Fēcerat et viridī fētam Mavortis in antrō630

prōcubuisse lupam, geminōs huic ūbera circum

lūdere pendentīs puerōs et lambere mātrem

impavidōs, illam teretī cervīce reflexā

mulcēre alternōs et corpora fingere linguā.

Nec procul hinc Rōmam et raptās sine mōre Sabīnās635

cōnsessū caveae, māgnīs circēnsibus āctīs,

addiderat, subitōque novum cōnsurgere bellum

Rōmulidīs Tatiōque senī Curibusque sevērīs.

Post īdem inter sē positō certāmine rēgēs

armātī Iovis ante āram paterāsque tenentēs640

stābant et caesā iungēbant foedera porcā.

Haud procul inde citae Mettum in dīversa quadrīgae

distulerant (at tū dictīs, Albāne, manērēs!),

raptābatque virī mendācis vīscera Tullus

per silvam, et sparsī rōrābant sanguine veprēs.645

Nec nōn Tarquinium ēiectum Porsenna iubēbat

accipere ingentīque urbem obsidiōne premēbat;

Aeneadae in ferrum prō lībertāte ruēbant.

Illum indīgnantī similem similemque minantī

aspicerēs, pontem audēret quia vellere Cocles650

et fluvium vinclīs innāret Cloelia ruptīs.

In summō cūstōs Tarpēiae Mānlius arcis

stābat prō templō et Capitōlia celsa tenēbat,

Rōmuleōque recēns horrēbat rēgia culmō.

Atque hīc aurātīs volitāns argenteus ānser655

porticibus Gallōs in līmine adesse canēbat;

Gallī per dūmōs aderant arcemque tenēbant

dēfēnsī tenebrīs et dōnō noctis opācae.

aurea caesariēs ollīs atque aurea vestis,

virgātīs lūcent sagulīs, tum lactea colla660

aurō innectuntur, duo quisque Alpīna coruscant

gaesa manū, scūtīs prōtēctī corpora longīs.

Hīc exsultantīs Saliōs nūdōsque Lupercōs

lānigerōsque apicēs et lāpsa ancīlia caelō

extuderat, castae dūcēbant sacra per urbem665

pīlentīs mātrēs in mollibus. Hinc procul addit

Tartareās etiam sēdēs, alta ōstia Dītis,

et scelerum poenās, et tē, Catilīna, minācī

pendentem scopulō Furiārumque ōra trementem,

sēcrētōsque piōs, hīs dantem iūra Catōnem.670

    CORE VOCABULARY

    viridis, e: adj. (vireō), verdant, green, 3.24; green wood-, 7.677; fresh, blooming, 5.295; vigorous, 6.304.

    fētus, a, um: pregnant, with young; bearing; filled, full, teeming, 1.51; 2.238; having brought forth; fruitful.

    Mārs (archaic form, Māvors), Mārtis: Mars, son of Jupiter and Juno; the patron of war and tutelar god of the Romans, 1.274, et al.; (meton.), martial spirit, courage, warlike fury, 6.165; battle, conflict, 2.335, et al.

    antrum, ī, n.: a cave, cavern, grotto, 1.166.

    prōcumbō, cubuī, cubitus, 3, n.: to lie down; to bend, lean forward, lie along, 8.83; bend down, lie prostrate; fall upon, 11.150; bend to, ply the oars, 5.198; to fall in death or battle, 2.426; fall down, sink in ruins, 2.505.

    lupa, ae, f.: a she-wolf, 1.275. (cf. lupus)

    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.

