Illius ēgregiās virtūtēs clāraque facta
saepe fatēbuntur gnātōrum in fūnere mātrēs,
cum incultum cānō solvent ā vertice crīnem 350
putridaque īnfirmīs variābunt pectora palmīs.
Currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī.
Namque velut dēnsās praecerpēns messor aristās
sōle sub ārdentī flāventia dēmetit arva,
Trōiugenum īnfēstō prōsternet corpora ferrō. 355
Currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī.
Testis erit magnīs virtūtibus unda Scamandrī,
quae passim rapidō diffunditur Hellēspontō,
cuius iter caesīs angustāns corporum acervīs
alta tepēfaciet permixta fiūmina caede. 360
Currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī.
Dēnique testis erit mortī quoque reddita praeda
cum teres excelsō coacervātum aggere bustum
excipiet niveōs percussae virginis artūs.
Currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī. 365
Nam simul ac fessīs dederit fors cōpiam Achīvīs
urbis Dardaniae Neptūnia solvere vincla,
alta Polyxeniā madefīent caede sepulcra,
quae, velut ancipitī succumbēns victima ferrō,
prōiciet truncum submissō poplite corpus. 370
Currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī.
Quārē agite optātōs animī coniungite amōrēs.
Accipiat coniūnx fēlīcī foedere dīvam,
dēdātur cupidō iam dūdum nūpta marītō.
Currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī. 375
Nōn illam nūtrīx orientī lūce revīsēns
hesternō collum poterit circumdare fīlō
(currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī),
ānxia nec māter discordis maesta puellae
sēcubitū cārōs mittet spērāre nepōtēs. 380
Currite dūcentēs subtegmina, currite, fūsī.”
vocabulary
incultus –a –um: unkempt 350
cānus –a –um: white, whitened
vertex verticis m.: whirlpool, whirlwind; top of the head; summit
crīnis crīnis m.: a lock or braid of hair; hair
putridus –a –um: rotten, decaying, withered
īnfīrmus –a –um: feeble, weak
variō variāre variāvī variātus: adorn with contrasting colors; embroider; mottle, bruise
palma palmae f.: the front of the hand; the palm or palm leaf; the palm of victory; an oar
subtēmen –inis n.: the woof or weft, crossthreads in a loom running at right angles to the vertical threads of the warp
fūsus –ī m.: a weighted spindle on which yarn is wound and twisted
dēnsus –a –um: dense, closely packed
praecerpō –pere –psī –ptum: cull or reap ahead
messor –ōris m.: reaper, harvester
arista –ae f.: an ear of grain
ārdēns –entis: passionate
flāvens –ntis or flāvus –a –um: yellow
dēmetō –ere –messuī –messus: mow, reap, harvest
Trōiugena –ae m./f.: a Trojan-born man; Trojan 355
īnfestus –a –um: hostile, warlike; troublesome
prosternō prosternere prostrāvī prostrātum: lay low, strike down
Scamander –drī m.: one of the two rivers of Troy
passim: dispersedly, all over the place
rapidus –a –um: strongly flowing, swiftly moving, rapid; scorching, consuming
diffundō –ere –fūdī –fūsus: diffuse, spread out
Hellespontus –ī m.: the Hellespont or the Dardanelles, the channel near Troy linking the Propontis with the Aegean
angustō –āre –āvī –ātum: to make narrow, confine
acervus –ī m.: heap, pile, mass
tepefaciō –ere –fēcī –factus: make warm 360
permisceō –ēre –miscuī –mistus (–mixtus): blend thoroughly, mix up
teres –etis: smooth; rounded
excelsus –a –um: lofty
coacervō –āre –āvī –ātum: pile up
agger aggeris m.: fill, rubble; a mound
būstum –ī n.: funeral pyre; grave mound
niveus –a –um: snowy, white
percellō percellere perculī perculsum: strike down, kill
artus artūs m.: joint; limb; part of the body, member
Achīvus –a –um: an Achaean, a Greek man 366
Dardanus (Dardanius) –a –um: of Dardanus, an ancestor of Priam; Trojan
Neptūnius –a –um: of or belonging to Neptune
Polyxenius –a –um: of Polyxena, Priam's daughter, sacrificed at Troy to appease the shade of Achilles
madefīō –fierī –factus: become wet, be soaked
anceps ancipitis: double-edged
succumbō –ere –cubuī –cubitus: collapse; (w/ dat.) "go down," lie under or submit to (a man) in the act of sex
victima –ae f.: a living sacrificial victim
prōiciō –icere iēcī –iectum: fling forth, throw forward; renounce 370
truncus –ī m.: body, trunk, torso
summissus –a –um: lowered, submissive
poples –itis m.: the knee
age agite: come!
optātus –a –um: wished for
coniungō coniungere coniūnxī coniūnctus: join together; associate
foedus foederis n.: any formal agreement or bond, incl. marriage and (sometimes) other sexual unions
dīva –ae f.: goddess; any female immortal, e.g., the sea nymph Thetis
dēdō dēdere dēdidī dēditus: give up, deliver, hand over; reflexive, devote oneself to
cupidus –a –um: desirous, eager
iamdūdum or iam dudum: now for a long time
nupta –ae f.: wife
nūtrīx nūtrīcis f.: nurse; breast 376
revīsō –ere: pay another visit; go back and see, return to
hēsternus –a –um: of or belonging to yesterday
collum collī n.: neck
circumdō circumdare circumdedī circumdatus: ring, circle, enclose
fīlum –ī n.: thread, string, filament
ānxius –a –um: anxious
discors discordis: in conflict, at odds, quarreling
sēcubitus –ūs m.: a sleeping apart; the action of sleeping apart from one's spouse or love 380
nepōs nepōtis m.: grandson, descendant