, -a, -um | high, deep; altum, -ī, n., the deep |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| prīmum, adv. | first, in the first place |
| Herculeus, -a, -um | of Hercules |
| sōpiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | put to sleep; stun |
| ignis, -is, m. | fire |
| āra, -ae, f. | altar |
| excitō, -citāre, -citāvī, -citātus | call out, arouse |
| hesternus, -a, -um | of yesterday, yesterday's, |
| que, enclitic conj. | and |
| lār, laris m. | Lar, a household god; lār familiāris: one's home |
| parvus, -a, -um | little, small |
| laetus, -a, -um | glad, joyful |
| adeō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go to, approach |
| mactō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | sacrifice; slaughter; punish |
| legō, legere, lēgī, lēctus | choose, pick out; read |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| mōs, mōris, m. | way, manner, habit, custom |
| bidēns, -entis f. | a sheep (for sacrifice, of the age to show two adult teeth) |
| pariter (adv.) | equally, alike; at the same time |
| Trōiānus, -a, -um | Trojan |
| iuventūs, -ūtis f. | youth; the young men |
| post, adv. | after, later; prep. with acc., after, behind |
| hinc, adv. | from this place, hence |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| nāvis, -is, f. | ship |
| gradior, gradī, gressus sum | step, walk, go |
| socius, -ī, m. | companion, comrade, ally |
| revīsō, -ere | go back to see, revisit |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| numerus, -ī, m. | number |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| bellum, -ī, n. | war |
| sequor, sequī, secūtus | follow |
| praestāns, -stantis, adj. | preëminent, remarkable |
| virtūs, -tūtis, f. | manliness, courage, bravery |
| pars, partis, f. | part, side, direction |
| cēterī, -ae, -a, plur. adj. | the other, the remaining, the rest of |
| prōnus, -a, -um | leaning forward; inclined, prone (to) |
| ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus | bear, bring |
| aqua, -ae, f. | water |
| segnis, -e | slow, sluggish, idle |
| secundus, -a, -um | following, favorable |
| dēfluō, -ere, -flūxī | flow down, fall down |
| amnis, -is m. | river |
| nūntia, -ae f. | messenger (female) |
| veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus | come |
| rēs, reī, f. | thing, matter, affair, circumstance, situation; rē vērā, in truth, in fact, really |
| pater, patris, m. | father |
| equus, -ī, m. | horse |
| Tyrrhēnus, -a, -um | Etruscan; mare Tyrrhēnum: the sea west of Italy |
| petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītus | seek, ask; attack |
| arvum, -ī n. | ploughed field, field |
| dūcō, dūcere, dūxī, ductus | lead; make, dig; with or without in mātrimōnium, marry |
| exsors, -sortis | without a share in (+ gen.) |
| fulvus, -a, -um | tawny, yellow-brown |
| leō, -ōnis, m. | lion |
| pellis, -is, f. | hide, skin, pelt |
| obeō, -īre, -iī, -itus | go to meet; attend to, carry out |
| tōtus, -a, -um | all the, the whole or entire |
| praefulgeō, -ēre, -fulsī | shine brightly, glitter |
| unguis, -is m. | fingernail, nail; claw |
| aureus, -a, -um | of gold, golden |
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.