    ūber, eris: (adj.), fruitful, fertile, 3.106. (compar., ūberior; superl., ūberrimus), (ūber)

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

    lūdō, lūsī, lūsus, 3, n. and a.: to play, frolic, sport, 1.397, et al.; play with dice, 9.336; make sport of, mock, delude, deceive, 1.352; make one's sport, 11.427.

    pendeō, pependī, 2, n.: to hang, foll. by abl. alone or w. prep., 2.546, et al.; 5.511; be suspended, 1.106; cling, 9.562; bend, stoop forward, 5.147; (meton.), linger, delay, 6.151; listen, hang upon, 4.79.

    lambō, ī, itus, 3, a.: to lick, 2.211; of flame, touch, lick, 3.574.

    impavidus, a, um: (adj.), not afraid; fearless, intrepid, 10.717.

    teres, etis: adj. (terō), rubbed or rounded off smooth; tapering, 7.665; polished, 5.313; well twisted, strong, 11.579.

    cervīx, īcis, f.: the neck, including the back or nape of the neck, 1.477, et al.

    reflectō, flexī, flexus, 3, a. and n.: to bend back; bend, 11.622; twist back, 10.535; change, 10.632; animum reflectere, to turn one's thoughts to any object; think of, recollect, 2.741.

    mulceō, mulsī, mulsus or mulctus, 2, a.: to stroke; lick, 8.634; (fig.), soothe, caress, comfort, 1.197; mitigate, soften, calm, 1.66; to make harmonious, charm, 7.34.

    alternus, a, um: adj. (alter), one after the other; alternating, 6.121; by turns, in succession, 5.376; every second, 12.233.

    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.

    Rōma, ae, f.: Rome, 1.7, et al.

    Sabīnae, ārum, m.: the Sabine women, an ancient people occupying the hill country on the border of Latium, from whom were derived a part of the Roman people or Quirites, 8.635.

    cōnsessus, ūs, m.: a sitting together; an assembly (others, place of assembly; others, tribunal or platform), 5.290; an assembly, 5.340. (cōnsidō)

    cavea, ae, f.: a hollow place; that part of the theater or circus which was occupied by the spectators, 8.636; a theater; natural amphitheater, 5.340. (cavus)

    circēnsis, e: adj. (circus), pertaining to the Circus Maximus; Circensian, 8.636.

    cōnsurgō, surrēxī, surrēctus, 3, n.: to rise together, rise up; rise at once, 8.110; rise, 5.20; rise or spring to the oars, ply, 10.299.

    Rōmulidae, ārum, m.: descendants or people of Romulus; Romans, 8.638. (Rōmulus)

    Tatius, iī, m.: Titus Tatius, a Sabine king, at first hostile to Romulus, but at last joint king with him over Romans and Sabines, 8.638.

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

    Curēs, ium, m.: a Sabine town east of Rome, 6.811.

    sevērus, a, um: (adj.), stern, strict, exacting; controlled by inflexible laws or fate; fatal, dreadful, 6.374.

    certāmen, inis, n.: a striving, a struggle; effort, 5.197; combat, emulation, strife, 3.128; battle, war, 8.639; contest, game, 5.286. (certō)

    armātus, a, um: armed, charged, 12.857. (armō)

    Iuppiter, Iovis, m.: Jupiter, son of Saturn and Rhea, and king of the gods, 1.223; Iuppiter Stygius, Pluto, 4.638.

    patera, ae, f.: a broad, saucer-shaped dish, used in making libations; a libation cup, patera, 1.729. (pateō)

    foedus, eris, n.: a treaty, league, alliance, freq., truce, 5.496; side or party, 12.658; covenant, contract, 4.339; laws of hospitality, hospitality, 10.91; pledge, love, 4.520; law, term, condition, rule, 1.62. (rel. to fīdō, trust)

    porca, ae, f.: a sow, 8.641. (porcus)

    cieō, cīvī, citus, 2, a.: to cause, to move; stir, 2.419; agitate, move, 4.122; excite, kindle, rouse, 6.165; raise, 12.104; call upon, invoke, 3.68; call up, exhibit, 5.585; of tears, shed, 6.468.

