Tum pater Aenēās 'Vestra' inquit 'mūnera vōbīs

certa manent, puerī et palmam movet ōrdine nēmō;

mē liceat cāsūs miserārī īnsontis amīcī.'350

Sīc fātus tergum Gaetūlī immāne leōnis

dat Saliō villīs onerōsum atque unguibus aureīs.

Hīc Nīsus 'Sī tanta' inquit 'sunt praemia victīs,

et tē lāpsōrum miseret, quae mūnera Nīsō

digna dabis, prīmam meruī quī laude corōnam355

nī mē, quae Salium, fortūna inimīca tulisset?'

et simul hīs dictīs faciem ostentābat et ūdō

turpia membra fimō. Rīsit pater optimus ollī

et clipeum efferrī iussit, Didymāonis artēs,

Neptūnī sacrō Danaīs dē poste refīxum.360

hōc iuvenem ēgregium praestantī mūnere dōnat.

    CORE VOCABULARY

    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.

    palma, ae, f.: the palm of the hand, 8.69; the hand, 1.93; palm branch, 5.111; a palm branch or wreath as the symbol of victory; reward, prize, 5.349; victory; a victor, 5.339.

    miseror, ātus sum, 1, dep. a.: to express, manifest, or feel pity for; compassionate, pity, 1.597. (miser)

    īnsōns, sontis: (adj.), innocent, guiltless, unoffending, 2.84.

    Gaetūlus, a, um: (adj.), Gaetulian, African, 5.351.

    immānis, e: (adj.), vast, huge, immense, 1.110; wild, savage, barbarous, 1.616; cruel, ruthless, 1.347; unnatural, monstrous, hideous, 6.624; (adv.), immāne, wildly, fiercely, 12.535.

    leō, leōnis, m.: a lion, 2.722, et al.

    Salius, iī, m.: Salius, an Acarnanian, 5.298, et al.

    villus, ī, m.: shaggy hair, 5.352; nap, 1.702.

    onerōsus, a, um: adj. (onus), burdensome, heavy, 5.352.

    unguis, is, m.: a finger-nail, 4.673; talon, 12.255; claw, 5.352; in unguem, (polished) to the nail.

    Nīsus, ī, m.: a follower of Aeneas, 5.294.

    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.

    misereō, uī, itus, 2, n., and misereor, itus sum, 2, dep. n.: to pity, commiserate, have compassion, 2.645; impers., miseret (mē, tē, etc.), w. genit. of the object of pity, it grieves me for, I pity, etc., 5.354. (miser)

    corōna, ae, f.: a crown, 1.655; wreath, garland, 3.525; a crowd or throng; a circle of defenders on a rampart; a garrison, 9.508; a circle or crowd of assailants, 9.551.

    ostentō, āvī, ātus, 1, intens. a.: to hold out to view; display, disclose, 3.703; point out, show, 6.678; make a show of, display, 5.521. (ostendō)

    ūdus, a, um: adj. (ūvidus, moist), wet, moist, 5.357.

    fimus, ī, m.: mire, slime, 5.333.

    clipeus, ī, m., and clipeum, ī, n.: a round shield; a shield, 2.227, et al.

    efferō, extulī, ēlātus, ferre, irreg. a.: to bear, or bring out or forth, 2.297; bear away, rescue, 3.150; raise, elevate, lift up or high, 1.127; elate, puff up, 11.715; efferre gressum or pedem, walk, go, come forth, 2.753; efferre sē, arise, 3.215. (ex and ferō)

    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.

    Didymāōn, onis, m.: Didymaon, an artist, mentioned only by Virgil, 5.359.

    Neptūnus, ī, m.: Neptune, one of the sons of Saturn, and brother of Jupiter, Juno, and Pluto; identified by the Romans, as god of the sea, with the Greek Poseidon, 1.125.

    Danaī, ōrum, m.: the Greeks, 2.327.

    postis, is, m.: a post; doorpost, jamb, 3.287; door, 2.480. (rel. to pōnō)

    refīgō, fīxī, fīxus, 3, a.: to unfasten, loosen, 5.527; take down, 5.360; unfasten or take down the tablets of the laws, render null, annul, abolish, 6.622; refīxus, a, um, loosened, falling, 5.527.

    praestāns, antis, comp., praestantior, ius: excellent, superior, distinguished, 5.361; w. gen., 12.19.

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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/ro/vergil-aeneid/vergil-aeneid-v-348-361