panditur extemplo foribus domus atra reuulsis

abstractaeque boues abiurataeque rapinae

caelo ostenduntur, pedibusque informe cadauer

protrahitur. nequeunt expleri corda tuendo265

terribilis oculos, uultum uillosaque saetis

pectora semiferi atque exstinctos faucibus ignis.

ex illo celebratus honos laetique minores

seruauere diem, primusque Potitius auctor

et domus Herculei custos Pinaria sacri270

hanc aram luco statuit, quae maxima semper

dicetur nobis et erit quae maxima semper.

quare agite, o iuuenes, tantarum in munere laudum

cingite fronde comas et pocula porgite dextris,

communemque uocate deum et date uina uolentes.'275

dixerat, Herculea bicolor cum populus umbra

uelauitque comas foliisque innexa pependit,

et sacer impleuit dextram scyphus. ocius omnes

in mensam laeti libant diuosque precantur.

    CORE VOCABULARY

    pandō, pandī, passus or pānsus, 3, a.: to spread out or open, 7.641; unfurl, 3.520; extend, expose, 6.740; break through, open, 2.234; unbind, dishevel, 1.480; (fig.), disclose, declare, explain, reveal, 3.179.

    extemplō: (adv.), immediately, forthwith, at once, directly, 6.210. (ex and tempus)

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

    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.

    revellō, vellī, vulsus, 3, a.: to pull back; pluck out, tear out or off, 4.515; rend, rip, tear open, 12.98; snatch, bring away, rescue, 4.545; disturb, violate, 4.427.

    abstrahō, trāxī, trāctus, 3, a.: to drag or lead away, 8.263.

    abiūrō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to swear off; deny upon oath; deny, disavow, 8.263.

    rapīna, ae, f.: a plundering; booty, prey, 8.263. (rapiō)

    īnfōrmis, e: shapeless; deprived of beauty, deformed, blank, waste; misshapen, hideous, 3.658; uncouth, foul, 6.416; unseemly, dishonored, 12.603.

    cadāver, eris, n.: a dead body, carcass, corpse, 8.264. (cadō)

    prōtrahō, trāxī, trāctus, 3, a.: to draw, drag, bring forth, 2.123.

    nequeō, īvī or iī, itus, īre, irreg. n.: to be unable; can not, 1.713.

    expleō, plēvī, plētus, 2, a.: to fill completely; fill up; gorge, 3.630; satisfy, 1.713; finish, complete, 1.270; w. gen., satiate, glut, 2.586.

    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.

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

    villōsus, a, um: adj. (villus), shaggy, hairy, 8.177.

    saeta, ae, f.: a bristle; a stiff hair, 6.245; fur.

    sēmifer, fera, ferum: (adj.), half wild; savage; half brute, 10.212; subst., sēmifer, ferī, m. (sc. homō), half beast, 8.267.

    exstinguō, stīnxī, stīnctus, 3, a. (pluperf. extīnxem, for extīnxissem, 4.606): to extinguish, put out, quench, 8.267; blot out, extinguish, 6.527; extirpate, kill, destroy, 4.682; p., exstīnctus, a, um, lost, 4.322.

    faucēs, ium, f.: the jaws, throat, 2.358; (fig.), mouth, entrance, jaws, 6.241; defiles, 11.516.

    Potītius, iī, m.: the founder of one of the families charged with the sacred rites of Hercules, 8.269.

    Herculeus, a, um: adj. (Herculēs), of Hercules; Herculean, 3.551, et al.

    Pīnārius, a, um: adj. (Pīnārius), of Pinarius, head of a family devoted to the rites of Hercules; Pinarian, 8.270.

    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.

    lūcus, ī, m.: a consecrated wood; sacred grove, 6.259, et al.; in general, a grove, wood, forest.

    quārē: (adv. interrog. and rel.), on account of what thing? why? wherefore? on account of which thing, for which reason, wherefore, 1.627. (abl. of quī and rēs)

    age, agite: (imperat. of ago), onward! away! come on!

    ō: (interj. expressing joy, grief, astonishment, desire, or indignation), O! oh! ah! w. voc., 2.281, et al.; w. sī and the subj., oh that, 11.415; sometimes placed after the word to which it relates, 2.281.

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

    pōculum, ī, n.: a drinking-cup; goblet, 1.706; draught, drink. (cf. pōtō, drink)

    porrigō (contract, form pōrgō, 8.274), rēxī, rēctus, 3, a.: to stretch forth, hold forth, lift, 8.274; (pass.), to be stretched out, extend, 6.597. (prō and regō)

    volēns, entis: willing, ready, unresisting, spontaneously, 6.146.

    bicolor, ōris: adj. (bis and color), of two colors, 8.276; mottled, dappled, 5.566.

    pōpulus, ī, f.: a poplar tree; a wreath of poplar, 8.276.

    vēlō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to veil, 3.405; cover, clothe; bind around, wreathe, crown, 5.72; festoon, adorn, 2.249; to shade by bearing in the hand, 7.154; 11.101. (vēlum)

    folium, iī, n.: a leaf, 1.175.

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

    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.

    scyphus, ī, m.: a cup, goblet, bowl, 8.278.

    ōcior, ius: adj. comp. (superl., ōcissimus, a, um), swifter, more fleet, 5.319, et al.; (adv.), ōcius, more swiftly; rapidly, speedily, quickly, swiftly, 12.681.

    lībō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to taste, sip; to touch lightly; kiss, 1.256; pour out as a drink offering, 1.736; make a libation, 3.354; (w. acc. of the object on which the libation is poured), to pour libations on, 12.174.

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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/pt/vergil-aeneid/vergil-aeneid-viii-262-279