midterm Flashcards
At gemini lapsu delubra ad summa dracones
Lapsu - ablative of manner, singular
chiasmus
Effugiunt saevaeque petunt Tritonidis arcem,
Accusative - arcem
Tritonidis - Minerva
sub pedibusque deae clipeique sub orbe teguntur.
Pedibus - ablative of preposition
Sub - is a preposition
Que connects deae and orbe
Tum vero tremefacta novus per pectora cunctis
Cunctis - dative of reference
(Insinuat pavor), et scelus expendisse merentem
Laocoonta ferunt, sacrum qui cuspide robur
Robur - indirect statement, refers to the horse
Insinuat expendisse - indirect statement with ferunt
Antecedent of qui is Laocoonta
(Laeserit) et tergo sceleratam intorserit hastam.
Laeserit, inorserit – perf subjunctive in causal relative clause, or characteristic clause with causal force
Tergo - dative with compound intorserit
Ducendum ad sedes simulacrum orandaque divae numina conclamant.
Ducendum (esse), oranda (esse) - infinitves in indirect statement with conclamant
Ad sedes (deorum) = ad delubra summa (225) = arcem. Divae (Minervae)
Ducendum - must be led
Dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis
urbis- genitive of possession
chiasmus
Accingunt omnes operi pedibusque rotarum
opera – dative of purpose, singular
Pedibus (equi) - dative with compound subiciunt
subiciunt lapsus et stuppea vincula collo
Collo - abl place from which/separation, or dative with compound intendunt
feta armis. Pueri circum innuptaeque puellae
sacra canunt funemque manu contingere gaudent;
Armis - ablative with feta
Sacra - accusative plural
Illa subit mediaeque minans inlabitur urbi
Illa machina = equus
Mediae urbi - dative with compound inlabitur
O patria, o divum domus Ilium et incluta bello
Apostrophe (O patria..Dardanidum)
substitit, atque utero sonitum quater arma dedere;
Utero - ablative of source or separation
Dedere = dederunt
et monstrum infelix sacrata sistimus arce.
(in) sacrata arce - ablative of place where
tunc etiam fatis aperit Cassandra futuris
Fatis futuris - ablative of means, or dative of purpose
Quibus esset -
relative clause of characteristic with accessory notion of cause