Lines 426-489 Flashcards
(143 cards)
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at…Lausus
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but Lausus
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pars ingens belli
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a huge player in the war
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non…sinit agmina
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did not abandon his company
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perterrita (agreeing with agmina)
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terrified as they were
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caede viri tanta
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by such a great slaughter of a hero
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primus Abantem oppositum interimit
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first he slew Abas who had been thrown in his way
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moraque
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both a bulwark
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pugnae nodumque
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and a knot in the battle
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sternitur Arcadiae proles
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the offspring of Arcadia were laid low
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sternuntur Etrusci et vos…o…Teucri
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Etruscans were laid low, and you, o Trojans
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Grais imperdita corpora
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whose bodies were not destroyed by the Greeks
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agmina concurrunt
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the armies clashed together
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ducibusque et viribus aequis
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with their leaders and their strength evenly matched
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extremi addensent acies
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the rearguard closed up the battle-lines
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nec turba…sinit
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and the throng did not allow
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moveri tela manusque
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weapons and hands to be moved
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hinc Pallas instat et urget
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on this side Pallas pressed on and charged
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hinc contra Lausus
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on this side Lausus, to meet this challenge
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nec multum discrepat aetas
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and there was not much difference in their ages
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egregii forma
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both outstanding in good looks
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sed quis
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but men for whom (quīs=quibus)
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Fortuna negarat
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Fortune denied
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in patriam reditus
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a return to their homelands
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tamen…magni regnator Olympi
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yet the ruler of great Olympus
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passus haud
did not allow (supply est)
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ipsos concurrere...inter se
those very men to clash together
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mox illos sua fata manent
soon their own fates awaited them
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maiore sub hoste
under the assault of greater enemies
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interea soror alma monet...Turnum
meanwhile Turnus' kindly sister was advising him
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succedere Lauso
to go to relieve Lausus
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qui...medium secat agmen
Turnus cleaved through the middle of the army
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volucri curru
in his winged chariot
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ut vidit socios
when he saw his comrades, (he said)
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tempus desistere pugnae
time to cease from the fight
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solus ego in Pallanta feror
I alone am going after Pallas
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soli mihi Pallas debetur
Pallas is meant for me alone
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cuperem ipse parens
I would wish for his father himself
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spectator adesset
to be present as a spectator
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et socii cesserunt
and his comrades withdrew
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aequore iusso
from the plain as ordered
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at Rutulum abscessu
but with the withdrawal of the Rutulians (=Rutulorum)
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iuvenis tum
the young man then
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iussa superba miratus
amazed at the arrogant commands
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stupet in Turno
was speechless at Turnus
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corpusque per ingens lumina volvit
and rolled his eyes over his huge body
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obitque...procul omnia
and surveyed everything from afar
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truci...visu
with a fierce gaze
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talibus et dictis
and with such words
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it contra dicta tyranni
he attacked the words of the tyrant
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ego iam...laudabor
I shall now be praised
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aut spoliis...raptis...opimis
either for having seized the spolia opima
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aut leto insigni
or for an illustrious death
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pater aequus...est
my father is able to face
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sorti...utrique
either outcome
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tolle minas
put an end to your threats
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fatus procedit
having spoken he advanced
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medium...in aequor
into the middle of the plain
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frigidus...coit...sanguis
freezing blood gathered
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Arcadibus...in praecordia
into the hearts of the Arcadians
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desiluit Turnus biiugis
Turnus leapt down from his chariot
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pedes apparat
(and) on foot he prepared
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ire comminus
to attack at close quarters
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utque leo
and just as a lion
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cum vidit
when he sees
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specula...ab alta
from a high vantage point
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stare procul campis...taurum
a bull standing in a far away field
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meditantem in proelia
