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Question 1

Postquam altōs ventum in montīs atque invia lūstra, ecce ferae saxī dējectae vertice caprae dēcurrēre jugīs;

Answer 1

afterwards having come into the heights of the mountains and the pathless marshes, behold, wild she-goats having been dislodged from the peak of rock, to push down the ridges;

Question 2

aliā dē parte patentīs trānsmittunt cursū campōs atque agmnina cervī pulverulenta fugā glomerant montīsque relinquunt.

Answer 2

from another direction , flocks of deer cross the open field running and come together in dusty flight as they leave the mountain

Question 3

At puer Ascanius mediīs in vallibus ācrī gaudet equō jamque hōs cursū, jam praeterit illōs, spūmantemque darī pecora inter inertia vōtīs optat aprum, aut fulvum dēscendere monte leōnem.

Answer 3

but the boy Ascanius in the middle of the valleys, rejoices because of his spirited horse and now racing these, now surpasses those, and amongst the tame herds he hopes with his prayers that a foaming boar be given to him, or a tawny lion to descend from the mountain.

Question 4

Intereā magnō miscērī murmure caelum incipit, īnsequitur commixtā grandine nimbus et Tyriī comitēs passim et Trojāna juventūs Dardaniusque nepōs Veneris dīversa per agrōs tēcta metū petiēre;

Answer 4

Meanwhile the sky begins to be mixed with a great roar, a rainstorm having been mixed with hail follows, and everywhere the tyrian comrades and the Trojan youth and dardanian grandson of venus having separated through the fields in fear to seek cover;

Question 5

ruunt dē montibus amnēs.

Answer 5

rivers rush down from the mountains.

Question 6

Spēluncam Dīdō dux et Trojānus eandem dēveniunt.

Answer 6

Dido and the Trojan leader arrive at the same cave.

Question 7

Prīma et Tellūs et prōnuba Jūnō dant signum;

Answer 7

First Earth and Juno, as matron of honor, give a sign;

Question 8

fulsēre ignēs et cōnscius aethēr cōnūbiīs, summōque ululārunt vertice nymphae.

Answer 8

lightnings flashed and heaven as witness to the marriage, and from highest peak the Nymphs wail.

Question 9

Ille diēs prīmus lētī prīmusque malōrum causa fuit;

Answer 9

that first day was the cause of death and first cause of misfortunes;

Question 10

neque enim speciē fāmāve movētur nec jam fūrtīvum Dīdō meditātur amōrem:

Answer 10

for Dido is neither moved by regard for appearances nor for her reputation now she design a secret love:

Question 11

conjugium vocat hōc praetexit nōmine culpam.

Answer 11

she calls it marriage, with this name she conceals her fault.

Question 12

extemplō Libyae magnās it Fāma per urbēs, Fāma, malum quā nōn aliud vēlōcious ūllum:

Answer 12

Immediately Rumor/fama goes through the great cities of Libya, Rumour/fama, whom not any other evil is swifter:

Question 13

mōbilitāte viget vīrīsque adquīrit eundō, parva metū prīmō, mox sēsē attollit in aurās ingrediturque solō et caput inter nūbila condit.

Answer 13

she flourishes with speed and gains strength as she goes, at first small with fear, soon she lifts herself into the air and proceeds on the ground and hides her head amongst the clouds.

Question 14

illam Terra parēns īrā inrītāta deōrum extrēmam, ut perhibent, Coeō Enceladōque sorōrem prōgenuit pedibus celerem et pernīcius ālīs, mōnstrum horrendum, ingēns, cui quot sunt corpore plūmae, tot vigilēs oculī subter (mīrābile dictū), tot linguae, totidem ōra sonant, tot subrigit aurīs.

Answer 14

Mother Earth, the mother of that last one, having been provoked by the anger of the gods, so they say, bore the sister to coeus and enceladus with quick feet and swift wings, awful monster, huge, for whom there is as many feathers on her body as there are as many watchful eyes beneath (marvellous to say), as many tongues the same number of mouths sound as many ears that rise.

Question 15

nocte volat caelī mediō terraeque per umbram strīdēns, nec dulcī dēclīnat lūmina somnō;

Answer 15

she flies at night between the sky and the earth hissing through the shadows, nor does she close her eyes in sweet sleep;

Question 16

lūce sedet custōs aut summī culmine tēctī turribus aut altīs, et magnās territat urbēs, tam fictī prāvīque tenāx quam nuntia vērī.

Answer 16

by daylight she settles as guard either on the peak of the highest roof or on tall towers and frightens great cities, so tenacious messenger of falsehood and wrong like of the truths.

