Vergil: IV Dēclīnātiō to Comparātiō Adverbiōrum

Vergil's words: infēlix, omnipotens, pando

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   ā tergō, īnfēlīx quā sē, dum rēgna manēbant,

   left behind them, by which, while the kingdom stood, unlucky

   āa: from, by, off

   tergō,tergum: back

   īnfēlīxinfelix: unhappy, unlucky

   quāqui: who, which, what, that

   sē,sui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)

   dumwhile, as long as

   rēgnaregnum: royal power

   manēbant,maneo: MENE
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   quae Phoebō pater omnipotēns, mihi Phoebus Apollō

   which the all-powerful father foretold to Phoebus, and Phoebus Apollo

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   Ausoniae pars illa procul, quam pandit Apollō.

   that stretch of Ausonia which Apollo opens lies far away.

Vergil's words: temno, fremo, saeculum

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   nāte, patris summī quī tēla Typhōia temnis,

   son, you who make nothing of the highest father's Typhoean bolts,

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   Trīnacriae mīrāta fremit Troiaeque iuventūs.

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

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   ēgregiam et facilem vīctū per saecula gentem.

   outstanding in war and easily fed down the ages.

Vergil's words: colōnus, pontus

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   Urbs antīqua fuit, Tyriī tenuēre colōnī,

   There was an ancient city, held by settlers out of Tyre,

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   Crēta Iovis magnī mediō iacet īnsula pontō;

   Crete, the island of great Jove, lies in the middle of the sea;

Aeneid II. 717; Aeneid III. 479; Aeneid IV. 387

Vergil's words: ministro, claustra, mōles

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   Neptūnō; deus ipse facēs animumque ministrat.”

   to Neptune; the god himself supplies the torches and the will.”

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   circum claustra fremunt; celsā sedet Aeolus arce

   roar around their bars; Aeolus sits in his high citadel

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   ingentemque Gyās ingentī mōle Chimaeram,

   and Gyas the huge Chimaera in her huge bulk,

Vergil's words: decus, dīvus, laetitia

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   Ītalidēs, quās ipsa decus sibi dīa Camilla

   daughters of Italy, whom bright Camilla chose herself

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   mūnera laetitiamque dīī.

   gifts, and the gladness of the day.

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   Adsit laetitiae Bacchus dator, et bona Iūnō;

   Let Bacchus, giver of gladness, be here, and kindly Juno;

Vergil's words: pūbes, genetrix

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   Cētera Trīnacriī pūbēs seniōris Acestae

   The rest of the young men, of old Acestes' Sicily,

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   arma rogō genetrīx natō. Tē fīlia Nērēī,

   holy to me, a mother, for her son. The daughter of Nereus

Aeneid II. 624–625; Aeneid IV. 456

Aeneid IV. 582; Aeneid XII. 240

Vergil's words: ardeo, horreo, mortālis

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   ārdēbant; sed rēs animōs incognita turbat.

   to join right hands, but the unknown business unsettles them.

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   respōnsīs horrent dīvom et Maeōtia tellūs,

   shudder at the gods' answers, and the land about Maeotis,

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   mortālis, nec vōx hominem sonat: Ō, dea certē—

   a mortal's, and your voice does not sound human: a goddess, surely:

Vergil's words: sīdus, celēbro, volvo

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   quī Libycō nūper cursū, dum sīdera servat,

   who lately on the Libyan run, while he watched the stars,

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   Actiaque Īliacīs celebrāmus lītora lūdīs.

   and we keep the Actian shore with the games of Ilium.

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   Continuō ventī volvunt mare, magnaque surgunt

   At once the winds roll the sea over, and great swells

Vergil's words: continuus, occumbo

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   Continuō ventī volvunt mare, magnaque surgunt

   At once the winds roll the sea over, and great swells

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   Tȳdīdē! Mēne Īliacīs occumbere campīs

   son of Tydeus! Could I not have gone down on the plains of Ilium

Aeneid I. 278; Aeneid III. 639–640; Aeneid VII. 695

Vergil's words: furo, aureus, spēlunca

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   contrā tēla furit sēsēque haud nescia mortī

   rages at the spears and throws itself, not ignorant of it,

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   aureus ex umerō sonat arcus et arma Diānae.

   a golden bow rings at her shoulder, and Diana's weapons.

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   Sed pater omnipotēns spēluncīs abdidit ātrīs,

   But the all-powerful father hid them in black caverns,

Vergil's words: verso, prōles, lēvis

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   Nunc mē flūctus habet, versantque in lītore ventī.

   Now the surf has me, and the winds roll me on the shore.

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   Hīc genus antīquum Teucrī, pulcherrima prōlēs,

   Here is Teucer's ancient line, that most beautiful stock,

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   aut iaculō incēdit melior levibusque sagittīs,

   bold in his force, or better with the javelin and the light arrows,

Vergil's words: incumbo, opīmus

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   Tum vērō Teucrī incumbunt, et lītore celsās

   Then indeed the Teucrians set to, and haul the high ships

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   auxiliō Bēlī; genitor tum Bēlus opīmam

   with Belus' help; my father Belus was laying rich Cyprus

Aeneid I. 12–14; Aeneid I. 380

Aeneid VI. 362; Aeneid IX. 126

Vergil's words: totidem, cupīdo, celero

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   errāmus pelagō, totidem sine sīdere noctēs.

   we wander at sea, and as many nights without a star.

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   Cōnsilia, ut faciem mūtātus et ōra Cupīdō

   in her heart: that Cupid, changed in his face and features,

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   Ergō iter inceptum celerant rūmōre secundō;

   So they hurry the journey they had begun, with a following cheer;

Vergil's words: dēmens, immitto, habēna

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   “Nūlla salūs bellō.” Capitī cane tālia, dēmēns,

   ‘There is no safety in war.' Sing that, madman, over the head

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   rumpere claustra manū sociōsque immittere portīs,

   to break the bars with his hand and let his comrades in at the gates,

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   in mediōs frāterque Liger; sed frāter habēnīs

   into the middle of them, and his brother Liger with him; but the brother

Capitī

kind of tunic worn by, from capitium

Vergil's words: praecipito, nūbilus

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   Praecipitāte morās.” Nec plūra effātus; at illī

   Throw off delay.” He said no more; and they

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   nōn ipsī inter sē, nōn nūbila, nōn mare cēdit;

   neither they to one another, nor the clouds, nor the sea gives way;

Aeneid V. 298–299; Aeneid VIII. 90

Aeneid VIII. 301–302; Aeneid VIII. 328–329