Aeneid - Part 1

Question 1

At pater Aeneas audito nomine Turni

Answer 1

But Father Aeneas, after hearing Turnus’ name,

Question 2

deserit et muros et summas deserit arces

Answer 2

abandons the walls and abandons the lofty citadel too;

Question 3

praecipitatque moras omnes

Answer 3

and he casts aside all delay,

Question 4

opera omnia rumpit,

Answer 4

breaks off all tasks

Question 5

laetitia exsultans,

Answer 5

exulting in joy

Question 6

horrendumque intonate armis;

Answer 6

and he thunders terribly on his arms;

Question 7

quantus Athos, aut quantus Eryx,

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as great as Athos, or as great as Eryx,

Question 8

aut ipse coruscis cum fremit ilicibus

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or, when he roars with his quivering oaks

Question 9

quantus gaudetque nivali vertice se attollens pater Appenninus ad auras.

Answer 9

and rejoices in lifting his snowy peak to the skies, as Father Appenninus himself.

Question 10

iam vero et Rutuli certatim et Troes et omnes convertere oculos Itali,

Answer 10

Now indeed all eagerly turned their eyes on him - Rutulians, Trojans and Italians,

Question 11

quique alta tenebant moenia

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both those who were defending the lofty fortifications

Question 12

quique imos pulsabant ariete muros,

Answer 12

and those who were striking the base of the walls with a battering ram,

Question 13

armaque deposuere umeris.

Answer 13

and they laid down their arms from their shoulders.

Question 14

stupet ipse Latinus ingentes, (…viros - next line)

Answer 14

Latinus himself is amazed that these huge men,

Question 15

genitos diversus partibus orbis,

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born in different parts of the world,

Question 16

inter se coiisse viros et cernere ferro.

Answer 16

have met together and are fighting it out with the sword.

Question 17

atque illi, ut vacuo patuerunt aequore campi,

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And they, when the field has opened up into an empty space,

Question 18

procursu rapido,

Answer 18

in a swift dash forward,

Question 19

proiectis eminus hastis,

Answer 19

throw their spears from a distance,

Question 20

invadunt Martem clipeis atque aere sonoro.

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and rush into battle with shields of echoing bronze.

Question 21

dat gemitum tellus;

Answer 21

The earth gives a groan;

Question 22

tum crebros ensibus ictus congeminant:

Answer 22

then they redouble blow upon blow with their swords -

Question 23

fors et virtus miscentur in unum.

Answer 23

chance and courage are mingled together.

Question 24

ac velut ingenti Sila summove Taburno cum

Answer 24

And it is just as when in mighty Sila or on top of Taburnus

Question 25

duo conversis inimica in proelia tauri frontibus incurrunt,

Answer 25

two bulls charge, brow to brow, in hostile combat;

Question 26

pavidi cessere magistri,

Answer 26

the herdsmen have retreated in horror,

Question 27

stat pecus omne metu mutum

Answer 27

the whole herd stands dumb with fear

Question 28

mussantque iuvencae,

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and the heifers silently wonder

Question 29

quis nemori imperitet,

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which one will be lord of the grove,

Question 30

quem tota armenta sequantur;

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which one the whole herd will follow.

Question 31

ille inter sese multa vi vulnera miscent

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They deal out wounds on each other with much force

Question 32

cornuaque obnixi infigunt

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and their horns gore as they struggle

Question 33

et sanguine largo colla armosque lavant,

Answer 33

and they bathe their necks and shoulders in streaming blood;

Question 34

gemitu nemus omne remugit:

Answer 34

the whole grove bellows back their lowing:

Question 35

non aliter Tros Aeneas et Daunius heros concurrunt clipeis,

Answer 35

just so Trojan Aeneas and the Daunian hero clash with their shields,

Question 36

ingens fragor aethera complet.

Answer 36

a huge crash fills the heavens.

Question 37

Iuppiter ipse duas aequato examine lances sustinet

Answer 37

Jupiter himself holds up two scales in even balance

Question 38

et fata imponit diversa duorum,

Answer 38

and places in them the different destinies of the two men:

Question 39

quem damnet labor

Answer 39

whom the struggle dooms

Question 40

et quo vergat pondere letum.

Answer 40

and with whose weight death sinks down.

Question 41

emicat hic, impune putans,(… Turnus - next line)

Answer 41

At this, Turnus, thinking it safe, springs forward

Question 42

et corpore toto alte sublatum consurgit in ensem et ferit:

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and at full stretch rises to the sword which he has raised aloft and strikes.

Question 43

exclamant Troes trepidique Latini,

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The Trojans and the nervous Latins cry out,

Question 44

arrectaeque amborum acies.

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and the ranks of both sides are on their toes in excitement.

