A Storm at Sea (1)

Question 1

ubi haec dicta, impulit cavum montem latus cuspide conversa ac venti velut agmine fact ruunt qua porta data perflant terras turbine.

Answer 1

When these things had been said, he struck the hollow mountain in the side, with his spear, having been swung round, and the winds as if in an army formation, rushed where the passage was giving and with a whirling wind, blew over the Earth.

Question 2

incubuere mari creber procellis ruunt totum a imis sedibus volvunt vastos fluctus litora.

Answer 2

They pressed upon the sea and Eurus, Notus and Africus, full of hurricanes, rushed together from the deepest dwellings and rolled huge waves towards the shore.

Question 3

-que clamor virum -que stridor rudentum insequitur.

Answer 3

Both the shouting of men and the screeching/creaking of the rope followed.

Question 4

subito nubes eripiunt -que caelum -que diem ex Teucrorum oculis.

Answer 4

Suddenly the clouds snatched away both the sky and the day from the Trojans eyes.

Question 5

atra nox incubat ponto.

Answer 5

Black night settled on the sea.

Question 6

poli intonuere aether micat crebis ingnibus omnia intentant viris praesentem mortem.

Answer 6

The heavens thundered and the sky flashed with frequent fires and everything threatened the men with present death.

Question 7

extemplo membra solvuntur frigore ingemit tendens duplices palmas sidera refert talia voce:

Answer 7

Immediately Aeneas’ limbs became numb with cold; he groaned and stretching out both hands to the starts, she spoke with such a voice:

Question 8

‘ter quater beati quis cpmtigit oppetere mortem ante patrum ora sub altis moenibus, Tydide fortissimo gentis Danaum!

Answer 8

‘O three and four times lucky, you whose fate it is was to meet death before the faces of your fathers’ faces under the high walls of Troy! O Diomedes, bravest of the race of the Greeks!

Question 9

potuisse me occumbere Illiacis campi effundere hanc animam dextra ubi saevus iacet telo Aecidae ubi ingens ubi volvit tot scuta galeas fortia corpora virum correpta sub undis’.

Answer 9

‘Could I not have fallen in the Trojan fields and poured out this soul at your right hand, where savage Hector lies by the spear of Achillies, where huge Sarpedon lies, where Simois rolls along so many shields and helmets and strong bodies of men, snatched away under its waves.

Question 10

iactanti talia stridens procella Aquilone ferit velum adversa tollit fluctus sidera remi.

Answer 10

While he was hurling words like these, a screaming gale from the North Wind struck the sail head on, and raised the waves to the stars.