Question 17

haec tum multiplicī populōs sermōne replēbat gaudēns, et pariter facta atque īnfecta canēbat:

Answer 17

then Fama, was filling peoples with multiple speeches rejoicing, and was singing things done and not done alike:

Question 18

vēnisse Aenēān Trojānō sanguine crētum, cui sē pulchra virō dignētur jungere Dīdō;

Answer 18

Aeneas sprung from Trojan blood has come to be whom as husband beautiful Dido deigns to join herself;

Question 19

nunc hiemem inter sē luxū, quam longa, fovēre rēgnōrum immemorēs turpīque cupīdine captōs.

Answer 19

now they cherish the winter between themselves in luxury, however long, forgetful of their kingdoms and seized by shameful desire.

Question 20

haec passim dea foeda virum diffundit in ōra

Answer 20

Everywhere the foul goddess scatters this into mouths of men.

Question 21

prōtinus ad rēgem cursūs dētorquet Iarbān incenditque animum dictīs atque aggerat īrās.

Answer 21

Immediately she turns her course towards king Iarbus and she inflames his mind with her words and heaps up his anger.

Question 22

Hic Hammōne satus raptā Garamantide nymphā templa Jovī centum lātīs immānia rēgnīs, centum ārās posuit vigilemque sacrāverat ignem, excubiās dīvum aeternās, pecudumque cruōre pingue solum et variīs flōrentia līmina sertīs.

Answer 22

this man sprung from Hammon, with the nymph of the Garamantes having been ravished, he placed a hundred huge temples to Jupiter in his wide kingdoms, a hundred altars and had consecrated an watchful fire, eternal sentinels of the gods, and the ground rich with the blood from animals, and the thresholds blooming with various garlands.

Question 23

Isque āmēns animī et rūmōre accēnsus amārō dīcitur ante ārās media inter nūmina dīvum multa Jovem manibus supplex ōrāsse supīnīs:

Answer 23

And he, crazy of mind and having been inflamed by the bitter rumour, is said before the altars, amid the divine presences of the gods, to have beseeched Jupiter many things with upturned hands as a suppliant :

Question 24

‘Juppiter omnipotēns, cui nunc Maurūsia pictīs gēns epulāta torīs Lēnaeum lībat honōrem, aspicis haec?

Answer 24

Almighty Jupiter, to whom now the moorish people having feasted on painted couches pour a Bacchic honour, do you see these things?

Question 25

an tē, genitor, cum fulmina torquēs nēquīquam horrēmus, caecīque in nūbibus ignēs terrificant animōs et inānia murmura miscent?

Answer 25

Or father, when you hurl the thunderbolts, do we shudder in vain, and do dark fires in the clouds terrify minds and mix empty murmur?

Question 26

fēmina, quae nostrīs errāns in fīnibus urbem exiguam pretiō posuit, cui lītus arandum cuique locī lēgēs dedimus, cōnūbia nostra reppulit ac dominum Aenēān in rēgna recēpit.

Answer 26

A woman, who wandering in our borders founded a small city for a price, to whom we gave a shore ought to be ploughed and to whom we gave the laws of the place, she rejected our marriages and received master Aeneas into her/the kingdoms.

Question 27

et nunc ille Paris cum sēmivirō comitātu, Maeoniā mentum mitrā crīnemque madentem subnexus, raptō potitur:

Answer 27

and now that Paris with effeminate company, with a maenoian turban and dripping hair having been tied under his chin, possesses plunder:

Question 28

nōs mūnera templīs quippe tuīs ferimus fāmamque fovēmus inānem.’

Answer 28

Indeed we bring gifts to your temples and we cherish empty reputation.”

Question 29

Tālibus ōrantem dictīs ārāsque tenentem audiit Omnipotēns, oculōsque ad moenia torsit rēgia et oblītōs fāmae meliōris amantīs.

Answer 29

praying with such words and gripping the altars the Almighty heard him, and his eyes twisted to the royal walls, and to the better reputations having been forgotten by the lovers

Question 30

tum sīc Mercurium adloquitur ac tālia mandat:

Answer 30

Then he addresses Mercury this way and orders such :

Question 31

‘vāde age, nāte, vocā Zephyrōs et lābere pennīs Dardaniumque ducem, Tyriā Karthāgine quī exspectat fātīsque datās nōn respicit urbēs, adloquere et celerīs dēfer mea dicta per aurās.

Answer 31

Come, go, my son, call the Zephyrs (west wind) and glide down on your wings and to the Dardanian leader, who now lingers in Tyrian Carthage, and does not regard the cities given to him by the fates, accost and carry my words through the swift breezes.

