Latin · Unit 42
Vergil: Cāsus Genetīvus. Adverbium to Tempus Praeteritum et Supīnum
Vergil
Cāsus Genetīvus. Adverbium; Cāsus Datīvus; The nine irregular adjectives (D'Ooge XVI); Tempus Praeteritum Imperfectum; Tempus Futūrum; Cum–praepositiō. Cum–coniūnctiō; Tempus Perfectum; Tempus Praeteritum et Supīnum
Vergil's words: ignārus, linquo, ergō
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“Comrades (for we are not strangers to trouble before this),
“ŌO! (in address)sociī—nequesocius: companion, ally; neither, nor, and ... notenimfor, in fact, indeed.ignārīsumussum: be; existantebeforemalōrum— - 2
and leave the homes of the Greek-born and the fields we do not trust.
Graiugenumquedomōsdomus: house, homesuspectāquelinquimusarva.arable land, plowed field - 3
So he calls a great council, and the first men of his people,
Ergōergo: thereforeconciliumcouncil, assemblymagnummagnus: great, large; strong, loudprīmōsquesuōrumsuum: his men (pl.), his friends
Vergil's words: chorus, insto, incēdo
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And look: halfway across, a dancing troop of his own
Atqueandillīille: that; he, she, itmediōmedius: middle, middle part ofinin, on; into, to, againstspatiōspatium: room, space, distance; timechorussite for a monumenteccesee! behold! there! here!suārumsuus: his/her/its own, their own - 5
Aeneas presses on against him and makes his spear flash,
Aenēāsīnstatcontrācontra: against, contrary totēlumquecoruscatcorusco: brandish/shake/quiver - 6
when he goes on foot and cuts his way through the greatest
cumwhen; since; althoughpedesfoot soldierincēditmediīmedius: middle, middle of, midperthroughmaximāNērēī
Vergil's words: implico
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his temples, and prays to the spirit of the place, and to Earth,
implicatetandgeniumquelocīlocus: place, spotprīmamquedeōrumdeus: god
Vergil's words: arceo, celsus, aulaeum
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receive Aeneas and keep him from dangers at last.
accipiteAenēānetandtandemat length, finallyarcēteperīclīs. - 9
I have Amathus, I have high Paphos and Cythera
Estsum: be; existAmathūs,estsum: be; existcelsamihīPaphusatqueandCythēra - 10
When he comes, the queen has already settled herself
Cumwhen; since; althoughvenit,venio: come, goaulaeīsiamjam: already, nowsēsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)rēgīnaregina: queensuperbīs
Vergil's words: carīna, pātrius, aeternus
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I have no need of Vulcan's armor against the Teucrians,
Nōnnon: notarmīsarma: armsmihiego: IVolcānī,nōnnon: notmīllemille: thousandcarīnīs - 12
Ocnus too calls a column out from his native shores,
Illethat; he, she, itetiamyet, still; also, besidespatriīsagmenline of march, columncietOcnusabfrom, byōrīs, - 13
to other tears. Hail for ever from me, greatest Pallas,
fātaFata: utterance, oraclevocant:voco: call, summonsalvēsalve: hail, greetingsaeternummihi,ego: ImaximePalla,
Vergil's words: palla, accēdo
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to other tears. Hail for ever from me, greatest Pallas,
fātaFata: utterance, oraclevocant:voco: call, summonsalvēsalve: hail, greetingsaeternummihi,ego: ImaximePalla, - 15
But go first to the underground house of Dis, and through deep
īnfernāsaccēdedomōs,domus: house, homeetandAvernaperthroughaltaaltus: high, tall, deep
Vergil's words: infernus
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But go first to the underground house of Dis, and through deep
īnfernāsaccēdedomōs,domus: house, homeetandAvernaperthroughaltaaltus: high, tall, deep
Vergil's words: mēta, lustro, rursus
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Better to take the long way about the turning-post of Sicilian Pachynus,
Praestatpraesto2: excel, surpass, be outstanding/superior/best/greater/preferable (to)TrīnacriīmētāslūstrārePachȳnī - 18
Better to take the long way about the turning-post of Sicilian Pachynus,
Praestatpraesto2: excel, surpass, be outstanding/superior/best/greater/preferable (to)TrīnacriīmētāslūstrārePachȳnī - 19
And now they were coming near the gates, and again the Latins
Iamquejamque: now, already, by/even nowpropinquābantportīs,porta: gaterūrsusqueLatīnī
Vergil's words: facies, dīrus, nimbus
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Terrible faces appear, and, hostile to Troy,
Adpārentdīraefaciēsfacies: shape, face, lookinimīcaqueinimica: enemy (personal), foeTrōiaeTroia: Troia - 21
Terrible faces appear, and, hostile to Troy,
Adpārentdīraefaciēsfacies: shape, face, lookinimīcaqueinimica: enemy (personal), foeTrōiaeTroia: Troia - 22
and the dead of night was holding the moon in a rain-cloud.
