Nec minus Aenēās, quamquam tardātā sagittā

interdum genua impediunt cursumque recūsant,

īnsequitur trepidīque pedem pede fervidus urget:

inclūsum velutī sī quandō flūmine nactus

cervum aut pūniceae saeptum formīdine pennae750

vēnātor cursū canis et lātrātibus īnstat;

ille autem īnsidiīs et rīpā territus altā

mīlle fugit refugitque viās, at vīvidus Umber

haeret hiāns, iam iamque tenet similisque tenentī

increpuit mālīs morsūque ēlūsus inānī est;755

Tum vērō exoritur clāmor rīpaeque lacūsque

respōnsant circā et caelum tonat omne tumultū.

Ille simul fugiēns Rutulōs simul increpat omnīs

nōmine quemque vocāns nōtumque efflāgitat ēnsem.

Aenēās mortem contrā praesēnsque minātur760

exitium, sī quisquam adeat, terretque trementīs

excīsūrum urbem minitāns et saucius īnstat.

Quīnque orbīs explent cursū totidemque retexunt

hūc illūc; neque enim levia aut lūdicra petuntur

praemia, sed Turnī dē vītā et sanguine certant.765

    CORE VOCABULARY

    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.

    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.

    tardō, āvī, ātus, 1, a. and n.: to render slow; hinder, cripple, delay, 5.453; impede, enfeeble, 6.731; hold back, detain, retard, 11.21. (tardus)

    sagitta, ae, f.: an arrow, 1.187, et al.

    interdum: (adv.), sometimes.

    genū, ūs, n.: a knee, 1.320, et al. (γόνυ)

    impediō, īvī or iī, ītus, 4, a.: to hinder, 9.385; hamper, 10.553; involve, intersect, 5.585; combine, 8.449. (1. in and pēs)

    recūsō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to bring a reason against; object; reject, decline, 5.417; refuse, 2.607; shrink back, recoil, 5.406. (re- and causa)

    īnsequor, secūtus sum, 3, dep. a.: to follow up, pursue, follow, 5.321; press on, follow up; succeed, 1.87; persecute, pursue, 1.241; w. inf., proceed, 3.32.

    trepidus, a, um: (adj.), agitated, uneasy, disturbed, trembling, affrighted, 2.380; excited, tumultuous, 11.300; confused, in disorder, 10.283; alarmed, fearful of, anxious for, w. gen., 12.589; panic-stricken, 12.583.

    fervidus, a, um: adj. (ferveō), glowing hot; glowing; fired, 9.736; furious, 7.397; boiling, 7.24; threatening, 12.894; eager, impetuous, 12.748.

    urgeō, ursī, 2, a. and n.: to drive, impel, press forward, 1.111; ply, hasten, 9.489; press, oppress, crush, bear down, 3.579; press around, inclose, surround, hem in, 11.524; weigh upon, oppress, close, 10.745; overpower, 2.653; attack, 10.375; punish, torture, 6.561.

    inclūdō, clūsī, clūsus, 3, a.: to shut in, inclose, 6.680; secrete, 2.19; for interclūdō, stop, choke, 7.534; to mount, set, inlay, adorn, 12.211. (1. in and claudō)

    nancīscor, nactus or nanctus sum, 3, dep. a.: to obtain, secure, get, 7.511; find, overtake, 12.749.

    cervus, ī, m.: a stag, deer, 1.184, et al.

    Pūniceus, a, um: adj. (cf. Poenī), of Punic or Phoenician color; reddish, red, rosy, crimson, 12.77; purple-colored, purple, 5.269.

    saepiō, saepsī, saeptus, 4, a.: to fence in; inclose, surround, 1.506; envelop, 1.411. (saepēs, inclosure)

    formīdō, inis, f.: dread, dismay, apprehension, terror, fear, 2.76; awe, 7.608; personif., Fear, Dismay, 12.335. (formīdō)

    penna (pinna), ae, f.: a feather, 12.750; wing, pinion, 3.258; in the form pinna, a pinnacle, battlement, palisade, 7.159.

    vēnātor, ōris, m.: a huntsman, 11.678; vēnātor canis, a hunting-dog, 12.751. (vēnor)

    lātrātus, ūs, m.: a barking; baying, 5.257, et al. (lātrō)

    īnstō, stitī, 1, n.: to stand on or upon; w. dat., acc., inf., or alone; w. dat., to stand on, 11.529; stand or hang over, 10.196; (w. acc.), to work at, ply work upon, 8.834; (w. inf.), urge on, press on, 1.423; persist, 10.118; (alone), to follow up, press on; pursue, 1.468; struggle, 12.783; be near at hand, approach, threaten, 12.916; to be urgent, important, incumbent, 4.115.

