Aeneid Translation 1 - the serpents approach

Question 1

talibus insidiis periurque arte Sinonis, credita res (195,196)

Answer 1

By such tricks and skill of cunning Sinon, the story was believed

Question 2

captique dolis lacrimisque coactis (196)

Answer 2

and we were seized by his trickery and false tears

Question 3

quos neque Tydides nec Larisaeus Achilles, non anni domuere decem, non millie carinae (197, 198)

Answer 3

we, who were not yet conquered by Diomedes, nor by Larissean Achilles, nor by ten years of war and not at all by 10,000 ships

Question 4

hic aliud maius miseris multoque tremendum obicitur magis (199, 200)

Answer 4

here something else greater and much more terrible is presented to us wretches

Question 5

atque improvida pectora turbat (200)

Answer 5

and it makes an uproar in our off-guard breasts

Question 6

Laocoon, ductus Neptuno sorte sacerdos, sollemnis taurum ingentem mactabat ad aras (201, 202)

Answer 6

Laocoon, chosen by lot to be Neptune’s priest, was sacrificing a huge ball at the established altars.

Question 7

ecce autem gemini a Tenedo tranquilla per alta (horresco referens) immensis orbibus angues incumbunt pelago (203,205)

Answer 7

look, however twin serpents from Tenedos support themselves through the deep and calm sea with immense coils (I shudder to remember it)

Question 8

pariterque ad litora tendunt. (205)

Answer 8

and together reach the shore

Question 9

pectora quorum inter fluctus arrecta (206)

Answer 9

its breast is transcended high over the tide

Question 10

iubaeque sanguineae superant undas (206, 207)

Answer 10

and their bloody beards are upright on the waves

Question 11

pars cetera pontum pone legit (207, 208)

Answer 11

the rest of its body gathered behind in the sea

Question 12

sinuatque immensa volumine terga. (208)

Answer 12

with respect to its immense back which curves in a coil.

Question 13

fit sonitus spumante salo; (209)

Answer 13

A noise occurred from the foaming open sea;

Question 14

iamque arva tenebant (209)

Answer 14

and now they attained the arable fields

Question 15

ardentisque oculos suffecti sanguine et igni (210)

Answer 15

and with blazing eyes flecked with blood and fire

Question 16

sibila lambebant linguis vibrantibus ora. (211)

Answer 16

they were licking their hissing mouths to and fro with their tongues