Nec Praenestinae fundator defuit urbis,

Volcano genitum pecora inter agrestia regem

inuentumque focis omnis quem credidit aetas,680

Caeculus. hunc legio late comitatur agrestis:

quique altum Praeneste uiri quique arua Gabinae

Iunonis gelidumque Anienem et roscida riuis

Hernica saxa colunt, quos diues Anagnia pascis,

quos Amasene pater. non illis omnibus arma685

nec clipei currusue sonant; pars maxima glandes

liuentis plumbi spargit, pars spicula gestat

bina manu, fuluosque lupi de pelle galeros

tegmen habent capiti; uestigia nuda sinistri

instituere pedis, crudus tegit altera pero.690

    CORE VOCABULARY

    nec or neque: (adv. and conj.), and not; neither, nor, 1.643, et al.; in prohibition, 3.394, et al.; neque (nec) — neque (nec), neither — nor, 5.21, et al.; nec — et, or -que, may be rendered neither — nor, 12.801; 2.534; nec nōn, and also, nor less, 6.183; nec nōn et, and also, 1.707.

    Praenestīnus, a, um: adj. (Praeneste), of Praeneste, 7.678.

    fundātor, ōris, m.: a founder, 7.678. (1. fundō)

    dēsum, fuī, esse, irreg. n.: to be absent, 7.678; to be wanting or missing, 2.744; fail, be wanting, lacking, 10.378. (deest, deeram, deero, etc., often pronounced and sometimes spelled dest, etc.)

    Vulcānus, ī, m.: the god of fire and of the forge, son of Jupiter and Juno, 8.422; (meton.), fire, 2.311, et al.

    agrestis, e: adj. (ager), pertaining to the fields or country; country-, rustic, rural, 3.34; wild, 7.111; subst., agrestis, is, m., a rustic, 7.504; husbandman.

    focus, ī, m.: a fireplace, hearth, 5.660; home, 3.134; place where the funeral pyre has been consumed, place of burning, 11.212; fire, firebrand, 12.285.

    Caeculus, ī, m.: son of Vulcan, and mythical founder of Praeneste, 7.681.

    lātē: (adv.), widely; far and wide, 1.21; on all sides, far around, 1.163; all over, 12.308. (lātus)

    comitor, ātus sum, 1. dep. a.: to accompany, attend, follow, 3.660; p., comitātus, a, um, attended, accompanied, 1.312, et al. (comes)

    Praeneste, is, n. and f.: a town in Latium on a lofty hill about twenty miles southeast of Rome; now Palestrina, 7.682.

    Gabīnus, a, um: adj. (Gabiī), of Gabii, Gabinian, 7.612.

    Iūnō, ōnis, f.: Juno, the Sabine and Roman name for the wife and sister of Jupiter, daughter of Saturn, 1.4, et al.; Iūnō īnferna, the Juno of the lower world, Proserpine, 6.138.

    gelidus, a, um: adj. (gelū), frosty, ice-cold; cold, cool, icy, chilling, 2.120; chilled, 3.30.

    Aniō (Anien), ēnis or ōnis, m.: the Anio, a branch of the Tiber, flowing from the Sabine Mountains through Latium, 7.683.

    rōscidus, a, um: adj. (rōs), covered with dew; dewy, 4.700; wet, 7.683.

    rīvus, ī, m.: a small stream; a rill, brook, rivulet, stream, 3.350.

    Hernicus, a, um: adj. (Hernicī), of the Hernici, an Italian tribe of Latium; Hernican, 7.684.

    Anagnia, ae, f.: Anagnia, a town of the Hernici, 7.684.

    pāscō, pāvī, pāstus, 3, a. and n.: to furnish with food; to feed; rear, breed, 6.655; nourish, 1.608; (fig.), 1.464; let grow, 7.391; cherish, indulge, nourish, 10.627; pass. as dep., pāscor, pāstus sum, 3, a. and n., to graze, 1.186; feed upon, eat, 2.471; use for pasture, to pasture, 11.319.

    Amasēnus, ī, m.: the Amasenus, a river of Latium, 11.547; the river-god Amasenus, 7.685.

    clipeus, ī, m., and clipeum, ī, n.: a round shield; a shield, 2.227, et al.

    glāns, glandis, f.: an acorn; a leaden ball or bullet, 7.686.

    līveō, 2, n.: to be bluish, pallid, livid, 7.687.

    plumbum, ī, n.: lead, 5.405; a leaden bullet, 9.588.

    spargō, sparsī, sparsus, 3, a.: to scatter, strew; cast in fragments, 3.605; disperse, 1.602; shower, hurl, 12.51; sprinkle, 4.512; besprinkle, bedew, stain, 8.645; infuse, 4.486; (fig.), spread abroad, disseminate, 2.98; bring over or upon, diffuse, 7.754.

    spīculum, ī, n.: a sharp point; (meton.), an arrow, a dart, javelin, spear, 5.307.

    gestō, āvī, ātus, 1, a. and n.: to carry habitually; bear, 1.336; have, 1.567. (gerō)

    bīnī, ae, a: (adj. num. distrib.), two by two; two to each, 5.61; (poet. as cardinal), two, 1.313, et al. (bis)

    manus, ūs, f.: the hand, 1.487; freq.; (meton.), action, movement of the hand; work, art, handiwork, 3.486; prowess, heroic deed, action, 2.434; force, violence, 2.645; a collection of persons; a band, crew, troop; an army, 2.29; forces, 5.623; multitude, 6.660; pl., manūs, workmen, 11.329; dare manūs, to yield, 11.558; extrēma manus, the finishing hand or touch, 7.572.

    fulvus, a, um: (adj.), reddish or tawny yellow; yellow, 5.374; tawny, 2.722; brown, 11.751; glowing, bright, 12.792.

    lupus, ī, m.: a wolf, 3.428, et al.

    pellis, is, f.: a skin, hide, 2.722, et al.

    galērus, ī, m.: a cap of fur or undressed skin; hat, cap, 7.688. (rel. to galea)

    tegmen (tegumen), inis, n.: a means of covering; skin, hide, 1.275; clothing, 3.594; shield, 9.577; tegmen crūrum, close-fitting trousers worn by Phrygians, 11.777. (tegō)

    sinister, tra, trum: (adj.), left, 7.689; on the left side or left hand, 6.548; (fig.), wrong-headed, perverse, 11.347; adverse, inauspicious, unlucky, ill-boding.

    īnstituō, uī, ūtus, 3, a.: to fix in a place; put down, plant, step with, 7.690; found, inaugurate, 6.70; w. inf., ordain, 6.143; prepare, begin, 7.109; teach. (1. in and statuō)

    crūdus, a, um: (adj.), bloody, raw; of untanned hide, of raw hide, 5.69; covered with blood, bloody, 12.507; fresh, strong, vigorous, 6.304; rough, green, 9.743; deadly, cruel, fatal, 10.682.

    pērō, ōnis, m.: a boot or high shoe made of rawhide, 7.690.

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    Suggested Citation

    Christopher Francese and Meghan Reedy, Vergil: Aeneid Selections. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-947822-08-5. https://dcc.dickinson.edu/el/vergil-aeneid/vergil-aeneid-vii-678-690