(GCSE) Nisus and Euryalus - Section 4 (Primary)

Question 1

Interea praemissi equites ex urbe Latina,

Answer 1

Meanwhile cavalrymen sent out from the Latin city

Question 2

cetera dum legio campis instructa moratur,

Answer 2

while the rest of the legion delayed, drawn up on the plain,

Question 3

ibant et Turno regi responsa ferebant,

Answer 3

came forward and were bringing a reply to king Turnus

Question 4

ter centum, scutati omnes, Volcente magistro.

Answer 4

three hundred, all armed with shields, with Volcens as their leader.

Question 5

iamque propinquabant castris murosque subibant

Answer 5

And now they approached the camp, and went below the walls

Question 6

cum procul hos laevo flectentis limite cernunt,

Answer 6

When they saw these (two) from far off turning down a left hand path,

Question 7

et galea Euryalum sublustri noctis in umbra

Answer 7

and the helmet glimmering in the shadow of the night betrayed Euryalus who had forgotten,

Question 8

prodidit immemorem radiique adversa refulsit

Answer 8

and it shone back with the rays.

Question 9

haud temere est visum. conclamat ab agmine Volcens:

Answer 9

it was not seen to no avail. Volcens shouted out from his column:

Question 10

‘state, viri. quae causa viae? quive estis in armis?

Answer 10

‘Stand still, men. What is the cause of your journey? Or who are you, armed as you are?’

Question 11

quove tenetis iter? nihil illi tendere contra,

Answer 11

Where are you going? Those two did not reply,

Question 12

sed celerare fugam in siluas et fidere nocti.

Answer 12

but speed up their escape into the woods and trusted in the night time.

Question 13

obiciunt equites sese ad divortia nota

Answer 13

The cavalrymen blocked the familiar junctions

Question 14

hinc atque hinc, omnemque aditum custode coronant.

Answer 14

on this side and that, and enclosed every entrance with a guard.