Lines 215-250 Flashcards
iamque dies…concesserat
And now daylight had retired
caelo
from the sky
almaque…Phoebe
and kindly Phoebe
pulsabat
was beating upon
curru noctivago
with her night-wandering chariot
medium Olympum
the middle of Heaven
atque
and suddenly
medio in spatio
in the middle of the voyage
chorus, ecce…comitium
look, a chorus of his companions
illi…occurrit
met him
nymphae
the nymphs
quas alma Cybebe…iusserat
whom kindly Cybele had ordered
numen habere maris
to have divine power over the sea
nymphasque e navibus esse
and to be nymphs instead of ships
innabant pariter
they swam along side by side
fluctusque secabant
and cleaved the waves
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as many as
aeratae…prorae
the bronze-plated prows
prius…steterant ad litora
that had previously stood close to the shore
agnoscunt
they recognised
longe regem
their king from afar
lustrantque choreis
and surrounded him with dances
quarum
of these
quae…Cymodocea
the nymph Cymodocea who was
fandi doctissima
the wisest in speaking
pone sequens
was following behind
dextra puppim tenet
and held the stern with her right hand
ipsaque dorso eminet
and emerged as far as her back
ac laeva…subremigat
and with her left hand she paddled
tacitis…undis
in the silent waters
tum…adloquitur
then she addressed
sic ignarum
the unaware man thus
vigilasne
are you awake
deum gens Aenea?
Aeneas, offspring of the gods?
vigila et…immitte
awaken and loosen
velis…rudentis
the ropes on the sails
nos sumus…classis tua
we are your fleet
Idaeae…pinus
the pines of Ida
sacro de vertice
from her sacred summit
nunc pelagi nymphae
now nymphs of the sea
perfidus ut…Rutulus
when the treacherous Rutulian
praecipites…premebat
was pressing us, headlong
ferro…flammaque
with swords and fire
rupimus invitae
we unwittingly broke
tua vincula
your mooring-chains
teque…quaetimus
and we have been searching for you
per aequor
over the deep
genetrix…refecit
the Mother re-fashioned
hanc…faciem
our faces
miserata
in pity
et dedit esse deas
and allowed us to become goddesses
aevumque agitare
and pass our life
sub undis
under the waves
at puer Ascanius
but your boy Ascanius
muro fossisque tenetur
is trapped by a wall and ditches
tela inter media
in the midst among weapons
atque horrentis Marte Latinos
and Latins bristling with thirst for war
iam…Arcas eques
already the Arcadian cavalrymen
forti permixtus Etrusco
combined with the brave Etruscans
loca iussa tenent
keep their assigned positions
certa est sententia Turno
it is Turnus’ fixed opinion
medias illis opponere turmas
to throw his squadrons squarely in their way
ne castris iungant
so that they don’t link up with that camp
surge age
come on, get up!
et Aurora…veniente
and at the coming of Dawn
socios…primus…iube
first order your allies
vocari…in arma
to be called to arms
et clipeum cape…invictum
and take the invincible shield
quem dedit
that…gave you
ipse…ignipotens
Vulcan himself
atque oras ambiit auro
and surrounded the edges with gold
crastina lux
tomorrow’s light
si…putaris
(=putaveris) if you think
mea…non inrita dicta
my words are not useless
spectabit
will see
ingentes…acervos
huge heaps
Rutulae…caedis
of slaughtered Rutulians (lit. of Rutulian slaughter)
dixerat et
she had spoken and
impulit altam…puppim
thrust the high ship
dextra discedens
with her right hand as she left
haud ignara modi
not ignorant of how to do it
fugit illa per undas
that ship flew threw the waves
ocior
swifter
et iaculo
than both a javelin
et ventos aequante sagitta
and [than] an arrow that keeps pace with the winds
inde aliae
after that the other ships
celerant cursus
hastened their voyage
inscius ipse
himself ignorant
stupet…Tros Anchisiades
the Trojan son of Anchises was amazed
animos…tollit
his spirits were lifted (lit. he lifted his spirits)
tamen omine
nonetheless by the omen