    Mettus, ī, m.: Mettus Fuffetius, an Alban general, put to death by Tullius Hostilius for treachery, 8.642.

    quadrīgae, ārum, f.: a yoke or team of four horses, 8.642; a four-horse chariot, chariot, 6.535. (quadriiugae fr. quattuor and iugum)

    dictum, ī, n.: a thing said; word, 1.197; command, precept, injunction, 1.695; promise, 8.643. (dīcō)

    Albānus, a, um: adj. (Alba), pertaining to Alba; Alban, 1.7; subst., Albānī, ōrum, m., the Albans, 5.600.

    raptō, āvī, ātus, 1, intens. a.: to seize violently; drag, 1.483; hurry away, transport. (rapiō)

    mendāx, ācis: adj. (mentior), given to lying; false, deceitful, 2.80.

    vīscus, eris, n.: an inner part of the body; pl., vīscera, um, the entrails, vitals, 6.599; the flesh, 1.211; heart, bosom, 6.833.

    Tullus, ī, m.: Tullus Hostilius, the third king of Rome, 6.814.

    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.

    rōrō, āvī, ātus, 1, n. and a.: to be moist with dew; (fig.), to drop, drip, 8.645. (rōs)

    vepres, is, m.: a thorn, brier, bramble, 8.645.

    Tarquinius, a, um: (adj.), Tarquinian; the designation of the Roman gens to which belonged Tarquinius Priscus and Tarquinius Superbus, 6.817; subst., Tarquinius, iī, Tarquinius or Tarquin, 8.646.

    ēiciō, iēcī, iectus, 3, a.: to cast out, forth, away; p., ēiectus, a, um, cast ashore, 1.578; banished, 8.646; stretched out at full length, thrust forth, 10.894. (ex and iaciō)

    Porsenna, ae, m.: an Etruscan lars or king allied with the banished Tarquins against Rome, 8.646.

    iubeō, iussī (fut. perf. iussō for iusserō, 11.467), iussus, 2, a.: to order, request, usually w. inf., freq.; bid, 2.3; ask, invite, 1.708; will, wish, desire, 3.261; direct, enjoin, admonish, 3.697; persuade, advise, 2.37; to clear by command, 10.444; w. subj., 10.53.

    obsidiō, ōnis, f.: a blockade or siege, 3.52. (obsideō)

    Aeneadēs, ae, m.: a son of Aeneas; pl., Aeneadae, ārum, followers of Aeneas, the Trojans, 1.565; Aeneadae, 3.18.

    ruō, ruī, rutus, 3, n. and a.: to fall with violence; tumble down, fall, freq.; fall in battle, 10.756; of the sun, go down, set, 3.508; rush forward, 2.64; of the chariot of Nox, hasten up; ascend, rise, 2.250; advance, 10.256; plunge, rush, 2.353; flee, 12.505; tremble, quake, 8.525; hasten, pass away, 6.539; cause to fall; cast down, 9.516; plow, 1.35; cast, throw up, 1.85; throw up or together, 11.211.

    indīgnor, ātus sum, 1, dep. a. and n.: to deem unworthy; to fret, chafe, be impatient, 1.55; resent, 2.93; scorn, 8.728; be angry, indignant, 11.831; w. inf., 7.770.

    minor, ātus sum, 1, dep. n. and a.: to jut out, project; ascend, tower, 1.162; threaten, menace, 3.540. (minae)

    pōns, pontis, m.: a bridge; a bridge connecting battlements and towers, 9.530; gangway, bridge for embarking, 10.288.

    vellō, vellī or vulsī, vulsus, 3, a.: to pluck; pull up, 3.28; wrench, tear away, 2.480; tear down, 9.506; move, 11.19; seize, lift, 10.381; vellere sīgna, pluck up the standards from the ground; move the camp, depart.

