Haec pater Aeoliis properat dum Lemnius oris,

Euandrum ex humili tecto lux suscitat alma455

et matutini uolucrum sub culmine cantus.

consurgit senior tunicaque inducitur artus

et Tyrrhena pedum circumdat uincula plantis.

tum lateri atque umeris Tegeaeum subligat ensem

demissa ab laeua pantherae terga retorquens.460

nec non et gemini custodes limine ab alto

praecedunt gressumque canes comitantur erilem.

hospitis Aeneae sedem et secreta petebat

sermonum memor et promissi muneris heros.

nec minus Aeneas se matutinus agebat;465

filius huic Pallas, illi comes ibat Achates.

congressi iungunt dextras mediisque residunt

aedibus et licito tandem sermone fruuntur.

rex prior haec:

    CORE VOCABULARY

    Aeolius, a, um: (adj.), pertaining to Aeolus; Aeolian, 5.791.

    Lēmnius, a, um: (adj.), pertaining to Lemnos, an island in the Aegean Sea; the home of Vulcan; Lemnian, 8.454.

    ōra, ae, f.: a margin, border, 12.924; coast, shore, 3.396; region, 2.91; rim, extremity, 10.477; pl., outline, compass, 9.528.

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

    humilis, e: adj. (humus), near the ground; low down; low, 4.255; low-lying, 3.522; near the surface, shallow, 7.157; unpretentious, lowly.

    suscitō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to stir up, turn up; to rekindle, 5.743; rouse, incite, 2.618; call forth, 8.455.

    almus, a, um: adj. (alō), giving nourishment; fostering, genial, blessing, blessed, benign, 1.306; fruitful; gracious, kind, kindly, propitious, 7.774.

    mātūtīnus, a, um: adj. (Mātūta), pertaining to Matuta, goddess of the morning; in the morning, early, morning, 8.456.

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

    cantus, ūs, m.: a singing or playing; melody; song, 1.398; strain, sound, 6.165; incantation, charm, 7.754. (canō)

    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.

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

    tunica, ae, f.: the under-garment of men and women; vest, tunic, 9.616; cuirass, corselet, 10.314.

    indūcō, dūxī, ductus, 3, a.: to lead, bring into or to; lead on, 11.620; draw, put on, w. acc. and dat., 5.379; put on, clothe, pass. w. acc. and abl., 8.457; (fig.), influence, induce, persuade, 5.399.

    artus, ūs, m.: a joint of the body of man or beast, 5.422; a limb, 2.173, et al.; part, member, 6.726; frame, body, 9.490. (generally in the pl., except in later writers)

    Tyrrhēnus, a, um: adj. (Tyrrhēnī), Tyrrhenian; Etruscan, Tuscan, 1.67; subst., Tyrrhēnus, ī, m., a Tuscan, 10.787.

    circumdō, dedī, datus, dare, 1, a.: to put or throw around; (with abl.), to encircle, surround, encompass, inclose with, 1.368; of dress, gird, 9.462; adorn, 6.207; set, 1.593; border, 4.137; (with dat.), throw around, 2.792; twine or coil around, 2.219; put round, 2.510.

    planta, ae, f.: the sole of the foot, 4.259. (cf. plānus, flat)

    umerus, ī, m.: the upper bone of the arm; the shoulder, 1.501, and freq.

    Tegeaeus, a, um: adj. (Tegea), of Tegea, a town in Arcadia; Tegean, Arcadian, 5.299.

    subligō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to bind under; bind, gird on, 8.459; attach, fasten, 11.11.

    ēnsis, is, m.: a sword, 2.393, et al.; knife, 2.155.

    dēmittō, mīsī, missus, 3, a.: to send down, 1.297; shed, 6.455; let down into, receive, admit, (of the mind or the senses), 4.428; consign, condemn, 2.85; convey, conduct, 5.29; transmit, hand down, 1.288; dēmittere mentem, to lose heart, sink into despair, 12.609.

    laeva, ae, f. (sc. manus): the left hand, 1.611; ab laevā, on the left side, 8.460.

    panthēra, ae, f.: a panther, 8.460.

    retorqueō, torsī, tortus, 2, a.: to twist back; throw, fold or double back, 12.400; turn or hurl back, or away, 12.485; change, 12.841.

    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.

    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.

    praecēdō, cessī, cessus, 3, n.: to go before, 9.47.

    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)

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

    erīlis, e: adj. (erus), pertaining to an owner, master, or mistress; master’s, 7.490.

    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.

    sēcrētum, ī, n.: anything apart; a solitary place, recess, cave; pl., sēcrēta, ōrum, solitude, chamber, 8.403; secret abode, 6.10. (sēcernō)

    memor, oris: adj. (rel. to mēns and meminī), mindful, remembering, 1.23; heedful, 480; thankful, grateful, 4.539; not forgetting; relentless, 1.4; with nōn or nec, unmindful, regardless, 12.534.

    hērōs, ōis, m.: a demigod; a hero, 6.192, et al.; an illustrious man, champion, hero, 5.453.

    fīlius, iī, m.: a son, 1.325. (rel. to fēmina)

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

    Achātēs, ae, m.: Achates, a companion of Aeneas, 1.174, et al.

    congredior, gressus sum, 3, dep. n.: to step, go together; encounter, 1.475; join battle; proceed to battle, 12.13. (com- and gradior)

    resīdō, sēdī, 3, n.: to sit or settle down; seat one's self, 1.506; settle, take up one's abode, 5.702; retreat, 9.539; sink, subside, 7.27; come to an end, 9.643; of passion, become quiet, calm, subside, 6.407.

    licitus, a, um,: allowed, allowable; free, 8.468. (liceō)

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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-454-469