Vergil: Praedicātiō Oblīqua to Praedicātiō Oblīqua

Vergil's words: vetustus, congredior, āmens

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   Templa deī saxō venerābar strūcta vetustō:

   I was making my prayer at the god's temple, built of old stone:

   Templatemplum: temple, shrine

   deīdeus: god

   saxōsaxum: rock, stone

   venerābar

   strūcta

   vetustō:
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   Congredior, fer sacra, pater, et concipe foedus.

   I go to meet him. Bring the holy things, father, and draw up the treaty.

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   ipse trahit, cursūque āmēns ad līmina tendit.

   and his little grandson, running half mad for my door.

Vergil's words: ēlābor, intorqueo, concipio

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   Ecce autem tēlīs Panthus ēlāpsus Achīvom,

   But look, Panthus, slipped clear of the Achaeans' weapons,

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   hastam intorsit equō ferrumque sub aure relīquit.

   twisted a spear at his horse and left the iron under its ear.

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   Congredior, fer sacra, pater, et concipe foedus.

   I go to meet him. Bring the holy things, father, and draw up the treaty.

Vergil's words: dēficio, minor

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   prōcubuēre; tenent Danaī, quā dēficit ignis.

   have come down. Where the fire falls short, the Danaans hold.

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   Hinc atque hinc vastae rūpēs geminīque minantur

   On this side and that, huge cliffs and twin crags threaten

Aeneid I. 135; Aeneid II. 246–247

Aeneid II. 318–321; Aeneid II. 376–377

Vergil's words: fīdo, ceu, convello

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   obtulerat, fīdēns animī atque in utrumque parātus,

   of his own will, sure of his nerve, and ready for either end,

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   Sīc animīs iuvenum furor additus: inde, lupī ceu

   So the young men's spirits took the frenzy on. From there, as wolves

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   culmina convellunt; hīs sē, quandō ultima cernunt,

   and every roof of the house; with these, since they see the end,

Vergil's words: ovo, potior, conclāmo

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   quō nunc Turnus ovat spoliō gaudetque potītus.

   and in that spoil Turnus now exults, and is glad to have won it.

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   coniugiō Aeacidae Pyrrhī scēptrīsque potītum,

   having come into the marriage and the scepter of Pyrrhus, Aeacus' heir,

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   nūmina conclāmant.

   power entreated.

Vergil's words: armo, ratio

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   laeta facit; spoliīs sē quisque recentibus armat.

   gladly; each arms himself out of the spoils still warm.

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   Haud incerta canō. Nunc quā ratiōne quod īnstat

   I sing nothing uncertain. Now by what plan you may win your way

Aeneid I. 220–222; Aeneid I. 378–379

Aeneid I. 559–560; Aeneid II. 394–395

Vergil's words: āgrestis, colligo, principium

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   Multa movēns animō nymphās venerābar agrestīs

   Turning much over in my mind I prayed to the country nymphs

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   Hūc septem Aenēās collēctīs nāvibus omnī

   Here Aeneas puts in with seven vessels gathered

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   Prīncipiō mūrōs obscūraque līmina portae,

   First I go back to the walls and the dark opening of the gate

Vergil's words: flammo, fateor, sōlor

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   Tālia flammātō sēcum dea corde volūtāns

   Turning such things over in her kindled heart, the goddess

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   et bellō Īliacōs fateor petiisse Penātīs;

   and I admit I made war on the household gods of Ilium;

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   Hoc tamen īnfēlīx miseram sōlābere mortem:

   You will have this one thing, unlucky boy, to console a wretched death:

Vergil's words: serēnus, purpureus

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   Postquam cūncta videt caelō cōnstāre serēnō,

   When he sees that everything holds steady in a clear sky,

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   purpureōsque iacit flōrēs, ac tālia fātur:

   and throws down bright flowers, and speaks in this way:

Aeneid I. 275–277; Aeneid II. 336–338

Aeneid III. 518–519; Aeneid III. 602–603

Vergil's words: cinis, reposco, paternus

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   Nōn servāta fidēs cinerī prōmissa Sychaeō!”

   The faith promised to Sychaeus' ash was not kept!”

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   rēgem ad supplicium praesentī Mārte reposcunt.

   they demand the king back for punishment, with war standing ready.

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   Fāma volat pulsum rēgnīs cessisse paternīs

   Rumor flies that a prince has been driven out and has given up his father's

Vergil's words: tenuis, famulus, turma

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   dīcere dēseruit, tenuisque recessit in aurās.

   and wanting to say much, and withdrew into thin air.

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   Circum omnis famulumque manus Troiānaque turba

   All about were the whole household of servants and the Trojan crowd

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   Signa canunt. Prīmus turmās invāsit agrestīs

   The trumpets sound. Aeneas fell first on the country squadrons,

Vergil's words: furia, augur

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   Ergō omnīs furiīs surrēxit Etrūria iūstīs:

   So all Etruria has risen in a fury that is just:

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   Heu furiīs incēnsa feror! Nunc augur Apollō,

   Ah, I am carried away, burning with the Furies! Now the seer Apollo,

Aeneid II. 25–26; Aeneid II. 632–633

Aeneid II. 790–791; Aeneid IV. 552