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Question 1

‘o decus Italiae virgo, quas dicere grates

quasve referre parem?

Answer 1

‘O maiden, glory of Italy, what thanks am I to try to say or repay?’

Question 2

sed nunc, est omnia quando iste animus supra,

Answer 2

but now since that spirit of yours surpasses everything

Question 3

mecum partire laborem.

Answer 3

share the toil with me.

Question 4

Aeneas, ut fama fidem missique reportant exploratores

Answer 4

Aeneas, as rumour and the scouts which were sent out reliably report

Question 5

equitum levia improbus arma praemisit quaterent campos

Answer 5

relentlessly sent forward the lightly armed cavalry in order that they might scour the fields.

Question 6

ipse ardua montis per deserta iugo superans adventat ad urbem.

Answer 6

by means of a ridge overcoming the steep parts of the mountain, he himself is approaching the city through desolate places.

Question 7

furta paro belli conuexo in tramite silvae

Answer 7

I prepare the stratagems of war in a forest path over-arched by trees

Question 8

ut bivias armato obsidam milite fauces.

Answer 8

so that I may blockade both entrances [of the pass] with armed infantry.

Question 9

tu Tyrrhenum equitem conlatis excipe signis;

Answer 9

You, coming to close quarters with them, intercept the Etruscan cavalry.

Question 10

tecum acer Messapus erit turmaeque Latinae Tiburtique manus, ducis et tu concipe curam.’

Answer 10

Fierce Messapus will be with you and the Latin squadrons and the bands of Tiburtus [while] you too take on the responsibility of leader.

Question 11

sic ait, et paribus

Answer 11

So he spoke and with similar words

Question 12

Messapum in proelia dictis hortatur sociosque duces

Answer 12

he encouraged Messapus and the allied leaders for the battle

Question 13

et pergit in hostem.

Answer 13

and proceeded against the enemy.