Vergil: Iterātiō to Clausula Fīnālis

Vergil's words: accingo, nī, crista

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   Illī sē praedae accingunt, dapibusque futūrīs;

   They set to work on the game, and on the feast to come;

   Illīille: that; he, she, it

   sēsui: of himself (herself, itself, themselves)

   praedaepraeda: booty, spoils

   accingunt,

   dapibusquedaps: sacrificial feast/meal

   futūrīs;
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   circum errant aciēs, et, nī mea cūra resistat,

   all round them on every side, and if my care were not in the way,

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   ēducet. Vidēn, ut geminae stant vertice cristae,

   Do you see how the twin crests stand on his head,

Vergil's words: queror, pario, dīligo

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   Tantōs illa suō rumpēbat pectore questus.

   Such were the cries she was breaking out of her breast.

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   dēfuerint; alius Latiō iam partus Achillēs,

   another Achilles is already got for Latium,

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   Phoenīcum, et magnō miserae dīlēctus amōre,

   of the Phoenicians, and loved by the poor woman with a great love,

Vergil's words: adigo, rota

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   vel Pater omnipotēns adigat mē fulmine ad umbrās,

   or that the all-powerful Father drive me with his bolt to the shades,

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   frēnaque ferventīsque rotās; pars mūnera nōta,

   and bridles and burning-hot wheels; some the gifts they knew,

Aeneid I. 210; Aeneid I. 383

Aeneid I. 485–487; Aeneid I. 643–645

Vergil's words: conscius, interpres, confundo

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   Quod tē per superōs et cōnscia nūmina vērī,

   So by the gods above, by the powers that know what is true,

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   interpres dīvom fert horrida iussa per aurās.

   by Jupiter himself, brings dreadful orders through the air.

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   Pandare, quī quondam, iussus cōnfundere foedus,

   Pandarus, who once, ordered to break the treaty,

Vergil's words: patera, serpo, sepulcrum

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   vīnaque fundēbat paterīs, animamque vocābat

   and he poured wine from the bowls, and called on the soul

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   iam magis atque magis, serpitque per agmina murmur;

   more and more, and a muttering creeps along the ranks;

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   exuviāsque petet; facilis iactūra sepulcrī.

   and want the spoils. The loss of a grave is a small thing.

Vergil's words: exuviae, instauro

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   exuviāsque petet; facilis iactūra sepulcrī.

   and want the spoils. The loss of a grave is a small thing.

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   Īnstaurātī animī, rēgis succurrere tēctīs,

   Our spirits came back, to bring help to the king's house,

Aeneid I. 630; Aeneid I. 657–660

Aeneid II. 451–452; Aeneid II. 645–646

Vergil's words: religio, impius, segnis

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   Iam tum religiō pavidōs terrēbat agrestis

   Even then the dread holiness of the place frightened the country

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   Īnfēlīx Dīdō, nunc tē facta impia tangunt.

   Unlucky Dido, now his unholy acts touch you.

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   Nec Turnum sēgnis retinet mora, sed rapit ācer

   No slow delay holds Turnus either: fiercely he sweeps

Vergil's words: secus, pudeo, spīculum

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   Haud secus ac iussī faciunt, tēctōsque per herbam

   They do exactly as they are told, and lay swords hidden

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   extrēmōs pudeat rediisse; hoc vincite, cīvēs,

   to come home last is the shame: win us this much, countrymen,

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   spīculaque clipeīque ēreptaque rōstra carīnīs.

   and spearheads and shields and beaks torn out of ships' keels.

Vergil's words: missilis, aggredior

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   “Dā nunc, Thybrī pater, ferrō, quod missile librō,

   “Grant now, father Tiber, to the iron I balance for the throw,

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   adgressī, superīsque Iovem dētrūdere rēgnīs.

   and to push Jove out of the kingdoms above.

Aeneid II. 446–447; Aeneid II. 489

Aeneid II. 619; Aeneid II. 673–675

Vergil's words: rīte, exstinguo, apto

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   praeceptīsque Helenī, dederat quae maxima, rīte

   and following the instructions of Helenus, the greatest he had given,

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   extīnxisse nefās tamen et sūmpsisse merentīs

   still I shall be praised for putting out an abomination and taking

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   Intereā classem vēlīs aptāre iubēbat

   Meanwhile Anchises was ordering the fleet to be fitted with sails,

Vergil's words: lacesso, immisceo, oppōno

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   aut hōs arma sequī ferrumque lacessere suāsit?

   the one side or the other into taking up arms and provoking the sword?

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   fēmina.” Sīc fātus, noctī sē immiscuit ātrae.

   a woman.” So he spoke, and mixed himself into the black night.

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   Aequius huic Turnum fuerat sē oppōnere mortī.

   It would have been fairer for Turnus to face this death himself.

Vergil's words: monumentum, insurgo

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   Tum genitor, veterum volvēns monumenta virōrum,

   Then my father, turning over the records of men long dead,

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   Ēripite, Ō sociī, pariterque īnsurgite rēmīs!”

   Pull us clear, comrades, and rise to the oars together!”

Aeneid I. 1–4; Aeneid I. 133–134

Aeneid I. 192–193; Aeneid I. 676