Vergil: Participia Praesēns et Futūrum to Ferō and the dative with compounds (D'Ooge LXXIII)

Vergil's words: Hymenaeus, fātālis, suspendo

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   Lēdaeam Hermionēn Lacedaemoniōsque hymenaeōs,

   Hermione, Leda's granddaughter, and a Spartan wedding,

   Lēdaeam

   Hermionēn

   Lacedaemoniōsque

   hymenaeōs,
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   Nōn licuit fīnēs Italōs fātāliaque arva,

   It was not allowed me to look with you for the Italian borders,

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   ipse manū multō suspēnsum nūmine dūcit,

   himself, by the hand, held in suspense by all that presence,

Vergil's words: praestō, impūnis, insignis

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   Sunt mihi bis septem praestantī corpore nymphae,

   I have twice seven nymphs of outstanding form,

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   Haud impūne quidem; nec tālia passus Ulixēs,

   Not unpunished, though; Ulysses did not put up with that,

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   quem docuit multāque īnsignem reddidit arte,

   and made outstanding in much skill,

Vergil's words: fulvus, prehendo

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   optat aprum, aut fulvum dēscendere monte leōnem.

   may be granted him, or a tawny lion come down from the hill.

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   “Quō rēs summa, locō, Panthū? Quam prēndimus arcem?”

   “Where does the worst of it stand, Panthus? What stronghold are we holding?”

Aeneid II. 322; Aeneid VI. 722–723

Vergil's words: tegimen, rōbur, haurio

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   strīnxerat: ille manum prōiectō tegmine dēmēns

   grazed him: like a fool he threw his shield away and carried

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   rōbora, et ingentem lātō dedit ōre fenestram.

   oak, and made a huge window with a wide mouth.

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   Cōnstitit Aenēās, strepitumque exterritus hausit.

   Aeneas halted, and drank in the noise, terrified.

Vergil's words: suspicio, luctus, resideo

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   Graiugenumque domōs suspectāque linquimus arva.

   and leave the homes of the Greek-born and the fields we do not trust.

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   Dīversō intereā miscentur moenia lūctū,

   Meanwhile the city is thrown into one confusion of scattered grief,

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   cōnsessū medium tulit exstrūctōque resēdit.

   with many thousands into the midst of the seating, and sat above them.

Vergil's words: saepio, rūpes

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   saepsit sē tēctīs rērumque relīquit habēnās.

   shut himself inside the house, and let go the reins of affairs.

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   Iam prīmum saxīs suspēnsam hanc aspice rūpem,

   Now first, look at this crag hanging on its rocks,

Aeneid I. 187–188; Aeneid I. 240–241

Aeneid I. 459–460; Aeneid I. 529

Vergil's words: excido, thalamus, caterva

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   exciderat puppī mediīs effūsus in undīs.

   had dropped from the stern and spilled out into mid-water.

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   hic thalamum invāsit nātae vetitōsque hymenaeōs;

   this one forced his daughter's bed and a marriage forbidden him;

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   Prīmus ibi ante omnis, magnā comitante catervā,

   There, first before them all, with a great throng at his heels,

Vergil's words: infandus, nefas, ōcior

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   Ō sōla īnfandōs Trōiae miserāta labōrēs,

   You alone have pitied Troy's unspeakable hardships,

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   spērāstī, tantumque nefās patriō excidit ōre?

   with you left behind? Did so great a wrong fall from a father's mouth?

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   tempora, quis rēbus dexter modus. Ōcius omnēs

   for speaking, the right handling of the matter. Quickly they all

Vergil's words: revello, experior

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   quaeritur et nāscentis equī dē fronte revolsus

   and they look for the love-charm torn from the forehead of a new-foaled colt

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   sīve fidē seu quis bellō est expertus et armīs:

   whether a man has tried it in good faith or in war and arms:

Aeneid I. 314–317; Aeneid I. 574

Aeneid II. 657–658; Aeneid III. 508

Vergil's words: culmen, odium, tyrannus

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   Hostis habet mūrōs; ruit altō ā culmine Troiā.

   The enemy holds the walls; Troy is coming down from her height.

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   ulterius nē tende odiīs.” Stetit acer in armīs

   do not reach out further in hatred.” Aeneas stood, keen

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   conveniunt, quibus aut odium crūdēle tyrannī

   they come together, all who had either a hard hatred of the tyrant

Vergil's words: exitium, absisto, dōno

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   ūnīus in miserī exitium conversa tulēre.

   they bore easily, once it was turned onto the ruin of one wretch.

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   “Iam iam fāta, soror, superant; absiste morārī;

   “Now, now, sister, the fates are winning; stop holding me back;

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   nēmō ex hōc numerō mihi nōn dōnātus abībit.

   no one out of this number will go from me ungifted.

Vergil's words: astrum, conjugium

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   īdem ventūrōs tollēmus in astra nepōtēs,

   and we, the same, will raise your descendants to come up to the stars

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   coniugiumque, domumque, patrēs, nātōsque vidēbit,

   and see her marriage, her house, her parents, her children,

Aeneid II. 201–202; Aeneid II. 290

Aeneid II. 520; Aeneid II. 730–733

Vergil's words: crīmen, sat, ēverto

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   conciliumque vocat vītāsque et crīmina discit.

   of the silent, and learns their lives and what they were charged with.

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   hoc sat erit. Sciō mē Danaīs ē classibus ūnum,

   that will be enough. I know I am one man out of the Danaan fleets,

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   disiēcitque ratēs ēvertitque aequora ventīs,

   scattered the ships and overturned the seas with winds,

Vergil's words: perfundo, inveho, pestis

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   Dūcunt et Rutulō perfūsōs sanguine currūs.

   They lead out the chariots too, soaked with Rutulian blood.

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   Centaurō invehitur magna, Scyllaque Cloanthus

   rides in the great Centaur, and Cloanthus in the sea-green

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   sīdera—Dī, tālem terrīs āvertite pestem!—

   the high stars (gods, turn such a plague away from the earth!)

Vergil's words: veneror, expedio

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   Iussī nūmina magna locī venerāmur; et inde

   As ordered, we worship the great powers of the place; and from there

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   expediet, cursūsque dabit venerāta secundōs.

   and, given her due reverence, will grant you a prospering course.

Aeneid III. 78–79; Aeneid V. 121–123

Aeneid VI. 564–565; Aeneid XI. 88