Aeneid 6 Flashcards

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“quae nunc deinde mora est? aut quid iam, Turne, retractas?


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“what now next is the delay? Or why now do you refuse [battle], O Turnus?

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Aeneas instat contra telumque coruscat
ingens arboreum, et saevo sic pectore fatur:

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Aeneas presses hard against [him] and brandishes his spear, massive like a tree, and with murderous heart he speaks thus:

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non cursu, saevis certandum est comminus armis. verte omnes tete in facies et contrahe quidquid
 sive animis sive arte vales;

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[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;

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opta ardua pennis 
astra sequi clausumque cava te condere terra.”

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choose to make for the lofty stars on wings, and to bury yourself enclosed in the hollow earth.”

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ille caput quassans: “non me tua fervida terrent
 dicta, ferox; di me terrent et Iuppiter hostis.”

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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.”

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