Question 45

at perfidus ensis frangitur,

Answer 45

But the treacherous sword breaks,

Question 46

in medioque ardentem deserit ictu,

Answer 46

and fails the raging Turnus in mid-stroke,

Question 47

ni fuga subsitio subeat.

Answer 47

if flight did not come to his aid. / unless flight could come in his rescue

Question 48

fugit ocior euro,

Answer 48

He flees swifter than the East Wind

Question 49

ut capulum ignotum dextraque aspexit inermem.

Answer 49

when he saw the unfamiliar sword-hilt and his right arm defenceless.

Question 50

fama est praecipitem,

Answer 50

The story is that in his haste,

Question 51

cum prima in proelia iunctos conscendebat equos,

Answer 51

when he mounted his chariot drawn by yoked horses for the first battle,

Question 52

patrio mucrone relicto,

Answer 52

he left behind his father’s sword,

Question 53

dum trepidat,

Answer 53

in his excitement,

Question 54

ferrum aurigae rapuisse Metisci;

Answer 54

and seized the sword of his charioteer, Metiscus.

Question 55

idque diu, dum terga dabant palantia Teucri suffecit:

Answer 55

And this sufficied for a long time, as long as the Trojans turned their backs in straggling flight:

Question 56

postquam arma dei ad Vulcania ventum est,

Answer 56

but after it came against the armour forged by the god Vulcan,

Question 57

mortalis mucro,

Answer 57

the sword made by a man,

Question 58

glacies ceu futilis,

Answer 58

like brittle ice,

Question 59

ictu dissiluit;

Answer 59

shattered at the blow;

Question 60

fulva resplendent fragmina harena.

Answer 60

the fragments gleam on the yellow sand.

Question 61

ergo amens diversa fuga petit aequora Turnus,

Answer 61

Therefore Turnus in his flight madly seeks different parts of the plain

Question 62

et nunc huc, inde huc incertos implicat orbes;

Answer 62

and weaves aimless circles, now in one direction, now in another;

Question 63

undique enim densa Teucri inclusere corona,

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for on all sides the Trojans in a closely packed ring have enclosed him,

Question 64

atque hinc vasta palus, hinc ardua moania cingunt.

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and on one side a vast marsh, on the other high walls hem him in.

Question 65

nec minus Aeneas, (…insequitur)

Answer 65

No less does Aeneas pursue him,

Question 66

quamquam tardata sagitta interdum genua impediunt curcumque recusant,

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although his knees, slowed down by an arrow wound, at times hold him back and deny him speed,

Question 67

trepidique pedem pede fervidus urget:

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and he hotly presses on the heels of his panic-stricken foe:

Question 68

inclusum veluti si quando flumine nactus cervum (…canis)

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even as when a hunting dog, finding a stag shut in by a river

Question 69

aut puniceae saeptum formidine pennae venator

Answer 69

or hemmed in by the fear of the crimson feathers,

Question 70

cursu canis et latratibus instat;

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harasses it, running and barking.

Question 71

ille autem, insidiis et ripa territus alta,

Answer 71

The stag, however, terrified by the snare or the high bank,

Question 72

mille fugit refugitque vias;

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flees back and forward a thousand ways,

Question 73

at vividus Umber haeret hians,

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but the lively Umbrian hound sticks to it, with its mouth open,

Question 74

iam iamque tenet, similisque tenenti

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and at any moment catches it, or as if it catches it,

Question 75

increpuit malis morsuque elusus inani est.

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has snapped with its jaws and is baffled by the useless bite.

Question 76

tum vero exoritur clamor,

Answer 76

Then indeed shouting arises,

Question 77

ripaeque lacusque responsant circa

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the banks and lakes around re-echo

Question 78

et caelum tonat omne tumultu.

Answer 78

and the whole sky thunders with the uproar.

Question 79

ille simul fugiens Rutulos simul increpat omnes,

Answer 79

Turnus, even as he flees, at the same time reproaches all the Rutulians,

Question 80

nomine quemque vocans,

Answer 80

calling each one by name,

Question 81

notumque efflagitat ensem.

Answer 81

and demands the sword he knows.

Question 82

Aeneas mortem contra praesensque minatur exitium, si quisquam adeat

Answer 82

Aeneas, on the other hand, threatens death and instant destruction if anyone should approach

Question 83

terretque trementes excisurum urbem minitans,

Answer 83

and terrifies the trembling enemy, threatening to destroy their city,

Question 84

et saucius instat.

Answer 84

and although wounded, he presses on.

Question 85

quinque orbes explent cursu totidemque retexunt huc illuc;

Answer 85

They complete five circles as they run and retrace as many, this way and that;

Question 86

neque enim levia aut ludicra pentuntur praemia,

Answer 86

for it is not a trivial prize or one for sport that is sought,

Question 87

sed Turni de vita at sanguine certant.

Answer 87

but they are competing for the life and blood of Turnus.