Vergil: III Dēclīnātiō to Adiectīva III Dēclīnātiōnis

Vergil's words: lītus, genitor, nūmen

1. 1
   Īdomeneā ducem, dēsertaque lītora Crētae

   kingdom, Idomeneus; that the shores of Crete lie deserted,

   Īdomeneā

   ducem,dux: leader

   dēsertaquedeserta: abandoned/deserted wife

   lītoralitus3: seashore, beach

   CrētaeCreta: Crete
2. 2
   nōmine Achaemenidēs, Trōiam genitōre Adamastō

   Achaemenides by name, and I set out for Troy with a father, Adamastus,

3. 3
   Iam caelum terramque meō sine nūmine, ventī,

   So now, winds, without my will, do you dare to throw sky

Vergil's words: classis, aequor, immānis

1. 4
   Īliacās igitur classēs atque ultima Teucrum

   Am I then to follow the Ilian fleets and the last

2. 5
   aequoris esse deās, quālīs Nērēia Dōtō

   of the great water, as Doto the daughter of Nereus

3. 6
   Noctem illam tēctī silvīs immānia mōnstra

   That night we get through under cover of the woods, bearing

Vergil's words: anima, līmen

1. 7
   Vīs et Tarquiniōs rēgēs, animamque superbam

   Will you see the Tarquin kings as well, and the proud soul

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   Iamque adeō super ūnus eram, cum līmina Vestae

   And by now I was the only one left, when I catch sight

Aeneid I. 338; Aeneid III. 470

Aeneid VI. 776; Aeneid VIII. 65

Vergil's words: aether, opto, ductor

1. 9
   Et iam fīnis erat, cum Iuppiter aethere summō

   And now there was an end of it, when Jupiter, from the top of the air,

2. 10
   sīve Erycīs fīnis rēgemque optātis Acestēn,

   or the country of Eryx and king Acestes,

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   hīs ego tē, Aenēā, ductōrem mīlibus addam.

   To these thousands, Aeneas, I will add you as leader.

Vergil's words: juventus, sterno, turbo

1. 12
   Iam pater Aenēās et iam Troiāna iuventūs

   Now father Aeneas, now the young men of Troy

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   Ēmathiōna Liger, Corynaeum sternit Asīlās,

   Liger lays out Emathion, Asilas Corynaeus,

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   turbābat caelō; nunc terrās ōrdine longō

   was scattering in the open air; now in a long file they seem

Vergil's words: vertex, pietas

1. 15
   Hanc super in speculīs summōque in vertice montis

   Above it, among the lookouts on the very peak of the mountain,

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   Troiānōs, sī quid pietās antīqua labōrēs

   to the last man, if the old duty still has any regard

summōque

highest, greatest, from summum

Aeneid VI. 706; Aeneid VIII. 496

Vergil's words: āter, pelagus, ōmen

1. 17
   Teucrōrumque aliōs, āter quōs aequore turbō

   and other Teucrians, whom the black storm on the sea

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   prōspectum lātē pelagō petit, Anthea sī quem

   prospect wide over the sea, in case he might see some Antheus

3. 19
   ōminibus. Sed rēgna Tyrī germānus habēbat

   in her first marriage rites. But her brother held the kingdom of Tyre,

Vergil's words: lūmen, tempestas, honor

1. 20
   lūmina nec generum Aenēān captīva vidēbō.”

   at that same moment, and not see Aeneas as my son-in-law, a captive.”

2. 21
   nimbōrumque facīs tempestātumque potentem.”

   and you make me lord of the storm clouds and the tempests.”

3. 22
   accēpit Rōma, et patrium servāvit honōrem;

   took it up in turn, and kept the rite of the fathers;

Vergil's words: fors, mūnus

1. 23
   Nōs Troiā antīquā, sī vestrās forte per aurīs

   We are from ancient Troy, if the name of Troy has by chance

2. 24
   Tum pater Aenēās “Vestra” inquit “mūnera vōbīs

   Then father Aeneas said: “Your gifts stand sure for you,

Aeneid III. 337; Aeneid III. 532

Aeneid V. 749; Aeneid VI. 692–693

Vergil's words: ēgregius, ops, tellūs

1. 25
   Est et Volscōrum ēgregiā dē gente Camilla,

   And there is Camilla, of the excellent Volscian nation,

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   īnsula, dīves opum, Priamī dum rēgna manēbant,

   rich in resources while Priam's kingdoms still stood,

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   “Heu, quae nunc tellūs” inquit “quae mē aequora possunt

   “Alas,” he said, “what land now, what waters, can

Vergil's words: nympha, sono, furor

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   an Phoebī soror? an nymphārum sanguinis ūna?—

   Phoebus' sister? or one of the blood of the nymphs?

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   Inde, ubi clāra dedit sonitum tuba, fīnibus omnēs,

   Then, when the clear trumpet gave its note, all of them,

3. 30
   Quōs inter medius vēnit furor. Ille Sychaeum

   Between the two of them madness came. He, unholy and blind

Vergil's words: mīro, heu

1. 31
   Trīnacriae mīrāta fremit Troiaeque iuventūs.

   the young men of Sicily and Troy murmur in wonder at them.

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   Heu quantae miserīs caedēs Laurentibus īnstant;

   Ah, what slaughter stands over the wretched Laurentians!

Aeneid VIII. 537

Vergil's words: umbro, cognōminis, placidus

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   ad genitōrem īmās Erebī dēscendit ad umbrās.

   goes down to his father, to the lowest shades of Erebus.

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   Est locus, Hesperiam Grāī cognōmine dīcunt,

   There is a place the Greeks call Hesperia by name,

3. 35
   iam senior longā placidās in pāce regēbat.

   an old man now, ruling them quiet in a long peace.

Vergil's words: memoro, converto, sīquis

1. 36
   rēgem adit et rēgī memorat nōmenque genusque,

   came to the king, and told the king his name and his line,

2. 37
   convertēre oculōs Italī, quīque alta tenēbant

   turned their eyes, each outdoing the other, those who held the high

3. 38
   cēde locīs; ego, sīquā super fortūnā labōrum est,

   give up the place. Whatever fortune of these labors is left,

Vergil's words: amplus, fūnus

1. 39
   Tū faciem illīus noctem nōn amplius ūnam

   You are to counterfeit his face by a trick for one night,

2. 40
   sanguine, sunt illīs sua fūnera pārque per omnīs

   blood, they have their own dead, and one storm passed

Aeneid VI. 403–404