Lines 228-249

Question 1

tum vero tremefacta novus per pectora cunctis

Answer 1

Then truly a new fear creeps in through the trembling hearts of all,

Question 2

insinuat pavor, et scelus expendisse merentem

Answer 2

and they declare that Laocoon had deservingly paid for his crime,

Question 3

Laocoonta ferunt, sacrum qui cuspide robur

Answer 3

since he violated the sacred oak with his spear

Question 4

laeserit et tergo sceleratam intorserit hastam.

Answer 4

and hurled the accursed spear into its back.

Question 5

ducendum ad sedes simulacrum orandaque divae numina conclamant.

Answer 5

They shouted (that) the effigy must be led to the temple and the goodwill of the goddess must be entreated.

Question 6

dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis.

Answer 6

We divide the walls and open up the fortified ramparts of the city.

Question 7

accingunt omnes operi pedibusque rotarum

Answer 7

All apply themselves at the task and they place sliding wheels/ [a wheeled platform] under its feet

Question 8

subiciunt lapsus, et stuppea vincula collo

Answer 8

and stretch ropes made of flax round its neck;

Question 9

intendunt; scandit fatalis machina muros

Answer 9

the fateful engine climbs the walls

Question 10

feta armis. pueri circum innuptaeque puellae

Answer 10

pregnant with weapons. Boys and unmarried girls

Question 11

sacra canunt funemque manu contingere gaudent;

Answer 11

sing sacred songs around it and rejoice to touch the rope with their hand.

Question 12

illa subit mediaeque minans inlabitur urbi.

Answer 12

It mounts and glides threateningly into the middle of the city.

Question 13

o patria, o divum domus Ilium et incluta bello

Answer 13

O my country, o Ilium, house of the gods, and the walls of the Trojans famous in war!

Question 14

moenia Dardanidum! quater ipso in limine portae

Answer 14

It stopped short four times in the very threshold of the gate

Question 15

substitit atque utero sonitum quater arma dedere;

Answer 15

and four times weapons gave a sound[clashed] in its belly;

Question 16

instamus tamen immemores caecique furore

Answer 16

However, we press on regardless, and blinded by our madness,

Question 17

et monstrum infelix sacrata sistimus arce.

Answer 17

place the unlucky monstrosity in the consecrated citadel.

Question 18

tunc etiam fatis aperit Cassandra futuris

Answer 18

Then, even Cassandra reveals what fates were to come [with her] lips

Question 19

ora dei iussu non umquam credita Teucris.

Answer 19

never believed by the Trojans by the order of the god.

Question 20

nos delubra deum miseri, quibus ultimus esset

ille dies, festa velamus fronde per urbem.

Answer 20

We, poor souls, for whom it is the last day, deck the shrines of the gods throughout the city with festive branches.