Vergil: Clausula Fīnālis to Interrogātiō Oblīqua

Vergil's words: cuncto, candidus, mergo

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   ūnus quī nōbīs cūnctandō restituis rem.

   the one man who by holding back gives us the state again.

   ūnusunus: one; alone

   quīqui: who, which, what, that

   nōbīsnos: we

   cūnctandōcuncto: delay, impede, hold up

   restituis

   rem.res: thing, matter
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   Sīdoniō est invectus equō, quem candida Dīdō

   rode on a Sidonian horse, which shining Dido had given him

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   hīs mersēre malīs; illa haec monumenta relīquit.

   sank me in these evils; these are the memorials she left me.

Vergil's words: infīgo, intus, trepido

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   dēficit; īnfīxum strīdit sub pectore vulnus.

   again; the wound driven under her breast hissed.

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   intus opāca, ingēns; ipse arduus, altaque pulsat

   dark inside, and enormous; he himself is towering, and strikes

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   ingentī trepidāre metū; pars vertere terga,

   shook with enormous fear; some turned their backs,

Vergil's words: fluctuo, saevio

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   cūncta vidēns magnō cūrārum fluctuat aestū,

   tosses on a great swell of cares,

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   cūstōdēs, saevitque canum lātrātus in aurās.

   and the barking of dogs rages up into the air.

Aeneid II. 799–800; Aeneid IV. 688–689

Aeneid V. 256–257; Aeneid V. 504

Vergil's words: acerbus, coeo, quatio

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   et saevīre animīs Entellum haud passus acerbīs;

   nor Entellus rage on in a bitter spirit;

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   membra quatit, gelidusque coit formīdine sanguis.

   my limbs, and my blood clots cold with terror.

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   ipse manū quatiēns ostendit ab aethere nūbem.

   a cloud burning with rays of light and with gold.

Vergil's words: latēbra, foedo, adytum

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   Tum latebrās animae pectus mucrōne reclūdit.

   Then with his point he opens the chest, the hiding place of the life.

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   foedāvit voltus? Aut cūr haec volnera cernō?”

   your clear face? Or why is it these wounds that I see?”

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   mittimus, isque adytīs haec trīstia dicta reportat:

   say, and he carries these bleak words back from the shrine:

Vergil's words: contingo, annītor

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   sacra canunt, fūnemque manū contingere gaudent.

   sing the holy songs, and are glad to put a hand to the rope.

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   quem petit, et summīs adnīxus vīribus urguet.

   him she goes for, straining with all her strength, and presses him.

Aeneid II. 286; Aeneid II. 403–406

Aeneid V. 225–226; Aeneid V. 461–462

Vergil's words: arrigo, exsupero, artus

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   Hīs animum arrēctī dictīs et fortis Achātēs

   Their spirits lifted by these words, both brave Achates

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   volvitur; exsuperant flammae, furit aestus ad aurās.

   gables; the flames go over the top, the heat rages into the air.

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   dēficimus? Cūr ante tubam tremor occupat artūs?

   and shamefully? Why does trembling take our limbs before the trumpet?

Vergil's words: revīso, prōdo, vānus

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   Sīc dēmum sociōs cōnsūmptā nocte revīsō.

   So at last, the night used up, I go back to my companions.

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   prōdiderim, nātam et cōnūbia nostra petentem?

   you who were asking for my daughter and a marriage in my house?

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   Crēdō equidem, nec vāna fidēs, genus esse deōrum.

   I do believe it, and the belief is not empty, that he is of the stock of gods.

Vergil's words: simulo, tenēbrae

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   spem voltū simulat, premit altum corde dolōrem.

   he acts hope on his face, and presses the pain down deep in his heart.

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   īnfernīsque ciet tenebrīs, cui trīstia bella

   and out of the darkness below, one whose heart is set on grim wars,

Aeneid I. 208–209; Aeneid I. 463

Aeneid I. 628–629; Aeneid II. 268–269

Vergil's words: certātim, simulācrum, caelestis

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   Certātim sociī feriunt mare et aequora verrunt.

   the crews strike the sea in rivalry and sweep the level water.

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   Dūcendum ad sēdēs simulācrum ōrandaque dīvae

   The image must be led to her house, they clamor, and the goddess'

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   impulerit. Tantaene animīs caelestibus īrae?

   so many labors. Is there such wrath in heavenly hearts?

Vergil's words: epulae, fēmineus, ululo

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   et patriōs epulīs et quōs colit hospes Acestēs.

   both our own fathers' and those our host Acestes keeps.

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   fēmineīs ululant; ferit aurea sīdera clāmor.

   with women wailing; the shouting strikes the golden stars.

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   cōnūbiīs, summōque ululārunt vertice nymphae.

   to the marriage, and on the high peak the nymphs howled.

Vergil's words: exuo, penētrālis

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   exuit, et gressū gaudēns incēdit Iūlī.

   off, and walks along, glad, in the step of Iulus.

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   aeternumque adytīs effert penetrālibus ignem.

   in her power, and the undying fire, from the innermost shrine.

Aeneid I. 76–77; Aeneid I. 565–566

Aeneid I. 579–581; Aeneid I. 689–690