    Coclēs, itis, m.: Horatius Cocles, the Roman hero who defended the bridge against the Tuscans, 8.650.

    fluvius, iī, m.: a stream; river, 1.607; water, fountains, abundant water; secundō fluviō, by the favoring stream, with or down the stream, 7.494. (fluō)

    innō, āvī, ātus, 1, n. and a.: to swim upon or over, 8.691; swim, 10.222; (w. acc.), sail over, 6.134; swim, pass by swimming.

    Cloelia, ae, f.: the Roman heroine who escaped with other maiden hostages from the camp of Porsena, and swam across the Tiber to Rome, 8.651.

    summum, ī, n.: the top. (superus)

    Tarpēius (trisyll.), a, um: (adj.), pertaining to the Tarpeian rock or precipitous part of the Capitoline Hill at Rome; Tarpeian, 8.347.

    Mānlius, iī, m.: M. Manlius Capitolinus, who saved the Capitol from the Gauls, and was afterwards condemned to be cast from the Tarpeian rock for alleged treason, 8.652.

    Capitōlium, iī, n.: the Capital, or national temple on the Capitoline hill at Rome, containing the shrines of Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva, 6.836; pl., the Capitoline places, or buildings; the Capitoline, 8.653. (caput)

    celsus, a, um: adj. (cellō, rise), high, lofty, 1.56, et al.

    Rōmuleus, a, um: adj. (Rōmulus), of Romulus; Romulean, 8.654.

    horreō, 2, n. and a.: to bristle up or be bristling, 6.419; to bristle, 11.602; (fig.), to shudder, tremble, 2.12; shudder at, fear, dread, 4.209.

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

    culmus, ī, m.: a stalk, stem; thatch; straw hut, 8.654.

    aurātus, a, um: adj. (aurum), gilded, golden, of gold, 12.163; embroidered with gold, 5.250.

    volitō, āvī, ātus, 1, freq. n.: to fly about, whirl about, hover, flit, 6.329; ride or gallop around, 12.126; circulate, pass rapidly, fly. (1. volō)

    argenteus, a, um: adj. (argentum), silver-, silvery, white, 8.655.

    ānser, eris, m.: a goose.

    porticus, ūs, f.: a portico, porch, gallery, pillared hall, colonnade, hall, 3.353. (porta)

    Gallus, ī, m.: a Gaul, 6.858; Gallī, ōrum, m., the Gauls, 8.656.

    adsum, adfuī, esse, irreg. n.: to be near or by; to be present, at hand, or here, 1.595; to have arrived, 2.132; to be with, attend, 2.701; aid, accompany, 10.547; be propitious, 3.116; to beset, 2.330; inf., adfore, to be about to come, destined to come, 7.270. (imp. subj., adforem, -ēs, -et, -ent)

    dūmus, ī, m.: a bramble, 4.526; brake, thicket.

    opācus, a, um: (adj.), shady, 6.283; obscure, dark, 3.619; subst., opāca, ōrum, n., partitive; opāca viārum, dark pathways, roads, 6.633.

    caesariēs, ēī, f.: the hair of the head, 1.590, et al.

    virgātus, a, um: adj. (virga), made of twigs; of basketwork; checkered or striped; plaid-, 8.660.

    lūceō, lūxī, 2, n.: to shine, beam, gleam, glisten, 10.137, et al.; to be exposed to view, show, 11.693.

    sagulum, ī, n.: a soldier's cloak, 8.660. (sagum, a military cloak)

    lacteus, a, um: adj. (lac), milky, full of milk; milk-white, 8.660.

    collum, ī, n.: the neck of men and animals, 1.654, et al.; of a plant, 9.436; pl., the neck, 11.692.

    innectō, nexuī, nexus, 3, a.: to bind, tie, 5.511; entwine, 7.353; link together; (fig.), devise, 4.51.

    Alpīnus, a, um: adj. (Alpēs), pertaining to the Alps; Alpine, 4.442.

    coruscō, 1, a. and n.: to push with the horns; move quickly hither and thither; shake, brandish, wave, swing, 5.642; flash; glisten.

    gaesum, ī, n.: a Gallic javelin, long and heavy; a gaesum, 8.662.

