Aeneid Translation 2 - Laocoon's fate

Question 1

diffugimus visu exsangues. (212)

Answer 1

Pale at the sight we scatter.

Question 2

illi agmine certo Laocoonta petunt; (212, 213)

Answer 2

But they made straight for Laocoon in a direct line;

Question 3

et primum parva duorum corpora natorum (213, 214)

Answer 3

First it surrounded the small bodies of his two sons

Question 4

serpens amplexus uterque implicat (214, 215)

Answer 4

and each serpent wrapped them up

Question 5

et miseros morsu depascitur artus; (215)

Answer 5

and fed on their helpless limbs with a bite;

Question 6

post ipsum auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem corripiunt spirisque ligant ingentibus; (216, 217)

Answer 6

After, when he arrived to help with his sword, they coiled and bound him in a huge spiral.

Question 7

et iam bis medium amplexi, (217, 218)

Answer 7

And now they have twice embraced his middle,

Question 8

bis collo squamea circum terga dati superant capite et cervicibus altis (218, 219)

Answer 8

Soon they bound his neck twice with their scaly backs and reared over him with their necks and heads.

Question 9

ille simul manibua tendit divellere nodos (220)

Answer 9

At the same time, he stretches out with his hands to tear apart the knots,

Question 10

perfusus sanie vittas atroque veneno, (221)

Answer 10

his headband drenched in gore and black venom;

Question 11

clamores simul horrendos ad sidera tollit. (222)

Answer 11

at the same time, he shouts horrendous cries towards the constellations:

Question 12

qualis mugitus, fugit cum saucius aram taurus e incertam excussit cervice securim. (223, 224)

Answer 12

the sort of bellowing when a wounded bull has fled from the altar and shaken the uncertain axe form its neck.

Question 13

at gemini lapsu delubra ad summa dracones effugiunt (225, 226)

Answer 13

But the serpent twins escape towards the summit of the temple,

Question 14

saevaeque petunut Tritonidis arcem, (226)

Answer 14

and make for fierce Athena’s castle,

Question 15

sub pedibusque deae clipeique sub orbe teguntur. (227)

Answer 15

and under her feet they are covered by the circle of her shield.