    īnsidiae, ārum, f.: a sitting down, or lying in ambuscade; an ambush, 11.783; snare, toil; plot, treachery, wile, 2.36; stealthy journey or enterprise, 9.237; artifice, stratagem, 2.421; personif. pl., Īnsidiae, ārum, Stratagem, 12.336. (īnsideō)

    refugiō, fūgī, 3, n. and a.: to fly, 3.258; flee away, 6.472; recede, stand distant, 3.536; shrink, 2.12; w. acc., start back from, 2.380; shrink from, refuse, 7.618; fugere, refugere, to fly to and fro, 12.753.

    vīvidus, a, um: adj. (vīvō), full of life; lively, vigorous, ardent, 5.754; quick, swift, 12.753.

    Umber, bra, brum: (adj.), Umbrian; subst., Umber, brī, m., an Umbrian dog or hound, 12.753.

    haereō, haesī, haesus, 2, n.: to stick; foll. by dat., or by abl. w. or without a prep.; hang, cling, adhere, cling to, 1.476, et al.; stop, stand fixed, 6.559; halt, 11.699; adhere to as companion, 10.780; stick to in the chase, 12.754; persist, 2.654; dwell, 4.4; pause, hesitate, 3.597; be fixed or decreed, 4.614.

    hiō, āvī, ātus, 1, n. and a.: to yawn, gape; to distend or open the mouth, 6.493; p., hiāns, antis, with open mouth, 12.754.

    increpō, uī, itus, rarely āvī, ātus, 1, n. and a.: to make a noise or din; resound, 8.527; clash, 12.332; snap, 12.755; (fig.), chide, blame, reprimand, 6.387; taunt, 9.560; (w. cognate acc.), utter, 9.504.

    māla, ae, f.: the cheek bone, jaw, 5.436; pl., mālae, cheeks, 9.751; teeth, 3.257.

    morsus, ūs, m.: a biting; eating, 3.394; tooth, 7.112; fang, 2.215; gripe, hold, 12.782; fluke, 1.169. (mordeō)

    ēlūdō, lūsī, lūsus, 3, n. and a.: to play out; to mock, elude, 11.695; deceive, disappoint.

    inānis, e: (adj.), empty, void, 3.304; light; vain, idle, fruitless, 4.210; valueless, trivial; little, brief, 4.433; lifeless, unreal, 1.464; shadowy, 6.269; unsubstantial, shadowy, airy, phantom, 6.651; subst., ināne, is, n., void space, a void, 12.354.

    exorior, ortus sum, 4, dep. n.: to rise up; come forth, appear, rise, 4.130; arise, 3.128; spring up, arise, 4.625.

    lacus, ūs, m.: a lake, pool, source, 8.74; fen, 2.135.

    respōnsō, 1, intens. a. and n.: to make answer; echo, reply, 12.757. (respondeō)

    tonō, uī, 1, n. and a.: to thunder, 3.571, et al.; of speech, 11.383; (with acc.), utter, invoke with a loud voice, thunder forth, 4.510.

    tumultus, ūs, m.: commotion; uproar; outcry, 9.397; shouting, cries, 3.99; haste, 11.447; uprising, 6.857. (tumeō)

    Rutulī, ōrum, m.: the Rutulians, an ancient tribe of Latium dwelling south of the Tiber, 1.266, et al.

    efflāgitō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to ask urgently; demand, 12.759. (ex and flagitō, demand)

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

    contrā: (prep. and adv.; prep. w. acc.), over against; opposite to, 1.13; against, 5.370; to, 9.280; on the contrary, 12.779; on the other hand, in reply, 1.76.

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

    exitium, iī, n.: a going out; death; hardship, 7.129; destruction, downfall, ruin, 2.131. (exeō)

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

    excīdō, cīdī, cīsus, 3, a.: to cut out, 1.429; cut off, away, or down, 2.481; destroy, 2.637. (ex and caedō)

    minitō, āvī, ātus, 1, n. and a., and minitor, ātus sum, 1, dep. n. and a.: to threaten, 12.762. (1. minor)

    saucius, a, um: (adj.), wounded, 2.223; pierced, 4.1.

    quīnque: (num. adj. indecl.), five.

    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.

    totidem: (num. adj. pron., indecl.), just, even so many; as many, 4.183, et al.

    retexō, texuī, textus, 3, a.: to weave again; (fig.), compass again, repeat, 12.762.

    lūdicer, cra, crum: adj. (lūdus), sportive; vain, trivial, 12.764.

    Turnus, ī, m.: the chief of the Rutulians, 7.56, et al.

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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-xii-746-765