Aeneid.VI.450-476 Part 3 Flashcards
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inuitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi.
unwillingly, queen, I left from your shore.
sed me iussa deum, quae nunc has ire per umbras,
but the commands of the gods, which now compel me to go
through these shades
Quae - antecedent of quae is iussa
per loca senta situ cogunt noctemque profundam,
through places rough with neglect and the deep night,
imperiis egere suis; nec credere quivi
drove me with their orders: nor was I able to believe
Egere - perfect indicative
hunc tantum tibi me discessu ferre dolorem.
that I was bringing this so great grief to you by my departure.
siste gradum teque aspectu ne subtrahe nostro.
Stay your step and do not withdraw yourself from our gaze.
Que connects siste and subtrahe
Aspectu - ablative of separation