etandlūnaminin, on; into, to, againstnimbōnoxnight [prima nocte => early in the nightintempestatenēbat.teneo: keep, hold
- inimīcaque
- enemy, foe, from inimica
Vergil's words: praesto, herba
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Better to take the long way about the turning-post of Sicilian Pachynus,
Praestatpraesto2: excel, surpass, be outstanding/superior/best/greater/preferable (to)TrīnacriīmētāslūstrārePachȳnī - 24
a black column goes over the fields, and they haul the loot
iteo: gonigrumcampīscampus: field, plainagmen,line of march, columnpraedamqueperthroughherbāsherba: herb, grass
Vergil's words: compello, incendium, requies
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in his ignorance, and calls out first, as to comrades:
īnscius,inscius: not knowing, ignorantatqueandultrōultro: besides, beyondverbīsverbum: wordcompellatcompello: address/accost, speak to, call uponamīcīs:amicus: friend - 26
What god, Muses, turned so cruel a burning away
Quiswho?deus,godōO! (in address)mūsae,tamsosaevasaevus: fierce, savageincendiaincendium: fire, conflagrationTeucrīs - 27
rest of my old age, could you leave me alone,
sērameaemeus: my, minerequiēs,requies: rest (from labor), respitepotuistīlinqueresōlam,solus: only, single
Aeneid X. 671
Vergil's words: scēptrum
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and first in the scepter, and with no gladness on his face.
etandprīmusprimus: first, foremost/best, chief, principalscēptrīshaudnot, not at all, by no meanslaetāfrontefrons2: frontLatīnus.
Vergil's words: dēsero, aura, attollo
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while I drag my life out in the woods, among the deserted
cumwhen; since; althoughvītamvita: lifeinin, on; into, to, againstsilvīssilva: wood, forestinterbetween, amongdēsertadeserta: abandoned/deserted wifeferārumfera: a wild beast - 30
and lifted his arms into the air above without fear.
brāchiaqueadtosuperāsinterritusextulitaurās.aura: air, breeze - 31
and lifts his spirit. As in the fields of the Carthaginians
attollitqueanimōs.animus: mind, heart; spirit, feelingPoenōrumPoeni: penalty, punishmentquālisqualis: what kind/sort/condition (of)inin, on; into, to, againstarvīs
Vergil's words: torqueo, profugus, effero
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were the first to hurl a shaft into the middle of the Achaeans.
inin, on; into, to, againstmediōsmedius: middle, middle of, midtēlumtelum: weapon of offense, speartorsistīprīmusprimus: first, foremost/best, chief, principalAchīvōs. - 33
came to Italy, an exile by fate, and to the Lavinian
Ītaliam,Italia: Italyfātōprofugus,Lāvīniaquevēnitvenio: come, go - 34
and lifted his arms into the air above without fear.
brāchiaqueadtosuperāsinterritusextulitaurās.aura: air, breeze
Vergil's words: fīdūcia, assuesco
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“Why look for your reasons so far down? Where has your
“Quidquis: what?causāscausa: cause/reason/motivepetisexout of, fromaltō?altus: high, tall, deepFīdūciacessitcedo: go/pass (from/away) - 36
Do not, my boys, do not get your hearts used to wars like these,
Nē,ne: in order that not, thatpuerī,puer: boynēne: in order that not, thattantatantus: so greatanimīsanimus: mind, heart; spirit, feelingadsuēscitebella,bellum: war
Aeneid XII. 696
Vergil's words: jacto, aequo, obstipesco
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and I take you in! Tossed by such dangers, my son!
accipiō!accipio: take, grasp, receive, accept, undertakequantīsiactātum,nāte,perīclīs! - 38
will make her rule equal to the earth, her spirit equal to Olympus,
imperiumcommand, chief power; empireterrīs,terra: landanimōsanimus: mind, heart; spirit, feelingaequābitOlympō, - 39
Sidonian Dido was struck dumb at the first sight of him,
Obstipuitprīmōprimus: firstaspectūSīdōniaDīdō,
Vergil's words: sōpio, gemo, pello
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him I will put to sleep and hide away high on Cythera
hunchic: thisegoIsōpītumsopio: cause to sleep, render insensible by a blow or sudden shocksomnōsomnus: sleepsuperover, abovealtāaltus: high, tall, deepCythērā - 41
they run ahead of the South Winds and the West; farthest Thrace groans
antebeforeNotōsZephyrumquevolant;volo2: flygemitultimafarpulsū - 42
they run ahead of the South Winds and the West; farthest Thrace groans
antebeforeNotōsZephyrumquevolant;volo2: flygemitultimafarpulsū
Vergil's words: agnosco, juxtā
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and Turnus knew savage Aeneas in his armor,
etandsaevumsaevus: fierce, savageAenēānadgnōvitTurnusinin, on; into, to, againstarmīsarma: arms - 44
first stood close and knew her, dim through the shadows,
utthat, in order that, that notprīmumprimus: firstiuxtāstetitsto: stand, stand still, stand firmadgnōvitqueperthroughumbrās
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- Paine and Mainwaring, Prīmus Annus (Oxford, 1912) and Secundus Annus (1917); Appleton and Jones, Puer Rōmānus (1913); D'Ooge, Latin for Beginners (Boston, 1911); Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles (1903). Public domain. The teaching pages, the glosses and the narration are ours.
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