aeneid sentence learning (lines 58-80)

Question 1

ni faciat, maria ac terras caelumque profundum quippe ferant rapidi secum verrantque per auras;

Answer 1

if he did not do (this), of course they would carry swiftly with them the and lands and high heaven and sweep (them) through the breezes;

Question 2

sed pater omnipotens speluncis abdidit atris hoc metuens molemque et montes in super altos imposuit,

Answer 2

but the all-powerful father fearing this hid (them) in dark caverns and placed a mass (of) high mountains on top

Question 3

regemque dedit qui foedere certo et premere et laxas sciret dare iussus habenas.

Answer 3

and gave (them) a king so that by fixed contract he might know (how to) both tighten and give the reigns slack having been ordered

Question 4

ad quem tum Iuno supplex his vocibus usa est:

Answer 4

to him, then, Juno as a suppliant used these words:

Question 5

‘aeole (namque tibi divum pater atque hominum rex et mulcere dedit fluctus et tollere vento),

Answer 5

Aeolus (for to you the father of the Gods and king of men has granted both to calm the waves and to raise (them) with the wind),

Question 6

gens inimica mihi Tyrrhenum navigat aequor Ilium in Italiam portans victosque penates:

Answer 6

a race hostile to me sails the Etruscan sea carrying Troy and conquered household gods into Italy:

Question 7

incute vim ventis submersasqu obrue puppes, aut age diversos et dissie corpora ponto.’

Answer 7

strike violence into the winds and destroy (and) sink their ships or drive (them) in different directions and scatter their bodies in the ocean

Question 8

‘sunt mihi bis septem praestanti corporer Nymphae,

Answer 8

I have twice seven seen Nymphs of outstanding body

Question 9

quarum quae forma pulcherrima Deiopea

Answer 9

of whom she Deiopea (is) the most beautiful in form

Question 10

conubio iungam dtabili propriamque dicabo,

Answer 10

I will join (with you) in stead fast marriage and I will consecrate (her) as your own,

Question 11

omnes ut tecum meritis pro talibus annos exigat et pulchra faciat te prole parentem.’

Answer 11

so that in return for such services she spend all her years with you and make you a parent with beautiful offspring

Question 12

aeolus haec contra: ‘tuus, o regina, quid optes explorare labor;

Answer 12

Aeolus in answer to these things (said): ‘O queen, your task (is) to search out what you desire;

Question 13

mihi iussa capessere fas est

Answer 13

it is right for me to carry out your orders

Question 14

tu mihi quodcum hoc regni, tu sceptra Iovemque concillias,

Answer 14

You grant this modest kingdom to me, the sceptre and Jupiter(‘s favour)

Question 15

tu das epulis accumbere divum nimborumque facis tempestatumque potentem.’

Answer 15

you grant (me) to recline at the banquet of the gods and make (me) master of the clouds and storms