Tum vērō īnfēlīx Fātīs exterrita Dīdō450

mortem ōrat; taedet caelī convexa tuērī.

Quō magis inceptum peragat lūcemque relinquat,

vīdit, tūricremīs cum dōna impōneret ārīs,

(horrendum dictū) laticēs nigrēscere sacrōs

fūsaque in obscēnum sē vertere vīna cruōrem;455

Hoc vīsum nūllī, nōn ipsī effāta sorōrī.

Praetereā fuit in tēctīs dē marmore templum

coniugis antīquī, mīrō quod honōre colēbat,

velleribus niveīs et fēstā fronde revīnctum:

hinc exaudīrī vōcēs et verba vocantis460

vīsa virī, nox cum terrās obscūra tenēret,

sōlaque culminibus fērālī carmine būbō

saepe querī et longās in flētum dūcere vōcēs;

multaque praetereā vātum praedicta priōrum

terribilī monitū horrificant. Agit ipse furentem465

in somnīs ferus Aenēās, semperque relinquī

sōla sibī, semper longam incomitāta vidētur

īre viam et Tyriōs dēsertā quaerere terrā,

Eumenidum velutī dēmēns videt agmina Pentheus

et sōlem geminum et duplicēs sē ostendere Thēbās,470

aut Agamemnonius scaenīs agitātus Orestēs,

armātam facibus mātrem et serpentibus ātrīs

cum fugit ultrīcēsque sedent in līmine Dīrae.

    CORE VOCABULARY

    īnfēlīx, īcis: (adj.), unlucky; unfortunate, luckless, unhappy, 1.475, et al.; sad, miserable, 2.772; of ill omen, ill-starred, ill-boding, fatal, 2.245; unfruitful.

    exterreō, uī, itus, 2, a.: to frighten; alarm, startle, terrify, 3.307; flutter in terror, 5.505; p., exterritus, a, um, startled; roused, 4.571.

    Dīdō, ūs or ōnis, f.: Dido, daughter of Belus, king of Phoenicia, who fled from her brother Pygmalion to Africa, where she founded the city of Carthage, 1.299.

    taedet, taeduit or taesum est, 2, impers. a.: it irks, wearies, disgusts me, thee, etc.; I (thou, he, etc.) am wearied, tired, 4.451.

    convexum, ī, n.: a convexity; recess, 1.310; pl., convexa, ōrum, vault, arch, 4.451; the concave vaulted sky or heavens, 6.241; convexities, sloping or hollow sides, 1.608.

    tueor, tuitus or tūtus sum, 2, dep. a.: to look at, gaze upon, behold, regard, 4.451, et al.; watch, guard, defend, maintain, protect, 1.564, et al.; p., tūtus, a, um, secure, safe; in safety, 1.243; sure, 4.373; subst., tūtum, ī, n., safety, place of safety, 1.391; pl., tūta, ōrum, safe places, safety, security, 11.882; adv., tūtō, with safety, safely, without danger, 11.381.

    quō: (final conj.) that, to the end that, in order that, 4.106; quō magis, by how much more, that the more, 4.452.

    magis, and short form, mage: (adv.), in a greater measure; more, 5.94; 10.481; the more, 7.787; for potius, by preference, rather, 5.29; better, 4.452. (rel. to māgnus)

    inceptum, ī, n.: a beginning; deliberation, 11.469; undertaking, design, purpose, 1.37; measure, movement, 12.566. (incipiō)

    peragō, ēgī, āctus, 3, a.: to drive through; carry through; execute, achieve, accomplish, finish, perform, 4.653; pursue, 6.384; fulfill, achieve, 3.493; go through with, distribute, 5.362; go through mentally, 6.105.

    tūricremus, a, um: adj. (tūs and cremō), incense-burning, 4.453.

    horrendus, a, um: to be shuddered at; dreadful, fearful, 2.222; awe-inspiring, venerable, 6.10; strange, wonderful, 8.565; fierce, warlike, 11.507. (horreō)

    latex, icis, m.: a liquid; liquor; wine, 1.686; water, 4.512.

    nigrēscō, uī, 3, inc. n.: to become or turn black; grow dark, 4.454. (niger)

    obscēnus, a, um: adj. (caenum), filthy, indecent, loathsome, foul, 3.241; horrible, 3.367.

    cruor, ōris, m.: shed blood; gore, 3.43; 4.455; blood.

    effor, fātus sum, 1, dep. a. and n.: to speak forth; speak, say, 6.560. (ex and for)

    marmor, oris, n.: marble, 6.69; of the surface of the sea, 10.208.

    mīrus, a, um: adj. (mīror), wonderful, wondrous, marvelous, 9.304; strange, 1.354; extraordinary, great, 7.57.

    vellus, eris, n.: a fleece, 6.249; woolen band or fillet, 4.459; skin, 7.95.

    niveus, a, um: adj. (nix), snowy, of snow; snow-white, 1.469.

    fēstus, a, um: (adj.), festive, festal, 2.249.

