Lines 426-489 Flashcards
at…Lausus
but Lausus
pars ingens belli
a huge player in the war
non…sinit agmina
did not abandon his company
perterrita (agreeing with agmina)
terrified as they were
caede viri tanta
by such a great slaughter of a hero
primus Abantem oppositum interimit
first he slew Abas who had been thrown in his way
moraque
both a bulwark
pugnae nodumque
and a knot in the battle
sternitur Arcadiae proles
the offspring of Arcadia were laid low
sternuntur Etrusci et vos…o…Teucri
Etruscans were laid low, and you, o Trojans
Grais imperdita corpora
whose bodies were not destroyed by the Greeks
agmina concurrunt
the armies clashed together
ducibusque et viribus aequis
with their leaders and their strength evenly matched
extremi addensent acies
the rearguard closed up the battle-lines
nec turba…sinit
and the throng did not allow
moveri tela manusque
weapons and hands to be moved
hinc Pallas instat et urget
on this side Pallas pressed on and charged
hinc contra Lausus
on this side Lausus, to meet this challenge
nec multum discrepat aetas
and there was not much difference in their ages
egregii forma
both outstanding in good looks
sed quis
but men for whom (quīs=quibus)
Fortuna negarat
Fortune denied
in patriam reditus
a return to their homelands
tamen…magni regnator Olympi
yet the ruler of great Olympus
passus haud
did not allow (supply est)
ipsos concurrere…inter se
those very men to clash together
mox illos sua fata manent
soon their own fates awaited them
maiore sub hoste
under the assault of greater enemies
interea soror alma monet…Turnum
meanwhile Turnus’ kindly sister was advising him
succedere Lauso
to go to relieve Lausus
qui…medium secat agmen
Turnus cleaved through the middle of the army
volucri curru
in his winged chariot
ut vidit socios
when he saw his comrades, (he said)
tempus desistere pugnae
time to cease from the fight
solus ego in Pallanta feror
I alone am going after Pallas
soli mihi Pallas debetur
Pallas is meant for me alone
cuperem ipse parens
I would wish for his father himself
spectator adesset
to be present as a spectator
et socii cesserunt
and his comrades withdrew
aequore iusso
from the plain as ordered
at Rutulum abscessu
but with the withdrawal of the Rutulians (=Rutulorum)
iuvenis tum
the young man then
iussa superba miratus
amazed at the arrogant commands
stupet in Turno
was speechless at Turnus
corpusque per ingens lumina volvit
and rolled his eyes over his huge body
obitque…procul omnia
and surveyed everything from afar
truci…visu
with a fierce gaze
talibus et dictis
and with such words
it contra dicta tyranni
he attacked the words of the tyrant
ego iam…laudabor
I shall now be praised
aut spoliis…raptis…opimis
either for having seized the spolia opima
aut leto insigni
or for an illustrious death
pater aequus…est
my father is able to face
sorti…utrique
either outcome
tolle minas
put an end to your threats
fatus procedit
having spoken he advanced
medium…in aequor
into the middle of the plain