aenid lines 118 - 123

Question 1

what does inimicum mean

Answer 1

hostile

Question 2

describe how “inimicum” is choice of word

Answer 2

virgil use of choice of word for the word “inimicum”, which means hostile, emphasises that the water is aganist aeneas and juno caused this because it is juno’s personal enemy

Question 3

what does “grandaevus” mean

Answer 3

aged

Question 4

describe how “grandaevus” is chouce of word

Answer 4

virgil use of choice of word for the adjective “grandaevus”, which means old, creates pathos for the old people in the story, and how the storm may have affected them

Question 5

what does “gurgite” mean

Answer 5

means whirpool

Question 6

describe how “gurgite” is choice of word

Answer 6

vigil use of choice of word for “gurgite”, which means whirpool.Creates onomatepia and makes the story more vivid as well as adding some auditory sensory

Question 7

what does tabulaeque mean

Answer 7

planks

Question 8

describe how “tabulaeque” is choice of word

Answer 8

virgul uses his choice of the word “tabulaeque” which means planks to emphasies the ships are being destroyed into the planks

Question 9

what does “vasto “ mean

Answer 9

vast

Question 10

describe how “vasto” is emphatically placed

Answer 10

virgil uses emphatic placement at the end of the Line to emphasies the size of the abyss through the word “vasto”, which means vast

Question 11

what does “apparent” mean

Answer 11

appear/be visible

Question 12

describe how “apparent” is emphatically placed

Answer 12

virgil uses the emphatic placement at the start of line. The word “apparent” which means appear shows this. It creates vividness through its historic prents and shows the ships being destoryed and that the ships being destoryed can be seen

Question 13

what does “fatiscunt” mean

Answer 13

fall apart