Term
Adparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto,
arma virum, tabulaeque, et Troia gaza per undas. |
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Definition
| Scattered swimmers, the arms of men, and planks, and Trojan treasure appear in the vast whirlpool through the waves. |
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Iam validam Ilionei navem, iam fortis Achati, 120
et qua vectus Abas, et qua grandaevus Aletes,
vicit hiems; laxis laterum compagibus omnes
accipiunt inimicum imbrem, rimisque fatiscunt. |
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Definition
| Now the strong ship of Troy, now brave Achetus, and the one which Abas was carried, and the one which revered Aletes, overcomes the storm; All of them take on with gaping fastenings of the sides the harmful water, and gape open with cracks. |
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Term
Interea magno misceri murmure pontum,
emissamque hiemem sensit Neptunus, et imis 125
stagna refusa vadis, graviter commotus; et alto
prospiciens, summa placidum caput extulit unda. |
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Definition
| Meanwhile with a great rumbling the sea is in turmoil, and Neptune sensed a storm has been sent out, and the still waters have been churned up from the deepest shoals, gravely disturbed; and looking out over the deep, he lifted out a placid face from the highest wave. |
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Term
Disiectam Aeneae, toto videt aequore classem,
fluctibus oppressos Troas caelique ruina,
nec latuere doli fratrem Iunonis et irae. 130
Eurum ad se Zephyrumque vocat, dehinc talia fatur: |
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Definition
| He sees the scattered fleet of Aeneas over the whole sea, the Trojans oppressed by the the waves and the downfall of the sky, nor did the tricks of Juno and her angers lay hidden from her brother. He calls Eurus and Zephyr to him, then he says such things: |
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Term
'Tantane vos generis tenuit fiducia vestri?
Iam caelum terramque meo sine numine, venti,
miscere, et tantas audetis tollere moles? |
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Definition
| 'Did you hold such great confidence in your race? Without my divine will, do you dare stir up now the sky and the land and to lift up such great trials? |
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Term
Quos ego—sed motos praestat componere fluctus. 135
Post mihi non simili poena commissa luetis. |
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Definition
| Why you I will- but it is more important to settle down the turbulent waves. Afterwards you will pay your crimes to me not with a punishment like this. |
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Term
Maturate fugam, regique haec dicite vestro:
non illi imperium pelagi saevumque tridentem,
sed mihi sorte datum. |
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Definition
| Hurry up your flight, and say these things to your king: Not by lot the command over the sea and the fierce trident were given to him but to me. |
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…Tenet ille immania saxa,
vestras, Eure, domos; illa se iactet in aula 140
Aeolus, et clauso ventorum carcere regnet.' |
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Definition
| ...He holds the immense rocks, your homes, Eurus; Let Aeolus show off that himself in his court, and let rule of the winds in closed off prison.' |
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Term
Sic ait, et dicto citius tumida aequora placat,
collectasque fugat nubes, solemque reducit.
Cymothoe simul et Triton adnixus acuto
detrudunt navis scopulo; |
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Definition
Thus he spoke, and he calms the swelling seas more quickly than his speech, and he chases and gathered the cloudsm and he brings back the sunlight.
Simultaneously, Cymothoe and Triton, leaning into it, pried off the ships from the sharp rocks; |
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Term
...levat ipse tridenti; 145
et vastas aperit syrtis, et temperat aequor,
atque rotis summas levibus perlabitur undas. |
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Definition
| he lifts himself with the trident; and opens up vast sandbars, and calms the sea, and on light wheels slips across the surface of the water. |
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Term
Ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est
seditio, saevitque animis ignobile volgus,
iamque faces et saxa volant—furor arma ministrat; |
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Definition
| And just like when sedition has risen in a great mass of people, and the ignobile mob seethes in their mind, and now torches and rocks fly-rage provides arms; |
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tum, pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem
conspexere, silent, arrectisque auribus adstant;
ille regit dictis animos, et pectora mulcet,— |
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Definition
Then, if by some chance they have caught sight of a grave man in piety and merit, they grow silent, and they stand still with their ears upraise;
He sets straight their mind with words, and he soothes their hearts,- |
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Term
sic cunctus pelagi cecidit fragor, aequora postquam
prospiciens genitor caeloque invectus aperto 155
flectit equos, curruque volans dat lora secundo. |
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Definition
| Thus all the crashing of the sea has fallen, afterwards looking out the seas the father turns his horses and is carried over the sky, and flying to his chariot he gives free reigns behind. |
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Term
Defessi Aeneadae, quae proxima litora, cursu
contendunt petere, et Libyae vertuntur ad oras. |
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Definition
| The children of Aeneis worn out, who the shores closest, strive to head for with speed, and turn themselves to the shores of Libya. |
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Term
Hinc atque hinc vastae rupes geminique minantur
in caelum scopuli, quorum sub vertice late
aequora tuta silent; tum silvis scaena coruscis
desuper horrentique atrum nemus imminet umbra. |
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Definition
| Here and there vast cliffs and twin crags loom into the sky, whose surface of sea safe far and wide is silent under the peak; then a backdrop with bristling forests above and black bristling groves hangs over with a shadow. |
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Term
Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,
intus aquae dulces vivoque sedilia saxo,
nympharum domus: hic fessas non vincula navis
ulla tenent, unco non alligat ancora morsu. |
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Definition
| The face opposing rocks hanging from under the cave, deep inside fresh waters and seats from the living rock, the homes of the Nymphs: here any weary ships are not held, no anchor binds curved with its bite. |
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