rehearsing for battle
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advolat
swoops down upon it
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haud alia est
no different was
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Turni venientis imago
the image of Turnus coming in to attack
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hunc ubi...fore credidit
when he believed that Turnus would be
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contiguum missae...hastae
in range of a spear-cast
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ire prior Pallas
Pallas advanced first
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si qua
in case somehow
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fors adiuvet ausum
chance might assist him who showed courage (recalls l.284)
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viribus imparibus
although his strength was unequal
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magnumque ita ad aethera fatur
and he addressed great heaven thus
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per patris hospitium
by the hospitality of my father
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et mensas, quas advena adisti
and his meals, which you as a stranger attended
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te precor, Alcide
I pray you, Hercules
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coeptis ingentibus adsis
assist with my mighty undertakings
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cernat semineci...me
let (Turnus/him), half dead, see me
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sibi...rapere arma cruenta
tearing his bloodstained armour from him
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victoremque ferant morientia lumina Turni
and let (his/Turnus') dying eyes behold me as the victor
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audiit Alcides iuvenem
Hercules heard the young men
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magnumque...premit gemitum
and suppressed a great groan
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sub imo corde
down into the depths of his heart
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lacrimasque effundit inanes
and he shed vain tears
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tum genitor
then Jupiter
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natum dictis adfatur amicis
addressed his son with friendly words
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stat sua cuique dies
each man has his own fixed day
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breve et inreparabile...omnibus est
and everyone has a brief and irretrievable
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tempus...vitae
time for living
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sed...hoc virtutis opus
but this is the work of virtue
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famam extendere factis
to enlarge one's reputation by deeds
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tot nati cecidere deum
so many sons of gods fell
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Troiae sub moenibus altis
at the foot of Troy's high walls
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quin...Sarpedon, mea progenies
indeed my own offspring, Sarpedon
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occidit una
fell together with them
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etiam sua Turnum fata vocant
Turnus' own fates are also calling for him
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metasque...pervenit ad
and he has reached the turning-post
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dati...aevi
for his allotted life
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sic ait, atque
thus he spoke, and
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oculos Rutulorum reicit arvis
turned his eyes away from the Rutulian fields
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at Pallas...emittit...hastam
but Pallas launched his spear
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magnis...viribus
with great strength
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(-que)...fulgentem deripit ensem
and he drew his gleaming sword
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vaginaque cava
from its hollow sheath
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illa volans...incidit
that flying spear fell upon him
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qua tegmina summa
where the top-most coverings
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umeri surgunt
of his shoulder stuck out
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atque viam...molita
and, having forced its way
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clipei...per oras
through the edges of the shield
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tandem etiam...strinxit
at last it grazed even
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magno...de corpore Turni
a part of Turnus' great body
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hic Turnus
at this, Turnus
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ferro praefixum robur acuto
the shaft, tipped with sharp iron
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diu librans
balancing...for a while (object is robur)
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in Pallanta...iacit atque ita fatur
hurled it at Pallas and spoke thus
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aspice num...nostrum...telum
see whether my spear
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mage sit...penetrabile
is more piercing (than yours)
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dixerat; at
he had spoken; but
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clipeum...cuspis medium (trans-)verberat
the spear struck the middle of the shield
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tot ferri terga, tot aeris
which had so many layers of iron, so many of bronze
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quem pellis...tauri
with the hide of a bull
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obeat circumdata
enveloping it and encircling it
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totiens
with layer after layer
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vibranti...trans(-verberat) ictu
; it passed through with a quivering blow
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et...perforat
and pierced
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loricaeque moras
both the protective breastplates
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et pectus...ingens
and his huge chest
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ille rapit calidum...telum
he tore the hot spear
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frustra de vulnere
from his wound in vain
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(-que)...sanguis animusque sequuntur
both his blood and his life followed
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una eademque via
the same path
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corruit in vulnus
he collapsed onto his wound
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sonitum super arma dedere
his armour clattered over him
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et terram hostilem...petit
and he bit the enemy earth
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moriens...ore cruento
dying, with his blood-stained mouth
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Who does Pallas kill in lines 399-425?
Rhoetus and eventually Halaesus
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Who does Halaesus kill in lines 399-425?
Ladon, Pheres, Demodocus, Thoas
| He also cuts off Strymonius' right hand
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What simile is used in lines 399-425?
The courage of Pallas' comrades is likened to fires lit by a shepherd that spread throughout the woods
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Who does Pallas pray to in lines 399-425?
Father Tiber - he offers him Halaesus' spoils
