Vocabulary and Functional Chunks for Aeneid Book IV

Vocabulary and Functional Chunks for Aeneid Book IV, lines 259 -705

ardet abire fuga dulcisque relinquere terras he burns to go away in flight and to leave behind the sweet lands

arrectaeque horrore comae et vox faucibus haesit his hair stood on end from horror and his voice stuck in his jaws

at regina dolos praesensit but the queen perceives tricks

at vero Aeneas aspectu obmutuit amens but indeed, Aeneas stood speechless insane by the sight

attonitus tanto monitu imperioque deorum astonished by so great a warning and order of the gods

caelum et terras qui numine torquet he who turns the sky and the lands with his divine power

celeris mandata per auras commands through the swift breezes

classem aptent taciti sociosque ad litora cogant that they should silently fit the fleet and force their companions to the shores

cui regnum Italiae Romanaque tellus debetur to whom the kingdom of Italy and the Roman land is owed

cum gemitu atque atros siccabat veste cruores with a groan and she was drying the black bloods with her clothing

curam sub corde premebat he was pressing his care under his heart

desine meque tuis incendere teque querelis stop burning both me and you with these complaints

dissimulare etiam sperasti, perfide, tantum posse nefas tacitusque mea decedere terra treacherous one, did you hope still to pretend that so great a sin was possible and to leave from my land quietly

ferro conlapsam aspiciunt comites, ensemque cruore spumantem sparsasque manus on a sword her companions see her having collapsed and the sword foaming with blood and splattered hands

haec alternanti potior sententia visa est this opinion seemed preferable to him alternating

hauriat hunc oculis ignem crudelis ab alto Dardanus may the cruel Dardanian drain with his eyes this fire from the deep Nota Bene: hauriat is pres subj

heu, regni rerumque oblite tuarum alas, forgetful of your kingdom and your things

hoc rogus iste mihi, hoc ignes araeque parabant that pyre was preparing this for me, the fires and altars were preparing this

illa gravis oculos conata attollere rursus deficit that one, having tried to raise her heavy eyes again, lets down

ille Iovis monitis immota tenebat lumina that one, because of Jove’s warnings, was holding his lights motionless Nota Bene: monitis is abl of cause

infixum stridit sub pectore vulnus the wound having been fixed beneath her chest hissed

it clamor ad alta atria a clamor goes through the high atria

Italiam non sponte sequor I do not follow to Italy by my own free will

me patris admonet in somnis et turbida terret imago the disturbing image of my father warns and terrifies me in dreams

moriemur inultae, sed moriamur we will die unavenged, but let us die Nota Bene: 1 st morior is fut, 2 nd is pres subj

moritura crudeli funere Dido about to die from a cruel death Nota Bene: foreshadowing; also last line of anaphora and tricolon crescens – third of a series of 3 questions

motusque excepit prima futures omnia tuta timens she first received movements about to be fearing all safety

nam quia nec fato merita nec morte peribat for since she was perishing neither by fate nor by a deserved death

ne finge don’t fashion Nota Bene: a variation on imp

non aliter quam si immissis ruat hostibus omnis Karthago aut antiqua Tyros not otherwise than if, with the enemies having been sent in, all Carthage or ancient Tyre rushed [downward] Nota Bene: introduction of a simile via litotes

nostrae secum ferat omina mortis let him carry with him the omens of our death

oculisque errantibus alto quaesivit caelo lucem and with wandering eyes she searched for light in the high heaven

puer Ascanius capitisque iniuria cari and the boy Ascanius and the injury to his dear head

quae luctantem animam nexosque resolueret artus who would loosen the wrestling spirit and the bound limbs

quae tandem Ausonia Teucros considere terra invidia est what envy is it finally for the Tuecrians to settle in Ausonian land Nota Bene:

quid struis what are you building

quis fallere possit amantem who is able to cheat a lover Nota Bene: rhetorical question

quotiens umentibus umbris nox operit terras, quotiens astra ignea surgunt as often as the night covers the lands with moist shadows, as often as the fiery stars rise

resonat magnis plangoribus aether the upper air resounds with great outcries

saevit inops animi totamque incensa per urbem lacking of her mind, she raged and raves enflamed through the city

sed misera ante diem subitoque accensa furore but miserabe before her day and enflamed by a sudden fury

semianimemque sinu germanam amplexa fovebat and having embraced her in her lap, she was keeping warm her half-dead sister

si bene quid de te merui fuit aut tibi quicquam dulce meum, miserere domus labentis et istam, oro if I have deserved anything well from you or if anything of mine was sweet to you, pity the falling house, I beg you Nota Bene:

si fata meis paterentur ducere vitam auspiciis et sponte mea componere curas if the fates were to allow me to lead my life by my own auspices and to collect cares with my own free will

sic iuvat ire sub umbras in this way it is helpful to go beneath the shades

stellatus iaspide fulva ensis sword starry with reddish jasper

te propter eundem exstinctus pudor et, qua sola sidera adibam, fama prior on account of the same you shame has been extinguished and my first reputation by which alone I was approaching the stars Nota Bene: te propter here and in prev line is ex of anaphora and anastrophe

trepidoque exterrita cursu unguibus ora soror foedans et pectora pugnis per medios ruit and she rushes with a trembling course through the middle, defiling her face with her nails and her breasts with her fists

tu nunc Karthaginis altae fundamenta locas pulchramque uxorius urbem exstruis are you now placing the foundations of high Carthage, and wife-ruled, do you build a beautiful city

tum Iuno omnipotens longum miserata dolorem difficilisque obitus then all-powerful Juno, having taken pity on her long grief and difficult approaches

vidi intrantem muros vocemque his auribus hausi I saw him entering the walls and I drained his voice with these ears