# Prīmus et Secundus Annus, Vergil: Clausula Fīnālis to Interrogātiō Oblīqua

Vergil

Clausula Fīnālis; Verbs of fearing; the subjunctive of possum (D'Ooge LXV); Prōnōmina; Interrogātiō Oblīqua

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## Vergil's words: cuncto, candidus, mergo

**1** ūnus quī nōbīs cūnctandō restituis rem.  
the one man who by holding back gives us the state again.

**2** Sīdoniō est invectus equō, quem candida Dīdō  
rode on a Sidonian horse, which shining Dido had given him

**3** 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

**4** dēficit; īnfīxum strīdit sub pectore vulnus.  
again; the wound driven under her breast hissed.

**5** intus opāca, ingēns; ipse arduus, altaque pulsat  
dark inside, and enormous; he himself is towering, and strikes

**6** ingentī trepidāre metū; pars vertere terga,  
shook with enormous fear; some turned their backs,

## Vergil's words: fluctuo, saevio

**7** cūncta vidēns magnō cūrārum fluctuat aestū,  
tosses on a great swell of cares,

**8** 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

**9** et saevīre animīs Entellum haud passus acerbīs;  
nor Entellus rage on in a bitter spirit;

**10** membra quatit, gelidusque coit formīdine sanguis.  
my limbs, and my blood clots cold with terror.

**11** ipse manū quatiēns ostendit ab aethere nūbem.  
a cloud burning with rays of light and with gold.

## Vergil's words: latēbra, foedo, adytum

**12** Tum latebrās animae pectus mucrōne reclūdit.  
Then with his point he opens the chest, the hiding place of the life.

**13** foedāvit voltus? Aut cūr haec volnera cernō?”  
your clear face? Or why is it these wounds that I see?”

**14** mittimus, isque adytīs haec trīstia dicta reportat:  
say, and he carries these bleak words back from the shrine:

## Vergil's words: contingo, annītor

**15** sacra canunt, fūnemque manū contingere gaudent.  
sing the holy songs, and are glad to put a hand to the rope.

**16** 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

**17** Hīs animum arrēctī dictīs et fortis Achātēs  
Their spirits lifted by these words, both brave Achates

**18** volvitur; exsuperant flammae, furit aestus ad aurās.  
gables; the flames go over the top, the heat rages into the air.

**19** dēficimus? Cūr ante tubam tremor occupat artūs?  
and shamefully? Why does trembling take our limbs before the trumpet?

## Vergil's words: revīso, prōdo, vānus

**20** Sīc dēmum sociōs cōnsūmptā nocte revīsō.  
So at last, the night used up, I go back to my companions.

**21** prōdiderim, nātam et cōnūbia nostra petentem?  
you who were asking for my daughter and a marriage in my house?

**22** 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

**23** spem voltū simulat, premit altum corde dolōrem.  
he acts hope on his face, and presses the pain down deep in his heart.

**24** 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

**25** Certātim sociī feriunt mare et aequora verrunt.  
the crews strike the sea in rivalry and sweep the level water.

**26** Dūcendum ad sēdēs simulācrum ōrandaque dīvae  
The image must be led to her house, they clamor, and the goddess'

**27** impulerit. Tantaene animīs caelestibus īrae?  
so many labors. Is there such wrath in heavenly hearts?

## Vergil's words: epulae, fēmineus, ululo

**28** et patriōs epulīs et quōs colit hospes Acestēs.  
both our own fathers' and those our host Acestes keeps.

**29** fēmineīs ululant; ferit aurea sīdera clāmor.  
with women wailing; the shouting strikes the golden stars.

**30** cōnūbiīs, summōque ululārunt vertice nymphae.  
to the marriage, and on the high peak the nymphs howled.

## Vergil's words: exuo, penētrālis

**31** exuit, et gressū gaudēns incēdit Iūlī.  
off, and walks along, glad, in the step of Iulus.

**32** 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