    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.

    scūtum, ī, n.: an oblong shield carried by the Roman legionary; a shield in general, 1.101, et al. (σκύτος, hide)

    prōtegō, tēxī, tēctus, 3, a.: to cover in front; shelter, protect, 2.444.

    exsultō, āvī, ātus, 1, intens. n.: to spring; move with bold or exulting strides, 2.470; 10.643; advance proudly, 10.550; bound, 12.688; rise, surge in billows, swell, 3.557; bubble, 7.464; pant, 5.137; exult, rejoice, triumph, 2.386. (exsiliō)

    Saliī, ōrum: the Salii, or priests of Mars who had charge of the sacred shields called ancilia, which they bore once a year in solemn procession through the city, with hymns and dances, 8.285. (saliō)

    Lupercī, ōrum, m.: priests of Lupercus or Lycean Pan, 8.663.

    lāniger, era, erum: adj. (lāna, wool, and gerō), bearing wool; fleecy, 3.660.

    apex, icis, m.: the point of anything; peak, top, summit, 4.246; pointed flame, 2.683; cone of a helmet, 10.270; a peaked cap, 8.664.

    lābor, lapsus sum, 3, dep. n.: to slide, glide down, or slip, freq.; fall down, 2.465; ebb, 11.628; pass away, 2.14; descend, 2.262; glide, sail, skim along, 8.91; flow, 3.281; fall, perish, 2.430; decline, 4.318; faint, 3.309.

    ancīle, is, n.: a small oval shield, 7.188; pl., ancīlia, ium, the sacred ancilia, made by the Romans in imitation of the ancile which came down from heaven, 8.664.

    extundō, tūdī, tūsus, 3, a.: to beat out, emboss, 8.665.

    sacrum, ī, n.: a holy thing; pl., sacra, ōrum, n., sacred symbols, rites, 12.13; sacred rites, ceremonies, sacrifices, 2.132; sacred things, utensils, symbols, 2.293; mysteries, 3.112.

    pīlentum, ī, n.: a chariot, carriage, 8.666.

    Tartareus, a, um: adj. (Tartarus), pertaining to Tartarus; Tartarean, 6.551; in a general sense, infernal, Tartarean, 6.295.

    ōstium, iī, n.: a mouth; entrance, gate, door, 6.81; pl., ōstia, ōrum, harbor, port, 5.281; mouth of a river, 1.14. (1. ōs)

    Dīs, ītis, m.: Pluto, the ruler of Hades, 4.702, et al.

    Catilīna, ae, m.: L. Sergius Catiline, the conspirator, 8.668.

    mināx, ācis: adj. (minor), projecting; overhanging; threatening, 8.668; wrathful, 10.817.

    scopulus, ī, m.: a projecting ledge of rock; a high cliff or rock, 1.180; crag, 1.45; ledge, reef, 1.145; detached rock, fragment of rock, 12.531.

    furiae, ārum, f.: rage, fury, madness, frenzy, 1.41, et al.; vengeance, 8.494; personif., Furiae, ārum, the goddesses of vengeance, the Furies, Allecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone; the Avengers, 3.331; for the Harpies, 3.252. (furō)

    tremō, uī, 3, n. and a.: to tremble, quake, shake, quiver, 5.198; tremble at, fear, dread, 8.296.

    sēcernō, crēvī, crētus, 3, a.: to separate.

    Catō, ōnis, m.: a family name in the Porcian gens. 1. M. Porcius Cato, called the Censor and also Senex, 6.841. 2. M. Porcius Cato the younger, who perished by his own hand at Utica; hence, called Uticensis, 8.670.

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    Christopher Francese and Meghan Reedy, Vergil: Aeneid Selections. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-947822-08-5. https://dcc.dickinson.edu/vergil-aeneid/vergil-aeneid-viii-630-670