aeneid sentence learning (lines 81-101) Flashcards
haec ubi dicta, cavum conversa cuspide montem impulit in latus;
when these things had been said, having reversed his spear struck the hollow mountain on the side;
ac venti velut agmine facto, qua data porta, ruunt et terras turbine perflant.
but the winds as if made into an army column rush where passage has been given, and blow through the lands with a whirlwind.
incubuere mari totumque a sedibus imis una Eurusque Notusqu ruunt creberque procellis Africus,
They fell upon the sea ad Eurus and Notus together and Africa, abundant with storms churn up everything from the lowest depths
et vastos volvunt ad litora fluctus.
and roll huge waves to the coasts
insequitur clamorque virum stridorque rudentum
there followed both a shout of men and hissing of cables;
eripiunt subito nubes caelumque diemque Teurorum ex oculis;
suddenly the coulds snatch away both the sky and the day from the eyes of the Trojans
ponto nox incubat atra
black night falls upon the sea
intonuere poli et crebris micat ignibus aether praesentemque viris intentant omnia mortem.
the heavens thundered and the upper air flashed with abundant fires and everything threatened instant death for men
extemplo Aeneae solvuntur frigore membra
immediately aeneas’ limbs were loosened with a chill;
ingemit et duplices tendens ad sidera palmas talia voce refert:
he groaned and stretching out both hands to the stars he repeated such (words):
‘o terque quaterqu beati, quis ante ora patrum Troiae sub moenibus altis contigit oppetere!
O both thrice and four times blessed (are they) to whom it was granted to die beneath the faces of their fathers (and) the high walls of Troy!
o danum fortissime gentis Tydide!
O son of Tydeus bravest of the nation of Greeks!
mene Iliacis occumbere campis non potuisse tuaque animam hanc effundere dextra,
to think that I could not fall on the plains of Troy and pour out this life by your right hand
saevus ubi Aeacidae telo iacet Hector
where fierce Hector lies under the spear of Achilles
ubi ingens Sarpedon, ubi tot Simis correpta sub undis scuta virum galeasque et fortia corpora volvit
where might Sarpedon, where Simois having seized so many shields of heroes rolls (them) and their helmets and brave bodies under the waves