aeneid vocab lines 34-45 (contextualised) Flashcards
vix
scarcely
e (line 34)
out of
conspectu
sight
Siculae
of Sicily
telluris
of the land
in
onto
altum
the high seas
vela dabant
were setting sail
laeti
happily
et
and
spumas
the foam
salis
of the salt sea
aere
with their prows
ruebant
were churning up
cum
when
Iuno (iuno)
Juno
aeternum
the everlasting
servans
retaining
sub
under
pectore
her breast
vulnus
wound
haec
these things
secum
within herself
mene
i
incepto
my purpose
desistere
should give up
victam
defeated
nec
and not
posse
be able to
Italia
from Italy
Teucrorum
of the Trojans
averte
divert
regem
the king
quippe
of course
vetor
I am forbidden
fatis
by the fates
Pallasne
Pallas (ne introduces a q)
exurere
burn up
classem
the fleet
Argivum
of the Greeks
atque
and
ipsos
themselves
potuit
(was) able to
submergere
drown
ponto
in the sea
unius
of one man
ob
because of
noxam
the offence
furias
the madness
Aiacis
of Ajax
Oilei
son of Oileus
ipsa
she
Iovis
of Jupiter
rapidum
the swift
iaculata
hurling
e (line 42)
from
nubbibus
the clouds
ignem
fire
disiecitque
both scattered
rates
the ships
evertitque
and upturned
aequora
the sea
ventis
with the winds
illum
he
exspirantem
while … breathed
transfixo
from his pierced
flammas
flames
turbine
in a whirlwind
corripuit
she stretched up
scopuloque
and… rock
infixit
impaled
acuto
on a sharp