Sic ait inlacrimans, recipitque ad limina gressum

corpus ubi exanimi positum Pallantis Acoetes30

seruabat senior, qui Parrhasio Euandro

armiger ante fuit, sed non felicibus aeque

tum comes auspiciis caro datus ibat alumno.

circum omnis famulumque manus Troianaque turba

et maestum Iliades crinem de more solutae.35

ut uero Aeneas foribus sese intulit altis

ingentem gemitum tunsis ad sidera tollunt

pectoribus, maestoque immugit regia luctu.

ipse caput niuei fultum Pallantis et ora

ut uidit leuique patens in pectore uulnus40

cuspidis Ausoniae, lacrimis ita fatur obortis:

'tene,' inquit 'miserande puer, cum laeta ueniret,

inuidit Fortuna mihi, ne regna uideres

nostra neque ad sedes uictor ueherere paternas?

non haec Euandro de te promissa parenti45

discedens dederam, cum me complexus euntem

mitteret in magnum imperium metuensque moneret

acris esse uiros, cum dura proelia gente.

et nunc ille quidem spe multum captus inani

fors et uota facit cumulatque altaria donis,50

nos iuuenem exanimum et nil iam caelestibus ullis

debentem uano maesti comitamur honore.

infelix, nati funus crudele uidebis!

hi nostri reditus exspectatique triumphi?

haec mea magna fides? at non, Euandre, pudendis55

uulneribus pulsum aspicies, nec sospite dirum

optabis nato funus pater. ei mihi quantum

praesidium, Ausonia, et quantum tu perdis, Iule!'

    CORE VOCABULARY

    inlacrimō, āvī, ātus, 1, n., and inlacrimor, ātus sum, 1, dep. n.: to weep.

    gressus, ūs, m.: a stepping; step, walk, course, way, 1.401; of a ship, 5.162; air, mien, gait, 5.649; ferre gressum, to walk, 6.677; efferre gressum, to go forth or out, 2.753; comprimere gressum, to stop, stay one’s steps, 6.389. (gradior)

    exanimis, e, and exanimus, a, um: adj. (ex and anima), breathless; lifeless, dead, 1.484; slain, 11.110; breathless with fear, terrified, 4.672.

    Pallās, antis, m.: 1. A king of Arcadia, great-grandfather of Evander, 8.51. 2. Pallas, son of Evander, 8.104, et al.

    Acoetēs, is, m.: the armor-bearer of Evander, 11.30.

    senex, senis: (adj.), old, aged, hoary, 7.180; (comp.) senior, ōris, older; very aged, 5.179; hoary, 5.704.

    Parrhasius, a, um: adj. (Parrhasia), of Parrhasia in Arcadia; Parrhasian or Arcadian, 11.31.

    Euander (-drus, 8.100; Ēvander, -drus), drī, m.: Evander, an Arcadian prince, son of Carmentis, and king of Pallanteum on the Tiber, 8.52.

    armiger, erī, m.: an armor bearer, 2.477; armiger Iovis, the eagle as the bearer of the thunderbolts of Jupiter; Jove’s armor bearer, 9.564. (arma and gerō)

    auspicium, iī, n.: an auspice; omen, token, sign, 3.499; power, authority, 4.103; will, 4.341; conduct, leadership, 11.347. (auspex)

    alumnus, ī, m.: a foster-son, 11.33, et al. (alō)

    circum: (adv.), about, around; (prep. with acc.), around, about.

    famulus, ī, m.: pertaining to the house; a house servant or slave; manservant, 1.701; attendant, 5.95.

    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.

    Trōiānus, a, um: adj. (Trōia), Trojan, 1.19; subst., Trōiānus, ī, m., a Trojan, 1.286; pl., Trōiānī, ōrum, m., the Trojans, 5.688.

    Īlias, adis, f.: a daughter of Ilium or Troy; pl., Īliades, um, Trojan women, 1.480.

    crīnis, is, m.: the hair, 1.480; train of meteors, 5.528; (often in the pl.), the hairs of the head, the hair.

    solvō, solvī, solūtus, 3, a.: to unbind, loosen, 6.652, et al.; unfurl, 4.574; unfasten, cast off, 5.773; unyoke, unharness; of the hair, undo, dishevel, 3.65, et al.; dissolve, confound, mix, 12.205; separate, divide, 5.581; (fig.), set free, release, disenthrall, 4.487; exempt, release, 10.111; break, 10.91; pay, fulfill, perform, 3.404; dispel, cast off, banish, 4.55; 1.463; paralyze, 1.92; 12.951; of sleep or drunkenness, relax, 5.856; drown, 9.189; (pass.), solvor, sink, 4.530. (2. sē- and luō)

    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.

    foris, is, f.: a door; often in the pl. with reference to double doors, 1.505; door or entrance. (rel. to θύρα)

    gemitus, ūs, m.: a groaning; a groan, 3.39, et al.; sigh, 1.485; lamentation, 2.486; cry, 2.413; noise, roaring, 3.555. (gemō)

    tundō, tutudī, tūnsus or tūsus, 3, a.: to beat, pound, bruise, strike, smite, 1.481; lash, 5.125; (fig.), importune, assail, 4.448.