Question 32

nōn illum nōbīs genetrīx pulcherrima tālem prōmīsit Graiumque ideō bis vindicat armīs;

Answer 32

Not such a man as this did his most beautiful mother promised to us and therefore rescue twice from greek weapons,

Question 33

sed fore quī gravidam imperiīs bellōque frementem ītaliam regeret, genus altō ā sanguine Teucrī prōderet, ac tōtum sub lēgēs mitteret orbem.

Answer 33

but that he would be a man who would rule Italy heavy with empire and raging with war, he would produce a race with the high blood of Teucer, and so would send the whole world under laws.

Question 34

sī nūlla accendit tantārum glōria rērum nec super ipse suā mōlītur laude labōrem, Ascaniōne pater Rōmānās invidet arcēs?

Answer 34

If no glory of such great things inflames him nor does he himself strive to accomplish work for his own praise, does the father begrudge Ascanius the Roman citadels?

Question 35

quid struit? aut quā spē inimīcā in gente morātur nec prōlem Ausoniam et Lāvīnia respicit arva?

Answer 35

What is he planning? Or with what hope does he delay in a hostile tribe nor does he regard his Ausonian offspring and the fields of Laviniun?

Question 36

nāviget! haec summa est, hic nostrī nuntius estō.’

Answer 36

Let him sail! This is the chief thing, this will be our message.”

Question 37

dixerat. ille patris magnī pārēre parābat imperiō:

Answer 37

He had spoken. He (Mercury) was preparing to obey the command of his great father

Question 38

et prīmum pedibus tālāria nectit aurea, quae sublīmem ālīs sīve aequora suprā seu terram rapidō pariter cum flāmine portant.

Answer 38

and first he fastens golden sandals to his feet, which carry him by wings so he may be above either the seas or the land with swift breeze equally

Question 39

tum virgam capit: hāc animās ille ēvocat Orcō pallentīs, aliās sub Tartara trīstia mittit, dat somnōs adimitque, et lūmina morte resignat.

Answer 39

then he seizes the staff : with this he summons the pale spirits from orcus and sends others down to sad Tartarus, he gives sleep and takes it away and closes the eyes in/with death.

Question 40

illā frētus agit ventōs et turbida trānat nūbila.

Answer 40

relying on this he drives the winds and swims across the stormy clouds.

Question 41

iamque volāns apicem et latera ardua cernit Atlantis dūrī caelum quī vertice fulcit, Atlantis, cīnctum absiduē cui nūbibus ātrīs pīniferum caput et ventō pulsātur et imbrī, nix umerōs īnfūsa tegit, tum flūmina mentō praecipitant senis, et glaciē riget horrida barba.

Answer 41

and already flying he discerns the peak and steep sides of harsh Atlas, who supports the sky with his summit, Atlas, to whom pine bearing head is constantly surrounded by dark clouds and is beaten by wind and rain, snow having been poured covers his shoulders, then rivers fall down from the chin of the old man and his bristling beard is stiff with ice.

Question 42

hīc prīmum paribus nītēns Cyllēnius ālīs cōnstitit:

Answer 42

here mercury first stops supporting himself with even wings:

Question 43

hinc tōtō praeceps sē corpore ad undās mīsit avī similis, quae circum lītora, circum piscōsōs scopulōs humilis volat aequora juxtā.

Answer 43

from here he sends himself headlong with his whole body into the waves just like a bird, which around the shores and around the fishy rocks flies low close to the sea.

Question 44

haud aliter terrās inter caelumque volābat lītus harēnōsum ad Libyae, ventōsque secābat māternō veniēns ab avō Cyllēnia prōlēs.

Answer 44

not otherwise was he flying between the lands and the sky to the sandy shore of Libya, and the Cyllenian offspring was cutting through the winds coming from his maternal grandfather.

Question 45

ut prīmum ālātīs tetigit māgālia plantīs, Aenēān fundantem arcēs ac tēcta novantem cōnspicit.

Answer 45

when he first touched the huts with his winged feet, he sees aeneas establishing citadels and renewing the rooves.

Question 46

atque illī stēllātus iaspide fulvā ēnsis erat Tyriōque ardēbat mūrice laena dēmissa ex umerīs, dīves quae mūnera Dīdō fēcerat, et tenuī tēlās discrēverat aurō.

Answer 46

and there was that starred sword with yellow stone and a cloak having been hung down from his shoulders was burning with tyrian purple which rich Dido had made as a gift and had separated the textiles with delicate gold.

Question 47

continuō invādit: “tū nunc Karthāginis altae fundāmenta locās pulchramque uxōrius urbem exstruis?

