Aeneid 6 450-476

Question 1

inter quas Phoenissa recens a uulnere Dido

Answer 1

Among these the P Dido fresh from her wound

Question 2

errabat silua in magna; quam Troius heros

Answer 2

was wandering in the wood; as the Trojan hero

Question 3

ut primum iuxta stetit agnouitque per umbras

Answer 3

first stood near and recognized her thru the shades,

Question 4

obscuram, qualem primo qui surgere mense

Answer 4

dim(ly), like the moon a person sees rising in the beg of the month

Question 5

aut uidet aut uidisse putat per nubila lunam,

Answer 5

or thinks he sees through the clouds,

Question 6

demisit lacrimas dulcique adfatus amore est:

Answer 6

he released tears and addressed her with sweet love:

Question 7

infelix Dido, uerus mihi nuntius ergo

Answer 7

Unhappy Dido, true, then was the message

Question 8

uenerat exstinctam ferroque extrema secutam?

Answer 8

which had come to me that you were destroyed and had pursued
ultimate things?

Question 9

funeris heu tibi causa fui? per sidera iuro,

Answer 9

Was I, alas, the cause of death to you? I swear by the stars,

Question 10

per superos et si qua fides tellure sub ima est,

Answer 10

by the ones above, and if there is any faith under the lowest earth

Question 11

inuitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi.

Answer 11

unwillingly, queen, I left from your shore.

Question 12

per loca senta situ cogunt noctemque profundam,

Answer 12

through places rough with neglect and the deep night,

Question 12

unwillingly, queen, I left from your shore.

Answer 12

but the commands of the gods, which now compel me to go
through these shades

Question 13

imperiis egere suis; nec credere quivi

Answer 13

drove me with their orders: nor was I able to believe

Question 14

hunc tantum tibi me discessu ferre dolorem.

Answer 14

that I was bringing this so great grief to you by my departure.

Question 15

siste gradum teque aspectu ne subtrahe nostro.

Answer 15

Stay your step and do not withdraw yourself from our gaze.

Question 16

quem fugis? extremum fato quod te adloquor hoc est

Answer 16

whom do you flee? This is the last word which, by fate, I address to you.’

Question 17

talibus Aeneas ardentem et torua tuentem

Answer 17

with such words Aeneas was attempting to soothe her mind
burning and watching him grimly

Question 18

lenibat dictis animum lacrimasque ciebat.

Answer 18

and was stirring up tears.

Question 19

illa solo fixos oculos auersa tenebat

Answer 19

That one turned away, was holding her eyes fixed on the ground

Question 20

nec magis incepto uultum sermone mouetur

Answer 20

and is not moved in expression by the conversation begun

Question 21

quam si dura silex aut stet Marpesia cautes.

Answer 21

than if hard flint or the Marpesian rock stood there.

Question 22

tandem corripuit sese atque inimica refugit

Answer 22

Finally she took herself off and hostile fled back

Question 23

in nemus umbriferum, coniunx ubi pristinus illi

Answer 23

into the shadowbearing grove, where her former husband, Sychaeus

Question 24

respondet curis aequatque Sychaeus amorem.

Answer 24

Sychaeus responds to that one in cares and matches his love.

Question 25

nec minus Aeneas casu percussus iniquo  

Answer 25

Aeneas, nonetheless struck by her harsh misfortune

Question 26

prosequitur lacrimis longe et miseratur euntem.

Answer 26

Follows her with tears from afar and pities her going.