    immūgiō, īvī or iī, ītus, 4, n.: to bellow within; roar, resound, 3.674.

    rēgia: a palace, 7.171. (rēgius, a, um, sc. domus)

    lūctus, ūs, m.: a mourning; sorrow, grief, woe, lamentation, 2.298, and freq.; personif., 6.274. (lūgeō)

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

    fulciō, fulsī, fultus, 4, a.: to sustain, support, uphold, 4.247.

    lēvis, e: (adj.), smooth; slippery, 5.328; polished, 5.91.

    cuspis, idis, f.: a spear point, 7.817; point, 5.208; spear, lance, javelin; a spear, 12.386; a spear or, perhaps, the shaft of a spear as a scepter, 1.81.

    Ausonius, a, um: adj. (Auson), Ausonian; Italian, 4.349; subst., Ausoniī, ōrum, m., the Ausonians; Italians, 11.253.

    oborior, ortus sum, 4, dep. n.: to arise, spring up; gush, burst forth, 3.492.

    miserandus, a, um: to be pitied, 11.259; p., unhappy, 6.882; wretched, 3.591; deplorable, direful, 3.138. (miseror)

    veniō, vēnī, ventus: to come, freq.; come forth; approach, 6.755; rise, appear, 1.353; dawn, 10.241; to present one's self or itself, 5.344; descend, spring from, 5.373; impers., ventum est, we, they came or have come, 4.151.

    invideō, vīdī, vīsus, 2, n. and a.: to look into; to look at with dislike; begrudge, envy, 4.234, et al.; withhold, deny.

    fortūna, ae, f.: fortune, destiny, lot, chance, fate, 1.628; success, 10.422; the proper moment, a chance, 12.920; misfortune, calamity, 12.593; personified, 3.53, et al. (fors)

    paternus, a, um: adj. (pater), pertaining to a father; a father's, of a father, 5.81; derived from a father; paternal, ancestral, 3.121.

    prōmissum, ī, n.: a promise, 2.160; a thing promised; prize, 5.386.

    discēdō, cessī, cessus, 3, n.: to go apart or away, retire, withdraw, depart, 2.644; open, 9.20.

    complector, plexus sum, 3, dep. a.: to embrace; cover, 2.514; hold, 5.31; seize, grasp, 11.743.

    multum: (adv.), much, greatly, exceedingly, 3.348, et al.

    inānis, e: (adj.), empty, void, 3.304; light; vain, idle, fruitless, 4.210; valueless, trivial; little, brief, 4.433; lifeless, unreal, 1.464; shadowy, 6.269; unsubstantial, shadowy, airy, phantom, 6.651; subst., ināne, is, n., void space, a void, 12.354.

    fors, fortis, f.: chance, hazard, luck, hap, fortune, 1.377; nom., fors, as adv. (for fors sit), haply, perchance, 2.139, et al.; abl., forte, by chance, perchance, haply, 1.375, et al. (rel. to ferō)

    cumulō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to heap up; load, 5.532; make greater, increase, 4.436. (cumulus)

    altāria, ium, n.: the upper part of an altar; a high altar, 7.211; an altar, 2.515. (altus)

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

    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.

    crūdēlis, e: adj. (crūdus), unfeeling, ruthless, cruel, inhuman, 2.124; relentless, 1.547; unnatural, 6.24; mortal, deadly, 2.561; bloody, 1.355; bitter, 1.361.

    reditus, ūs, m.: a return, 2.17. (redeō)

    exspectō, āvī, ātus, 1, a. and n.: to look out for; to expect, wait for, 4.134; await, 6.614; tarry, linger, delay, 4.225; p., exspectātus, a, um, much looked for; much desired, 2.283; expected, trusted.

    triumphus, ī, m.: the grand procession at Rome awarded to a victorious general; a victory, 2.578.

    pudendus, a, um: that one should be ashamed of; shameful, inglorious, 11.55.

    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.

    sōspes, itis: (adj.), saved; safe, 11.56; alive, 8.470.

    dīrus, a, um: (adj.), accursed; portentous; fearful, dreadful, awful, dire, cruel, horrible, freq.; accursed, 2.261; unhallowed, impious, 6.373; foul, carrion, 3.262; wild, furious, ardent, 9.185; pl., dīra (adv.), fearfully, 10.572.

    ei (monosyll.): (interj. expressive of grief), ah! alas! woe is me! 2.274, et al.

    quantus, a, um: (interrogative adjective) how great; what, 1.719, et al.

    Ausonia, ae, f.: an ancient name of middle and lower Italy; Italy, in general, 3.496.

    Iūlus, ī, m.: Iulus or Ascanius, son of Aeneas, 1.267, et freq.

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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/ja/vergil-aeneid/vergil-aeneid-xi-29-58