# Prīmus et Secundus Annus, Vergil: Praedicātiō Oblīqua to Praedicātiō Oblīqua

Vergil

Praedicātiō Oblīqua

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## Vergil's words: vetustus, congredior, āmens

**1** Templa deī saxō venerābar strūcta vetustō:  
I was making my prayer at the god's temple, built of old stone:

**2** Congredior, fer sacra, pater, et concipe foedus.  
I go to meet him. Bring the holy things, father, and draw up the treaty.

**3** ipse trahit, cursūque āmēns ad līmina tendit.  
and his little grandson, running half mad for my door.

## Vergil's words: ēlābor, intorqueo, concipio

**4** Ecce autem tēlīs Panthus ēlāpsus Achīvom,  
But look, Panthus, slipped clear of the Achaeans' weapons,

**5** hastam intorsit equō ferrumque sub aure relīquit.  
twisted a spear at his horse and left the iron under its ear.

**6** 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

**7** prōcubuēre; tenent Danaī, quā dēficit ignis.  
have come down. Where the fire falls short, the Danaans hold.

**8** 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

**9** obtulerat, fīdēns animī atque in utrumque parātus,  
of his own will, sure of his nerve, and ready for either end,

**10** Sīc animīs iuvenum furor additus: inde, lupī ceu  
So the young men's spirits took the frenzy on. From there, as wolves

**11** 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

**12** quō nunc Turnus ovat spoliō gaudetque potītus.  
and in that spoil Turnus now exults, and is glad to have won it.

**13** coniugiō Aeacidae Pyrrhī scēptrīsque potītum,  
having come into the marriage and the scepter of Pyrrhus, Aeacus' heir,

**14** nūmina conclāmant.  
power entreated.

## Vergil's words: armo, ratio

**15** laeta facit; spoliīs sē quisque recentibus armat.  
gladly; each arms himself out of the spoils still warm.

**16** 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

**17** Multa movēns animō nymphās venerābar agrestīs  
Turning much over in my mind I prayed to the country nymphs

**18** Hūc septem Aenēās collēctīs nāvibus omnī  
Here Aeneas puts in with seven vessels gathered

**19** 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

**20** Tālia flammātō sēcum dea corde volūtāns  
Turning such things over in her kindled heart, the goddess

**21** et bellō Īliacōs fateor petiisse Penātīs;  
and I admit I made war on the household gods of Ilium;

**22** Hoc tamen īnfēlīx miseram sōlābere mortem:  
You will have this one thing, unlucky boy, to console a wretched death:

## Vergil's words: serēnus, purpureus

**23** Postquam cūncta videt caelō cōnstāre serēnō,  
When he sees that everything holds steady in a clear sky,

**24** 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

**25** Nōn servāta fidēs cinerī prōmissa Sychaeō!”  
The faith promised to Sychaeus' ash was not kept!”

**26** rēgem ad supplicium praesentī Mārte reposcunt.  
they demand the king back for punishment, with war standing ready.

**27** 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

**28** dīcere dēseruit, tenuisque recessit in aurās.  
and wanting to say much, and withdrew into thin air.

**29** Circum omnis famulumque manus Troiānaque turba  
All about were the whole household of servants and the Trojan crowd

**30** Signa canunt. Prīmus turmās invāsit agrestīs  
The trumpets sound. Aeneas fell first on the country squadrons,

## Vergil's words: furia, augur

**31** Ergō omnīs furiīs surrēxit Etrūria iūstīs:  
So all Etruria has risen in a fury that is just:

**32** 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