    frōns, frondis, f.: a leaf, 3.449; leafage, foliage; leafy spray, branch, twig, bough, 2.249; a leafy crown, a garland, wreath, 4.148.

    revinciō, vinxī, vinctus, 4, a.: to bind back, 2.57; bind fast, 3.76; bind around, wreathe, festoon, 4.459.

    exaudiō, īvī, or iī, ītus, 4, a.: to hear distinctly; hear, 1.219; catch the sound, hear from afar, 7.15; listen to, heed, 11.157.

    obscūrus, a, um: (adj.), dim, dark, dusky, obscure, 1.411; uncertain; of persons, unseen, 2.135; in the darkness, 6.268; pl., obscūra, ōrum, dim places; obscurity, uncertainty, 6.100.

    culmen, inis, n.: a top, summit, height, 2.290; house top, ridge, roof, 2.458. (cf. columna)

    fērālis, e: (adj.), pertaining to the dead; funereal, funeral, 6.216; mournful, 4.462.

    būbō, ōnis, m.: an owl (f. only once in Virgil, 4.462).

    flētus, ūs, m.: a weeping; tears, 3.599; a flood of tears, 2.271; lamentation, mourning, 4.463; tearful, sad message, 4.437. (fleō)

    praedictum, ī, n.: a thing foretold; a prediction, prophecy, 4.464. (praedīcō)

    terribilis, e: adj. (terreō), frightful, appalling, terrible, fearful, 6.299, et al.

    monitus, ūs, m.: an admonition, warning, 4.282. (moneō)

    horrificō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to make rough; make to shudder; terrify, 4.465. (horrificus)

    furō, uī, 3, n.: to be mad; freq., to rave, be frantic, rage, 1.491; to be furious, burn, storm (for war), 7.625; to be burning or mad with love, 1.659; to be frenzied, in a frenzy, 6.100; inspired, 2.345; distracted with grief, 3.313; plunge madly, 9.552; boil, 7.464; with cognate acc., give vent to one's fury, 12.680.

    Aenēās, ae, m.: 1. A Trojan chief, son of Venus and Anchises, and hero of the Aeneid, 1.92. 2. Aenēās Silvius, one of the Alban kings, 6.769.

    incomitātus, a, um: (adj.), unattended; alone, 2.456.

    Tyrius, a, um: adj. (Tyrus), of Tyre; Tyrian or Phoenician, 1.12; subst., Tyrius, iī, m., a Tyrian, 1.574; pl., 1.747.

    dēsertus, a, um: desolate; abandoned, 12.664; uninhabited, solitary, lonely, 3.646.

    Eumenides, um, f.: the well-disposed; a deprecatory title given by the Greeks to the Furies; the Eumenides, the Furies, 4.469.

    dēmēns, entis: (adj.), out of one’s mind, insane, foolish, mad, blind, 4.107; subst., fool, 11.399.

    Pentheus (dissyll.), eī or eos, m.: Pentheus, king of Thebes, grandson of Cadmus, and son of Echion and Agave; torn to pieces by his mother and her Bacchanalian companions for mocking at the orgies of Bacchus, 4.469.

    geminus, a, um: (adj.), twin, 1.274, et al.; twofold, 6.203; double, two, 4.470; pl., geminī, ae, a, twin, 2.500; two, 1.162.

    duplex, icis: adj. (duo and plicō), twofold, double, 1.655; lying over each other, lapping, 9.707; both, 1.93; twin, 12.198.

    Thēbae, ārum, f.: Thebes, the capital of Boeotia, 4.470.

    Agamemnonius, a, um: (adj.), pertaining to Agamemnon; Agamemnonian, Argive, Greek, 4.471.

    scaena, ae, f.: the stage of a theatre, 4.471; a sylvan scene, view, 1.164.

    Orestēs, ae or is, m.: son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, pursued by the Furies for the murder of his mother until he was acquitted by the Areopagus under the direction of Athena, 4.471.

    armō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to equip with arms; arm, equip, 2.395, et al.; fit out, make ready, prepare, 4.299; (fig.), imbue, charge, 9.773; p., armātus, a, um, armed, charged, 12.857; subst., armātī, ōrum, m., armed men, warriors, 2.485. (arma)

    serpēns, entis (gen. pl. serpentum, 8.436), m. and f.: a creeping thing; snake, serpent, 2.214, et al. (serpō)

    āter, tra, trum: (adj.), black; dark, gloomy, 1.60, et al.; smoky, lurid, 7.456; 4.384; clotted, dark, 3.622; soiled, blackened, 2.272; (fig.), sad, fatal, 6.429; venomous, deadly; of the odor of smoke, 12.591.

    ultrīx, īcis: adj. (ulcīscor), avenging, 2.587.

    Dīra, ae, f.: a Fury, 12.869; pl., Dīrae, ārum, the Furies, 4.473, et al.

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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/it/vergil-aeneid/vergil-aeneid-iv-450-473