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Question 1

illa manu moriens telum trahit, ossa sed inter
ferreus ad costas alto stat vulnere mucro.


Answer 1

That dying (Camilla) tried to pull out the weapon with her hand but the iron point remained fixed between her bones with a deep wound near the ribs.

Question 2

labitur exsanguis, labuntur frigida leto
lumina, purpureus quondam color ora reliquit.


Answer 2

Lifeless she slips away, her eyes cold in death slip away, her colour once bright leaves her face.

Question 3

tum sic exspirans Accam ex aequalibus unamadloquitur, fida ante alias quae sola Camillae 
quicum partiri curas, atque haec ita fatur:

Answer 3

Then as she expires she thus addresses Acca one of her peers who faithful beyond all others (was) the only one with whom to share the cares of Camilla and spoke these (words) as follows:

Question 4


’hactenus, Acca soror, potui: nunc vulnus acerbum
 conficit, et tenebris nigrescunt omnia circum.


Answer 4

‘Thus far, sister Acca, I have had the power now a grievous wound has finishes me off and everything around grows black with darkness.

Question 5

effuge et haec Turno mandata novissima perfer:
succedat pugnae Troianosque arceat urbe.

Answer 5

Escape and take these (my) last words to Turnus: he should take over the fight and ward off the Trojans from the city.

Question 6

iamque vale.’

Answer 6

And now farewell.’

Question 7

simul his dictis linquebat habenas 
ad terram non sponte fluens.

Answer 7

At the same time, having said these things she was abandoning the reins sinking to the ground involuntarily.

Question 8

tum frigida toto 
paulatim exsoluit se corpore, lentaque colla
et captum leto posuit caput,

Answer 8

Then, icy cold, she gradually released herself from the whole of her body and dropped her drooping neck and head captured by death,

Question 9

arma relinquens,vitaque cum gemitu fugit indignata sub umbras.


Answer 9

abandoning her weapons, and with a groan her life fled protesting down to the shades.

Question 10

tum vero immensus surgens ferit aurea clamor
 sidera:

Answer 10

Then indeed a mighty shout arose and struck the golden stars.

Question 11

deiecta crudescit pugna Camilla;

Answer 11

Now that Camilla was slain, the battle grew violent.

Question 12


incurrunt densi simul omnis copia Teucrum
Tyrrhenique duces Evandrique Arcades alae.

Answer 12

In a dense array the whole force of Trojans and Etruscan leaders and the Arcadian squadrons of Evander simultaneously attacked.