Stanzas 8-10 (line 351-380) Flashcards
tendebat
he aimed for
socios
the comrades; the allies
ignem
the fire
extremum
the last of; the outermost
deficere
flickering out
religatos rite
duly tied back
carpere gramen
graze on the grass
breviter
briefly
talia
said such things
nimia
too much
caede atque cupidine
desire for slaughter
ferri
was carried away
lux inimica
daylight, our enemy
poenarum exhaustum satis est
enough punishment has been enacted
facta
(here) has been made
interea
meanwhile
equites
cavalrymen
praemissi
sent ahead
cetera…legio…moratur
the rest of the legion delayed
campis instructa
drawn up on the field
responsa
answers
Turno regi
for King Turnus
ter centum
three hundred
scutati
armed with shields
Volcente magistro
with Volcens their leader
murosque subibant
and were going to the foot of the walls
cernunt
they saw
hos
(here) these two; Nisus and Euryalus
procul
from far away
flectentes
veering off
laevo…limite
down a left hand path
galea
the helmet
sublustri noctis
of the glimmering night
Euryalum…prodidit immemorem
(the helmet) betrayed forgetful Euryalus
refulsit
reflected
adversa
right back at them
radiis
with the rays
haud temere est visum
it was not seen to no avail
ab agmine
from his column of men
quae causa viae?
what is the cause of your journey?
quive
or who
quove
or to where
tenetis iter
are you going
illi tendere contra
these two offered in reply
celerare fugam
sped up their flight
fidere nocti
trusted in the night
obiciunt equites sese
the cavalrymen position themselves
ad divortia nota
at the familiar junctions
hinc atque hinc
on all sides
omnem aditum
every approach
coronant
surrounded