The Aeneid Vocabulary

Question 1

misceri

Answer 1

to tremble

Question 2

commixta grandine

Answer 2

mingled with hail

Question 3

et Tyrii comites passim et Troiana iuventus Dardaniusque nepos Veneris diversa per agros tecta metu petiere

Answer 3

Both the scattered Tyrian comrades and the Trojan youth in all directions and the Dardanius descendants of Venus seek shelter in various places through the fields in their fear

Question 4

amnes

Answer 4

torrents

Question 5

fulsere ignes

Answer 5

the fire blazed

Question 6

conscius aether conubiis

Answer 6

the upper air/witness to the marriage

Question 7

summo ulularunt vertice Nymphae

Answer 7

the Nymphs cried out on the mountain top

Question 8

enim specie famave movetur

Answer 8

for Dido no longer moved by appearance and by reputation

Question 9

hoc praetexit nomine culpam

Answer 9

she covers her sin with this name

Question 10

it portis iubare exorto delecta iuventus

Answer 10

When the sun’s light had risen, the chosen youth go out of the gates

Question 11

retia rara

Answer 11

with meshed nets

Question 12

lato venebula ferro

Answer 12

broad-pointed hunting spears

Question 13

odora canum vis

Answer 13

keen-scented hounds

Question 14

reginam thalamo cunctantem

Answer 14

as the queen lingers in her bedroom

Question 15

ad limina

Answer 15

at the doorway

Question 16

ostroque insignis et auro stat sonipes

Answer 16

her steed stand brilliant in gold and purple

Question 17

frena ferox spumantia mandit

Answer 17

he proudly chews the foaming bit

Question 18

magna stipante caterva

Answer 18

attended by a large crowd

Question 19

cui pharetra ex auro

Answer 19

whose quiver was made of gold

Question 20

nodantur

Answer 20

are knotted

Question 21

subnectit

Answer 21

fastened

Question 22

fibula

Answer 22

pin

Question 23

incedunt

Answer 23

come forward

Question 24

nec non

Answer 24

neither

Question 25

ante alios pulcherrimus omnis

Answer 25

the most beautiful among all the others

Question 26

infert

Answer 26

comes forward

Question 27

fluenta

Answer 27

flowing rivers

Question 28

invisit

Answer 28

visits

Question 29

instaurat choros

Answer 29

renews the dancing

Question 30

mixti altaria circum

Answer 30

while mingled around the altar

Question 31

fremunt

Answer 31

shout aloud

Question 32

picti Agathyrsi

Answer 32

the pictured Agathyrsi

Question 33

ipse iugis Cynthi graditur

Answer 33

he himself treads the Cynthian ridges

Question 34

mollique fluentem fronde

Answer 34

with soft foliage shapes

Question 35

premit crinem fingens

Answer 35

he presses down his flowing hair

Question 36

implicat

Answer 36

he braids it

Question 37

tela sonant umeris

Answer 37

his arrows rattle on his shoulders

Question 38

haud illo segnior

Answer 38

no more sluggishly

Question 39

tantum egregio decus enitet ore

Answer 39

such beauty shines forth from his noble face

Question 40

postquam altos ventum in montis atque invia lustra

Answer 40

after he came to the high mountains and trackless lairs

Question 41

ferae saxi deiectae vertice caprae

Answer 41

the wild goats, thrown down from the top of the rock,

Question 42

iugis decurrere

Answer 42

ran down to the ridges

Question 43

alia transmittunt de parte patentis

Answer 43

others rushed across the open fields

Question 44

cursu campos

Answer 44

in other areas

Question 45

pulverulenta

Answer 45

in a cloud of dust

Question 46

agmina cervi pulverulenta fuga glomerant

Answer 46

in a cloud of dust the stags had gathered together their groups in their flight

Question 47

mediis in vallibus

Answer 47

in the midst of the valleys

Question 48

praeterit

Answer 48

galloping past

Question 49

dari pecora inter inertia votis

