Aeneid 6 Flashcards
“quae nunc deinde mora est? aut quid iam, Turne, retractas?
“what now next is the delay? Or why now do you refuse [battle], O Turnus?
Aeneas instat contra telumque coruscat ingens arboreum, et saevo sic pectore fatur:
Aeneas presses hard against [him] and brandishes his spear, massive like a tree, and with murderous heart he speaks thus:
non cursu, saevis certandum est comminus armis. verte omnes tete in facies et contrahe quidquid sive animis sive arte vales;
[For us] it is to be contended not in racing [but] with cruel weapons hand to hand. Turn yourself into all shapes and pull together whatever strength you have, whether in courage, or in skill;
opta ardua pennis astra sequi clausumque cava te condere terra.”
choose to make for the lofty stars on wings, and to bury yourself enclosed in the hollow earth.”
ille caput quassans: “non me tua fervida terrent dicta, ferox; di me terrent et Iuppiter hostis.”
This [man], shaking his head, [says], “Fierce one, your fiery words do not frighten me; [only] the gods and Jupiter [as] my enemy frighten me.”