(GCSE) Nisus and Euryalus - Section 1 (Primary)

Question 1

Nisus erat portae custos, acerrimus armis

Answer 1

Nisus, most fierce in arms, was guard of the gate

Question 2

Hyrtacides, comitem Aeneae quem miserat Ida

Answer 2

the son of Hyrtacus, the one whom Ida the huntress had sent as Aeneas’ companion.

Question 3

venatrix iaculo celerem levibusque sagittis,

Answer 3

quick with javelin and light arrows.

Question 4

et iuxta comes Euryalus, quo pulchrior alter

Answer 4

and next to him his companion Euryalus, than whom no other was more handsome.

Question 5

non fuit Aeneadum Troiana neque induit arma,

Answer 5

among those close/related to Aeneas, nor among those who put on Trojan armour.

Question 6

ora puer prima signans intonsa iuventa.

Answer 6

a boy showing the first signs of youth on his unshaven face.

Question 7

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Answer 7

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Question 8

Cernis quae Rutulos habeat fiducia rerum

Answer 8

You see how the Rutulians are so confident in their situation:

Question 9

lumina rara micant, somno vinoque soluti

Answer 9

their lamps shine far apart, they are dissolved in sleep and wine.

Question 10

procubuere, silent late loca, percipe porro

Answer 10

and lay there, everywhere is quiet. Hear then

Question 11

quid dubitem et quae nunc animo sententia surgat

Answer 11

what I am wondering about and what idea now rises in my mind.

Question 12

Aeneam acciri omnes, populosque patresque

Answer 12

Everyone, both the people and the senators, demand that Aeneas be recalled,

Question 13

exposcunt, mitttique viros qui certa reportent

Answer 13

and men to be sent to him to inform him of what has happened.

Question 14

si tibi quae posco promittunt (nam mihi fact

Answer 14

if they promise to you those things which I ask for you (for the glory of the deed

Question 15

fama sat est) tumulo videor reperire sub illo

Answer 15

is enough for me) I seem to be able to find a way beyond that mound

Question 16

posse viam ad muros et moenia Pallantea

Answer 16

to the walls and ramparts of Pallanteum.