Answer 49

prays that amidst the timorous herds

Question 50

iamque hos ... iam illos

Answer 50

now these and now those

Question 51

spumantem votis optat aprum

Answer 51

a foaming wild boar may be granted to his vows

Question 52

fulvum leonem

Answer 52

a tawny lion

Question 53

iamdumdum

Answer 53

for a long time now

Question 54

saucia

Answer 54

(with a) heavy

Question 55

vulnus alit venis

Answer 55

nourishes the wound in her veins

Question 56

caeco carpitur igni

Answer 56

is consumed by a hidden flame

Question 57

multa viri virtus

Answer 57

the great courage of the man

Question 58

animo multusque recursat gentis honos

Answer 58

and the high esteem of his family keep returning to his mind

Question 59

haerent infixi

Answer 59

cling fixed

Question 60

dat

Answer 60

allows

Question 61

vatum ignarae mentes

Answer 61

the ignorant minds of the prophets

Question 62

vota

Answer 62

prayers

Question 63

delubra

Answer 63

shrines

Question 64

furentem

Answer 64

to a woman raging

Question 65

est mollis flamma medullas

Answer 65

the soft flame eats at her marrow

Question 66

infelix Dido

Answer 66

ill-fated Dido

Question 67

uritur

Answer 67

is burned

Question 68

qualis coniecta cerva sagitta

Answer 68

like a deer struck by an arrow

Question 69

incautam...pastor agens fixit

Answer 69

a hunting sheperd has pierced, incautious

Question 70

quam procul nemora inter Cresia

Answer 70

far-off amongst the Cresia Woods

Question 71

liquitque volatile ferrum nescius

Answer 71

and unknowingly has left his flying arrow

Question 72

saltus Dictaeos

Answer 72

the Cretan woods

Question 73

peragat

Answer 73

she wanders through

Question 74

haeret lateri letalis harundo

Answer 74

the fatal shaft fixed in her side

Question 75

media...per moenia

Answer 75

through the middle of the walls

Question 76

Sidonias opes

Answer 76

Sidonian wealth

Question 77

effari

Answer 77

to speak out

Question 78

media in voce resistit

Answer 78

she stops mid-voice

Question 79

eadem convivia

Answer 79

the same banquet

Question 80

labente die

Answer 80

with the day slipping away

Question 81

demens

Answer 81

out of her mind

Question 82

Illiacos...audire labores exposcit

Answer 82

she demands to hear the Trojan toils

Question 83

pendetque narrantis ab ore

Answer 83

again hangs from the mouth of him telling the story (again hangs on every word he says)

Question 84

lumenque obscura vicissim luna premit

Answer 84

and the dark moon covers the light in turn

Question 85

cadentia sidera

Answer 85

setting stars

Question 86

suadent

Answer 86

urge on

Question 87

maeret

Answer 87

lingers

Question 88

stratis relictis

Answer 88

on his bed-covers left behind (stratis = Aeneas bed covers that he slept on)

Question 89

illum absens absentem auditque videtque ***

Answer 89

She, absent, hears and sees him in his absence

Question 90

genitoris imagine capta

Answer 90

captured by the image of his father

Question 91

gremio

Answer 91

in her lap

Question 92

Ascanium...detinet

Answer 92

she holds Ascanius in her lap

Question 93

...si fallere possit...

Answer 93

to see if she could deceive

Question 94

infandum... amorem

Answer 94

her unspeakable love

Question 95

non arma iuventus exercet

Answer 95

the young men not exercising their weapons

Question 96

non coeptae adsurgunt turres

Answer 96

the towers not beginning to rise up

Question 97

portusve aut propugnacula ...parant

Answer 97

do not prepare the harbours or ramparts

Question 98

bello/tuta

Answer 98

safe for war

Question 99

minae murorum ingens

Answer 99

the huge threatening walls (BECAUSE HENDIADYS)

Question 100

aequataque machina caelo **

Answer 100

and the crane towering to the sky