The Aeneid Vocabulary Flashcards
misceri
to tremble
commixta grandine
mingled with hail
et Tyrii comites passim et Troiana iuventus Dardaniusque nepos Veneris diversa per agros tecta metu petiere
Both the scattered Tyrian comrades and the Trojan youth in all directions and the Dardanius descendants of Venus seek shelter in various places through the fields in their fear
amnes
torrents
fulsere ignes
the fire blazed
conscius aether conubiis
the upper air/witness to the marriage
summo ulularunt vertice Nymphae
the Nymphs cried out on the mountain top
enim specie famave movetur
for Dido no longer moved by appearance and by reputation
hoc praetexit nomine culpam
she covers her sin with this name
it portis iubare exorto delecta iuventus
When the sun’s light had risen, the chosen youth go out of the gates
retia rara
with meshed nets
lato venebula ferro
broad-pointed hunting spears
odora canum vis
keen-scented hounds
reginam thalamo cunctantem
as the queen lingers in her bedroom
ad limina
at the doorway
ostroque insignis et auro stat sonipes
her steed stand brilliant in gold and purple
frena ferox spumantia mandit
he proudly chews the foaming bit
magna stipante caterva
attended by a large crowd
cui pharetra ex auro
whose quiver was made of gold
nodantur
are knotted
subnectit
fastened
fibula
pin
incedunt
come forward
nec non
neither
ante alios pulcherrimus omnis
the most beautiful among all the others
infert
comes forward
fluenta
flowing rivers
invisit
visits
instaurat choros
renews the dancing
mixti altaria circum
while mingled around the altar
fremunt
shout aloud
picti Agathyrsi
the pictured Agathyrsi
ipse iugis Cynthi graditur
he himself treads the Cynthian ridges
mollique fluentem fronde
with soft foliage shapes
premit crinem fingens
he presses down his flowing hair
implicat
he braids it
tela sonant umeris
his arrows rattle on his shoulders
haud illo segnior
no more sluggishly
tantum egregio decus enitet ore
such beauty shines forth from his noble face
postquam altos ventum in montis atque invia lustra
after he came to the high mountains and trackless lairs
ferae saxi deiectae vertice caprae
the wild goats, thrown down from the top of the rock,
iugis decurrere
ran down to the ridges
alia transmittunt de parte patentis
others rushed across the open fields
cursu campos
in other areas
pulverulenta
in a cloud of dust
agmina cervi pulverulenta fuga glomerant
in a cloud of dust the stags had gathered together their groups in their flight
mediis in vallibus
in the midst of the valleys
praeterit
galloping past
dari pecora inter inertia votis
prays that amidst the timorous herds
iamque hos … iam illos
now these and now those
spumantem votis optat aprum
a foaming wild boar may be granted to his vows
fulvum leonem
a tawny lion
iamdumdum
for a long time now
saucia
(with a) heavy
vulnus alit venis
nourishes the wound in her veins
caeco carpitur igni
is consumed by a hidden flame
multa viri virtus
the great courage of the man
animo multusque recursat gentis honos
and the high esteem of his family keep returning to his mind
haerent infixi
cling fixed
dat
allows
vatum ignarae mentes
the ignorant minds of the prophets
vota
prayers
delubra
shrines
furentem
to a woman raging
est mollis flamma medullas
the soft flame eats at her marrow
infelix Dido
ill-fated Dido
uritur
is burned
qualis coniecta cerva sagitta
like a deer struck by an arrow
incautam…pastor agens fixit
a hunting sheperd has pierced, incautious
quam procul nemora inter Cresia
far-off amongst the Cresia Woods
liquitque volatile ferrum nescius
and unknowingly has left his flying arrow
saltus Dictaeos
the Cretan woods
peragat
she wanders through
haeret lateri letalis harundo
the fatal shaft fixed in her side
media…per moenia
through the middle of the walls
Sidonias opes
Sidonian wealth
effari
to speak out
media in voce resistit
she stops mid-voice
eadem convivia
the same banquet
labente die
with the day slipping away
demens
out of her mind
Illiacos…audire labores exposcit
she demands to hear the Trojan toils
pendetque narrantis ab ore
again hangs from the mouth of him telling the story
(again hangs on every word he says)
lumenque obscura vicissim luna premit
and the dark moon covers the light in turn
cadentia sidera
setting stars
suadent
urge on
maeret
lingers
stratis relictis
on his bed-covers left behind
(stratis = Aeneas bed covers that he slept on)
illum absens absentem auditque videtque ***
She, absent, hears and sees him in his absence
genitoris imagine capta
captured by the image of his father
gremio
in her lap
Ascanium…detinet
she holds Ascanius in her lap
…si fallere possit…
to see if she could deceive
infandum… amorem
her unspeakable love
non arma iuventus exercet
the young men not exercising their weapons
non coeptae adsurgunt turres
the towers not beginning to rise up
portusve aut propugnacula …parant
do not prepare the harbours or ramparts
bello/tuta
safe for war
minae murorum ingens
the huge threatening walls
(BECAUSE HENDIADYS)
aequataque machina caelo **
and the crane towering to the sky
