Latin · Unit 54
Vergil: Clausula Cōnsecūtīva to Grammatica Varia
Vergil
Clausula Cōnsecūtīva; The subjunctive of characteristic; the predicate accusative (D'Ooge LXIX); Clausulae Condiciōnālēs; Grammatica Varia
Vergil's words: ingemo, effigies, paciscor
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Did he groan at my weeping? Did he turn his eyes?
Numwhetherflētūingemuitnostrō?noster: our, oursNumwhetherlūminalumen: lightflexit? - 2
and snatched the sacred figure, and with bloodied hands
corripuēresacramsacer: sacred, holy, consecratedeffigiem,effigies: image, likeness, effigymanibusquemanus: mannacruentīs - 3
“Where are you running, Aeneas? Do not walk out on the marriage you bargained for;
“Quōquo: whither, where; in order to, thatfugis,fugio: flee, fly, run awayAenēā?Thalamōsnēne: in order that not, thatdēserepactōs;
Vergil's words: fauces, invictus, cālīgo
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I froze; my hair stood up, and my voice stuck in my throat.
Obstipuī,stetēruntquecomaeetandvōxvox: voice, tone, expressionfaucibusfauces: pharynx (usu pl.), gullet/throat/neck/jaws/mawhaesit.haereo: stick, adhere, cling to - 5
sons of gods though they were, and unbeaten in their strength.
dīsdeus: godquamquamthough, althoughgenitīatqueandinvictīvīribusvis: strength, power, might, violenceessent.sum: be; exist - 6
For three whole suns, in a blind fog,
Trīstres: threeadeōadeo2: to such a degree/pass/pointincertōscaecācālīginesōlēs
Vergil's words: arripio, semel
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Break off every delay and snatch the camp while it is in confusion.”
Rumpemorāsmora: delay, hindrance, obstacleomnīsomnis: every, alletandturbātaarripecastra.”castrum: fort; camp - 8
and it is not enough to have seen him once: they like to keep him,
necneque: neither, nor, and ... notvīdissevideo: see, look atsemelonesatisenough, sufficientlyest;sum: be; existiuvatjuvo: help, assist, aid, support, serve, furtherusqueall the way, right onmorārī,moror: delay
Aeneid II. 438–439; Aeneid II. 469–470
Aeneid II. 620; Aeneid II. 687–690
Vergil's words: oppeto, concieo, scīlicet
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of Troy, to meet their death! O bravest of the Danaan race,
contigitcontingo: touchoppetere!ŌO! (in address)Danaumfortissimegentīsgens: race, tribe, nation - 10
He drops what he had begun and, driven by a monstrous anger,
Dēseritinceptumatqueandimmānīconcitusconcieo: move, set in violent motion, stir upīrāira: wrath, anger - 11
“So she will see Sparta whole, and her fathers' Mycenae,
“Scīlicetscilicet: of coursehaechic: thisSpartamincolumīsincolumis: unharmedpatriāsqueMycēnās
Vergil's words: prōrumpo, mulceo, alternus
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So he speaks, and bursts into the middle of the packed enemy.
Haechic: thisaitaio: sayetandmediusdēnsōsprōrumpitinin, on; into, to, againsthostīs.hostis: enemy - 13
away, gentling him with words, and speaks so:
ēripuiteripio: snatch frommulcēnsdictīs,dictum: words/utterance/remarkacatque: andtāliatalis: suchfātur: - 14
if we went at them every second man, we should barely have an enemy each.
vixscarcely, hardlyhostem,hostis: enemyalternīsīsi: ifcongrediāmur,habēmus.habeo: have, hold, consider, think, reason
Vergil's words: prōcurro, acuo
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and dare to close hand to hand and to run out further.
etandcōnferreconfero: bring togethermanummanus: hand; band, forceetandprōcurrereprocurro: run forwardlongiuslongus: longaudent. - 16
of her feet on the ground, he armed her palms with a sharp javelin
īnstiterat,iaculōjaculum: javelinpalmāsarmāvitacūtō
Aeneid V. 463–465; Aeneid VI. 525–527
Aeneid VII. 30–34; Aeneid VIII. 385–386
Vergil's words: suscito, aerātus, sufficio
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that answers; he himself rouses the gods against Dardanian arms.
sufficit,ipseself; even, verydeōsdeus: godinin, on; into, to, againstDardanasuscitatarma.arms - 18
No one would take it for bronze-clad lines massing
Necneque: neither, nor, and ... notquisquamany oneaerātāsaciēsacies: thread, yarnexout of, fromagmineagmen: line of march, columntantōtantus: so great - 19
their burning eyes bloodshot and full of fire,
ārdentīsqueoculōsoculus: eyesuffectīsanguinesanguis: bloodetandignī,ignis: fire
Vergil's words: rudens, strīdor, penētro
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There follows the shouting of men and the shrieking of ropes.
Īnsequiturinsequor: follow/come afterclāmorqueclamor: shout, outcry/protestvirumvir: man, herostrīdorquerudentum. - 21
At once Arruns heard the shriek of the shaft and the air
Extemplōextemplo: immediately, forthwithtēlīstrīdōremaurāsqueaura: breeze, breath (of air), windsonantīs - 22
made his way through to the Idaean cities of Phrygia
DardanusĪdaeāsPhrygiaepenetrāvitadtourbēsurbs: city
Vergil's words: tropaeum, infectus
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gathers the arms and carries them off on his shoulders, a trophy for you, king Gradivus.
lēctarefertrefero: bring/carry back/again/homeumerīs,umerus: shouldertibi,tu: thou, yourēxrex: kingGrādīve,tropaeum. - 24
in her joy, and singing what was done and what was not, alike:
gaudēns,etandpariterequallyfactafacio: do, makeatqueandīnfectacanēbat:
Aeneid I. 87; Aeneid II. 192–194
Aeneid II. 617–618; Aeneid II. 780–784
Vergil's words: focus, circumsto, commūnis
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to love their hearths and lift a citadel of roofs.
hortoramāreamo: love, likefocōsarcemqueattolleretēctīs.tectum: roof - 26
The souls stand thick about him on the right and on the left;
circumstantanimaeanima: soul, spirit, vital principledextrādexter: rightlaevaquefrequentēs;frequens: crowded - 27
However things fall, there will be one danger held in common,
quōquo: whither, where; in order to, thatrēsres: thing, mattercumquecadent,ūnumunus: one; aloneetandcommūneperīclum,
Vergil's words: ēminus, obsto, assiduus
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Turnus comes at it and throws a whistling spear from a distance:
Īnstatcuiqui: who, which, what, thatTurnusstrīdentemqueēminushastamhasta: spear/lance/javelin - 29
but portents of the gods stand in the way, with terrors of every kind.
sedbutvariīsvarius: differentportentadeumdeus: godterrōribusobstant. - 30
These wage steady war with the Latin race;
Hīhic: thisbellumwaradsiduēdūcuntduco: lead, commandcumwhen; since; althoughgentegens: race, tribe, nationLatīnā;
Vergil's words: attingo, revolvo
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to catch the high parapet by hand and reach his comrades' right hands.
prēnderetēctatectum: roofmanūmanus: hand; band, forcesociumqueattingeredextrās. - 32
back, I beg, to these wretched men, and grant that the Teucrians
redde,ōrō,miserīsmiser: wretched, unfortunateiterumqueiterum: againrevolverecāsūscasus: cottage/small humble dwelling, hut/hovel
Aeneid I. 88–89; Aeneid I. 325–329
Aeneid I. 389–392; Aeneid III. 132–134
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