lines 547-563 Flashcards

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ecce fugae medio summis Amasenus abundans
spumabat ripis,

A

Behold in the middle of their flight, the Amasenus was foaming, overflowing the tops of the banks

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tantus se nubibus imber 
ruperat.

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so much had burst itself from the clouds

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ille innare parans infantis amore 
tardatur

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He [Metabus], preparing to swim was delayed by his love for his child

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caroque oneri timet

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And he is afraid for his dear burden.

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omnia secum versanti subito vix haec sententia sedit:

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While he was turning over everything in his mind suddenly with difficulty this opinion was decided upon.

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telum immane manu valida quod forte gerebat 
bellator, solidum nodis et robore cocto

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A huge weapon, solid with its knots and matured oak which by chance the warrior was carrying

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huic natam libro et silvestri subere clausam 
implicat

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to this he binds his daughter enclosed in the bark of a wild cork tree

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atque habilem mediae circumligat hastae;

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and ties her neatly in the middle of the spear

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quam dextra ingenti librans ita ad aethera fatur:

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balancing [the spear] in his mighty right hand, he spoke as follows to the heavens

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” alma, tibi hanc, nemorum cultrix, Latonia virgo, 
ipse pater famulam voveo;

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‘Kindly maiden daughter of Leto, guadian of the groves, I myself the father devote this girl to you as a suppliant

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tua prima per auras tela tenens supplex hostem fugit.

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yours was the first weapon she held as a suppliant [when] she fled the enemy through the breezes.

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accipe, testor,
 diva tuam, quae nunc dubiis committitur auris.”

A

I call [you] to witness, goddess, receive [her] as yours, who is now being entrusted to the uncertain breezes.’

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dixit, et adducto contortum hastile lacerto immittit:

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He stopped talking and he drawing his arm back, he hurled the brandished spear.

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sonuere undae, rapidum super amnem infelix fugit in iaculo stridente Camilla.

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the waves roared and over the rapid river on a screeching spear fled the unfortunate Camilla.

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