Extract 10 Flashcards
patris Anchisae turbida imago
The trouble ghost of my father, Anchises
quotiems not operit terras
As often as the night covers the land
umentibus umbriswith
With dank shadows
quotiens astra ignea surgunt
As often as the fiery stars rise
admonéter in somnis terret
Warns me in my dreams and terrifies me
puer Ascanius
The boy, Ascanius
capitisque iniuria cari
And the wrongs done to his dear head
quem fraudo
Whom I rob
regno Hesperiae
Of the kingdom of Hesperia
et fatalibus arvis
And the fields destined for him
interpres divum
A divine messenger
Iove missus ab ipso
Sent by Jupiter himself
testor utrumque caput
I swear by both heads
Mandata detulit
Has brought down orders
Celeres per auras
Through the swift breezes