Answer 47

Immediately he attacks: “do you now place the foundations of high Carthage and build up a beautiful city wife-ruled?

Question 48

heu rēgnī rērumque oblīte tuārum!

Answer 48

Alas, you forget your kingdom and fate/matters!

Question 49

ipse deum tibi mē clārō dēmittit Olympō rēgnātor, caelum ac terrās quī nūmine torquet:

Answer 49

The ruler of gods himself, who twists the heaven and lands by his divine will, sends me down to you from clear Olympus:

Question 50

ipse haec ferre iubet celerīs mandāta per aurās:

Answer 50

he himself having ordered me to bring these commands through swift breezes:

Question 51

quid struis? aut quā spē Libycīs teris ōtia terrīs?

Answer 51

What are you building? or With which hope do you waste leisures on Libyan lands?

Question 52

sī tē nūlla movet tantārum glōria rērum (nec super ipse tuā mōlīris laude labōrem), Ascanium surgentem et spēs hērēdis Iūlī respice, cui rēgnum ītaliae Rōmānaque tellūs dēbētur.”

Answer 52

If no glory of such great things moves you [or you don’t accomplish labors for your own praise,] look back at Ascanius growing and the hopes of your heir Iulus, to whom is owed the kingdom of Italy and the Roman earth.”

Question 53

tālī Cyllēnius ōre locūtus mortālīs vīsūs mediō sermōne relīquit et procul in tenuem ex oculīs ēvānuit auram.

Answer 53

with such words mercury swiftly leaves the mortal sight in middle of his speech and at a distance he vanished from the eyes into thin air.

Question 54

at vērō Aenēās aspectū obmūtuit āmēns, arrēctaque horrōre comae et vōx faucibus haesit.

Answer 54

But in truth Aeneas stood speechless, frenzied by the appearance, and his hairs stood on end with horror and his voice clung in his throat.

Question 55

ardet abīre fugā dulcīsque relinquere terrās, attonitus tantō monitū imperiōque deōrum.

Answer 55

He burns to depart in flight and to leave the sweet lands, astounded by so great a warning and order of the gods.

Question 56

heu quid agat? quō nunc rēgīnam ambīre furentem audeat adfātū? quae prīma exordia sūmat?

Answer 56

Alas, what should he do? Now, with what speech should he dare to conciliate the raving queen? What beginning should he first take?

Question 57

atque animum nunc hūc celerem nunc dīvidit illūc in partisque rapit variās perque omnia versat.

Answer 57

And so his swift mind divides now here, now there, and he seizes various parts of his mind and keeps turning through it all.

Question 58

haec alternantī potior sententia vīsa est:

Answer 58

wavering, this resolve seemed better:

Question 59

Mnēsthea Sergestumque vocat fortemque Serestum, classem aptent tacitī sociōsque ad lītora cōgant, arma parent et quae rēbus sit causa novandīs dissimulent;

Answer 59

He calls Mnestheus and Sergestus and brave Serestus, so they may equip the fleet in secret and gather the companions near the shores, prepare the weapons and conceal the reason for renewing these things;

Question 60

sēsē intereā, quandō optima Dīdō nesciat et tantōs rumpī nōn spēret amōrēs, temptātūrum aditūs et quae mollissima fandī tempora, quis rēbus dexter modus.

Answer 60

meanwhile since finest dido was ignorant and would not suppose such great love be broken, he (aeneas) himself is about to try approaches and which softest times to talk, which is the right manner for things,

Question 61

ōcius omnēs imperiō laetī pārent et iussa facessunt.

Answer 61

swiftly all happily obey the order and fulfill the commands.

Question 62

at rēgīna dolōs (quis fallere possit amantem?) praesensit, mōtūsque excēpit prīma futūrōs omnia tūta timēns.

Answer 62

But the queen expected deceits (who may deceive a lover?) and first caught the emotions about to be fearing everything safe.

Question 63

eadem impia Fāma furentī dētulit armārī classem cursumque parārī.

Answer 63

The same wicked Rumor was taken to raving dido that the fleet was being armed and a course was being prepared.

Question 64

saevit inops animī tōtamque incēnsa per urbem bacchātur quālis commōtīs excita sacrīs Thyias, ubi audītō stimulant trietērica Bacchō orgia nocturnusque vocat clāmōre Cithaerōn.

Answer 64

bereft of her mind she rages, having been inflamed, through the whole city, just like a Bacchant, having been excited by sacred things having been moved after hearing the name Bacchus, they stimulate the triennial orgies and nocturnal Cithaeron calls with a shout.