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Question 1

At medias inter caedes exsultat Amazon 
unum exserta latus pugnae, pharetrata Camilla,


Answer 1

But in the midst of the slaughter, the Amazon, quiver-bearing Camilla baring her one flank for battle, runs riot

Question 2

et nunc lenta manu spargens hastilia denset,

Answer 2

and now she hurls thick and fast tough spears, scattering them with her hand

Question 3

nunc validam dextra rapit indefessa bipennem;
 aureus ex umero sonat arcus et arma Dianae.

Answer 3

now, unwearied, she snatches a strong axe in her right hand the golden bow and arms of Diana rattle on her shoulder.

Question 4


illa etiam, si quando in tergum pulsa recessit,
 spicula converso fugientia derigit arcu.

Answer 4

If when, having been driven backward, she retreats, having turned her bow around she even discharges fleeing arrows.

Question 5


at circum lectae comites

Answer 5

But her chosen comrades surround her,

Question 6

Larinaque virgoTullaque et aeratam quatiens Tarpeia securim,

Answer 6

the maiden Larina and Tulla and Tarpeia shaking her bronze axe,

Question 7

Italides, quas ipsa decus sibi dia Camilla
 delegit pacisque bonas bellique ministras:


Answer 7

Italian women, whom the godlike Camilla herself chose as an honour for herself good attendants in both peace and war.

Question 8

quales Threiciae cum flumina Thermodontis
 pulsant

Answer 8

just as when the Thracian Amazons disturb the streams of Thermodon

Question 9

et pictis bellantur Amazones armis,seu circum Hippolyten seu cum se Martia curru
 Penthesilea refert,

Answer 9

and fight with decorated armour, whether around Hipppolyte or when Penthesilea, daughter of Mars, returns in her chariot

Question 10

magnoque ululante tumultu


Answer 10

and with a great howling uproar

Question 11

feminea exsultant lunatis agmina peltis.

Answer 11

the bands of women run riot with moon-shaped shields.