# Prīmus et Secundus Annus, Vergil: Iterātiō to Clausula Fīnālis

Vergil

Iterātiō; Petītiō Oblīqua; Clausula Fīnālis

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## Vergil's words: accingo, nī, crista

**1** Illī sē praedae accingunt, dapibusque futūrīs;  
They set to work on the game, and on the feast to come;

**2** circum errant aciēs, et, nī mea cūra resistat,  
all round them on every side, and if my care were not in the way,

**3** ēducet. Vidēn, ut geminae stant vertice cristae,  
Do you see how the twin crests stand on his head,

## Vergil's words: queror, pario, dīligo

**4** Tantōs illa suō rumpēbat pectore questus.  
Such were the cries she was breaking out of her breast.

**5** dēfuerint; alius Latiō iam partus Achillēs,  
another Achilles is already got for Latium,

**6** Phoenīcum, et magnō miserae dīlēctus amōre,  
of the Phoenicians, and loved by the poor woman with a great love,

## Vergil's words: adigo, rota

**7** vel Pater omnipotēns adigat mē fulmine ad umbrās,  
or that the all-powerful Father drive me with his bolt to the shades,

**8** 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

**9** Quod tē per superōs et cōnscia nūmina vērī,  
So by the gods above, by the powers that know what is true,

**10** interpres dīvom fert horrida iussa per aurās.  
by Jupiter himself, brings dreadful orders through the air.

**11** Pandare, quī quondam, iussus cōnfundere foedus,  
Pandarus, who once, ordered to break the treaty,

## Vergil's words: patera, serpo, sepulcrum

**12** vīnaque fundēbat paterīs, animamque vocābat  
and he poured wine from the bowls, and called on the soul

**13** iam magis atque magis, serpitque per agmina murmur;  
more and more, and a muttering creeps along the ranks;

**14** exuviāsque petet; facilis iactūra sepulcrī.  
and want the spoils. The loss of a grave is a small thing.

## Vergil's words: exuviae, instauro

**15** exuviāsque petet; facilis iactūra sepulcrī.  
and want the spoils. The loss of a grave is a small thing.

**16** 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

**17** Iam tum religiō pavidōs terrēbat agrestis  
Even then the dread holiness of the place frightened the country

**18** Īnfēlīx Dīdō, nunc tē facta impia tangunt.  
Unlucky Dido, now his unholy acts touch you.

**19** Nec Turnum sēgnis retinet mora, sed rapit ācer  
No slow delay holds Turnus either: fiercely he sweeps

## Vergil's words: secus, pudeo, spīculum

**20** Haud secus ac iussī faciunt, tēctōsque per herbam  
They do exactly as they are told, and lay swords hidden

**21** extrēmōs pudeat rediisse; hoc vincite, cīvēs,  
to come home last is the shame: win us this much, countrymen,

**22** spīculaque clipeīque ēreptaque rōstra carīnīs.  
and spearheads and shields and beaks torn out of ships' keels.

## Vergil's words: missilis, aggredior

**23** “Dā nunc, Thybrī pater, ferrō, quod missile librō,  
“Grant now, father Tiber, to the iron I balance for the throw,

**24** 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

**25** praeceptīsque Helenī, dederat quae maxima, rīte  
and following the instructions of Helenus, the greatest he had given,

**26** extīnxisse nefās tamen et sūmpsisse merentīs  
still I shall be praised for putting out an abomination and taking

**27** Intereā classem vēlīs aptāre iubēbat  
Meanwhile Anchises was ordering the fleet to be fitted with sails,

## Vergil's words: lacesso, immisceo, oppōno

**28** aut hōs arma sequī ferrumque lacessere suāsit?  
the one side or the other into taking up arms and provoking the sword?

**29** fēmina.” Sīc fātus, noctī sē immiscuit ātrae.  
a woman.” So he spoke, and mixed himself into the black night.

**30** Aequius huic Turnum fuerat sē oppōnere mortī.  
It would have been fairer for Turnus to face this death himself.

## Vergil's words: monumentum, insurgo

**31** Tum genitor, veterum volvēns monumenta virōrum,  
Then my father, turning over the records of men long dead,

**32** 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