lines 39-48 Flashcards
lacrimis ita fatur obortis:
and so he spoke, with tears welling up,
ne regna videres nostra neque ad sedes victor veherere paternas?
in order that you might not see our kingdom or be carried to your father’s seat as victor?
ipse caput nivei fultum Pallantis et ora ut vidit levique patens in pectore vulnus cuspidis Ausoniae,
He himself saw the head and face of snow white Pallas cushioned and the gaping wound of the Ausonian spear on his fair breast
‘tene,’ inquit ‘miserande puer, cum laeta veniret, invidit Fortuna mihi,
he said ‘ O pitiable boy, although she was coming joyfully, did Fortune begrudge you to me
non haec Evandro de te promissa parenti discedens dederam, cum me complexus euntem mitteret in magnum imperium
These are not the promises I had given to your father about you as I left, when having embraced me as I went, he sent me into a great empire
metuensque moneret acris esse viros, cum dura proelia gente.
and, fearing, he warned me that the men were fierce, battles would be with a hard race.