Aeneid Lines 1-33

Question 1

Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris

Answer 1

I sing of arms and the man, who first came from the shores of Troy

Question 2

Ītaliam, fātō profugus, Lāvīniaque vēnit

Answer 2

To Italy, driven by fate, and to the Lavinian

Question 3

lītora, multum ille et terrīs iactātus et altō

Answer 3

Shores, he was thrown around much on the lands and the sea,

Question 4

vī superum saevae memorem Iūnōnis ob īram;

Answer 4

Because of the force of the gods and on account of the lasting anger of savage Juno

Question 5

multa quoque et bellō passūs, dum conderet urbem,

Answer 5

Having endured many things also in war, until he founded a city,

Question 6

inferretque deōs Latiō, genus unde Latīnum,

Answer 6

And brought the gods to Latium, whence the Latin race.

Question 7

Albānīque patrēs, atque altae moenia Rōmae.

Answer 7

The Alban fathers, and the fortifications of lofty Rome.

Question 8

Mūsa, mihī causās memorā, quō nūmine laesō,

Answer 8

Muse, remember for me the causes, with which divinity insulted,

Question 9

quidve dolēns, rēgīna deum tot volvere cāsūs

Answer 9

Or vexed at what, did the queen of the gods force a man,

Question 10

īnsīgnem pietāte virum, tot adīre labōrēs

Answer 10

Distinguished by his piety to undergo so many misfortunes
To endure so many labors.

Question 11

impulerit. Tantaene animīs caelestibus īrae? chiasmus

Answer 11

Are there such angers in celestial minds?

Question 12

Urbs antīqua fuit, Tyriī tenuēre colōnī,

Answer 12

There was an ancient city, the Tyrian colonists held it,

Question 13

Karthāgō, Ītaliam contrā Tiberīnaque longē

Answer 13

Carthage, far opposite Italy and the Tiberian

Question 14

ōstia, dīves opum studiīsque asperrima bellī,

Answer 14

Mouths, rich in wealth and most fierce in the pursuits of war

Question 15

quam Iūnō fertur terrīs magis omnibus ūnam

Answer 15

Which Juno is said to have favored more than all lands,

Question 16

posthabitā coluisse Samō; hīc illius arma,

Answer 16

With Samos put aside; here were her arms,

Question 17

hīc currus fuit; hōc rēgnum dea gentibus esse,

Answer 17

Here was her chariot, the goddess now then nurtures and cherishes this to be the kingdom for its peoples

Question 18

sī quā Fāta sinant, iam tum tenditque fovetque.

Answer 18

If the Fates allow in any way

Question 19

Prōgeniem sed enim Trōiānō ā sanguine dūcī

Answer 19

But indeed she had heard that an offspring which was produced from Trojan blood

Question 20

audierat, Tyriās olim quae verteret arcēs;

Answer 20

Which would one day overturn the Tyrian citadels

Question 21

hinc populum lātē regem bellōque superbum

Answer 21

From this a people would come ruling widely and proud in war

Question 22

ventūrum excidiō Libyae: sīc volvere Parcās.

Answer 22

Would come as a destruction for Libya; thus the Fates rolled

Question 23

Id metuēns, veterisque memor Sāturnia bellī,

Answer 23

Saturnia, fearing this and mindful of the old war,

Question 24

prīma quod ad Trōiam prō cārīs gesserat Argīs—

Answer 24

Which first she had waged at Troy for her dear Greeks,

Question 25

necdum etiam causae īrārum saevīque dolōrēs

Answer 25

And not even yet had the causes her angers and her cruel sorrows fallen from her mind

Question 26

exciderant animō: manet altā mente repostum

Answer 26

Buried deep in her mind remains

Question 27

iūdicium Paridis sprētaeque iniūria fōrmae,

Answer 27

The judgement of Paris and the injustice to her slighted beauty

Question 28

et genus invīsum, et raptī Ganymēdis honōrēs.

Answer 28

And the hated race, and the honors of stolen Ganymede.

Question 29

Hīs accēnsa (PPP) super, iactātōs aequore tōtō

Answer 29

Inflamed by these things above all she was keeping the Trojans tossed on the whole sea,

Question 30

Trōas, rēliquiās Danaum atque immītis Achillī,

Answer 30

The remnants of the Greeks and of cruel Achilles

Question 31

arcēbat longē Latiō, [multōsque per annōs]

Answer 31

Far from Latium for many years

Question 32

errābant, āctī (PPP) Fātīs, [maria omnia circum - anastrophe].

Answer 32

They were wandering, driven by fates around all the seas.

Question 33

Tantae mōlis erat Rōmānam condere gentem!

Answer 33

Of so great a struggle it was to found the Roman race!