Haec ubi dicta, locum capiunt signōque repente315

corripiunt spatia audītō līmenque relinquunt,

effūsī nimbō similēs. simul ultima signant,

Prīmus abit longēque ante omnia corpora Nīsus

ēmicat et ventīs et fulminis ōcior ālīs;

proximus huic, longō sed proximus intervallō,320

īnsequitur Salius; spatiō post deinde relictō

tertius Euryalus;

Euryalumque Helymus sequitur; quō deinde sub ipsō

ecce volat calcemque terit iam calce Diōrēs

incumbēns umerō, spatia et sī plūra supersint325

trānseat ēlāpsus prior ambiguumque relinquat.

Iamque ferē spatiō extrēmō fessīque sub ipsam

fīnem adventābant, lēvī cum sanguine Nīsus

lābitur īnfēlīx, caesīs ut forte iuvencīs

fūsus humum viridīsque super madefēcerat herbās.330

hīc iuvenis iam victor ovāns vēstīgia pressō

haud tenuit titubāta solō, sed prōnus in ipsō

concidit immundōque fimō sacrōque cruōre.

nōn tamen Euryalī, nōn ille oblītus amōrum:

nam sēsē opposuit Saliō per lūbrica surgēns;335

ille autem spissā iacuit revolūtus harēnā,

Ēmicat Euryalus et mūnere victor amīcī

prīma tenet, plausūque volat fremitūque secundō.

post Helymus subit et nunc tertia palma Diōrēs.

Hīc tōtum caveae consessum ingentis et ōra340

prīma patrum magnīs Salius clāmōribus implet,

ēreptumque dolō reddī sibi poscit honōrem.

Tūtātur favor Euryalum lacrimaeque decōrae,

grātior et pulchrō veniēns in corpore virtūs.

adiuvat et magnā prōclāmat vōce Diōrēs,345

quī subiit palmae frūstrāque ad praemia vēnit

ultima, sī prīmī Saliō reddentur honōrēs.

    CORE VOCABULARY

    repēns, entis: (adv.), suddenly, unexpectedly, 1.594.

    corripiō, ripuī, reptus, 3, a.: to take completely or eagerly; to grasp, snatch, seize, catch, 1.45; hurry away, 1.100; tear away; hasten on, take, 1.418; raise quickly, rouse, 4.572; sē corripere, to hasten away, 6.472. (com- and rapiō)

    effundō, fūdī, fūsus, 3, a.: to pour out or forth; shed, 2.271; throw, cast out, 7.780; cast, 6.339; overthrow, 11.485; bring out, 9.68; unbind, dishevel, 4.509; dissolve, 2.651; let loose, throw out, 5.818; spend, lose, waste, 5.446; of words, utter, 5.780; (pass.), effundī, dart, 5.145; flow, 6.686. (ex and fundō)

    nimbus, ī, m.: a violent rain; storm, tempest, 1.51; a black cloud, thunder-cloud, cloud, 3.587; a bright cloud; the nimbus surrounding a god, 2.616; cloud of smoke, 5.666; a multitude, 7.793.

    simul: (adv.), at once, together, at the same time, 1.144, et al.; w. abl. (cum being omitted), 5.357; simul ac or atque, as soon as, 4.90; without ac, as soon as, when; w. et, 1.144; simul — simul, and at the same time — and, 1.631; both — and, 1.513, et al.; as soon as — then, no sooner — than, 12.268.

    ultima, ōrum: the end, goal, 5.317; the last, the final hour; the end, 2.446. (ulterior)

    sīgnō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to distinguish by a mark or symbol, 6.780; mark, mark out; indicate, designate, 2.697; inscribe, record, 3.287; of the mind, observe, mark, notice, 2.423. (sīgnum)

    abeō, īvī, or iī, itus, īre, irreg. n.: to go away, depart, 2.675; go off, go aside, turn off, 5.162; pass into, sink into, 9.700; go forward, take the lead, 5.318; retreat, 2.382; change or be transformed.

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

    ēmicō, uī, ātus, 1, n.: to leap, spring forth, 6.5; to dart, bound, or spring upward, 2.175; run, rush, dart forward, 5.319.

    fulmen, inis, n.: lightning, 10.177; thunderbolt, 2.649, et al.; thunder, 1.230. (fulgeō)

    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.

    āla, ae, f.: a wing, 1.301; the feather of an arrow, 9.578; the wing of an army; cavalry, 11.730; troop, battalion, 11.604; horsemen, mounted huntsmen, 4.121.

    intervāllum, ī, n.: the space between two stakes; an interval, distance, 5.320.

    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.

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

    Euryalus, ī, m.: a Trojan youth among the followers of Aeneas, 5.294.

    Helymus, ī, m.: a Sicilian Trojan, and friend of King Acestes, 5.73, et al.

    volō, āvī, ātus, 1, n.: to fly, 1.300, et al.; of rumor, to be spread rapidly, noised or spread abroad, 3.121.

    calx, calcis, f., and rarely m.: the heel, 5.324; the hoof of a horse, the fore foot, or hoof, 10.892; a spur, 11.714.

    terō, trīvī, trītus, 3, a.: to rub; wear, clash, strike, 5.324; of time, spend, pass, 9.609; waste, 4.271.

    Diōrēs, is, m.: a son of Priam and companion of Aeneas, 5.297.

    incumbō, cubuī, cubitus, 3, n.: to lay one's self upon; lean or recline upon; (w. dat.), lie on or stretch over, 2.205; fall upon, 1.84; bend to, ply, 5.15; hasten, urge, press on, 2.653; overhang, 2.514; press or bend toward, 5.325; (w. ad and acc.), lean, hang, incline, 8.236; absolute, bend to, urge on the work, 4.397.

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

    supersum, fuī, esse, irreg., n.: to be over; to be left, remain (separated by tmesis), 2.567; survive, 8.399.

    trānseō, iī, itus, īre, irreg. n. and a.: to go across; go through, pass, 12.926; pass by, 5.326; pass away, 1.266; run over, 5.274; pass through, 9.413.

    ēlābor, lāpsus sum, 3, dep. n.: to slip or glide forth or away; escape from, 1.242; spring aside, dodge, 5.445.

    ambiguus, a, um: adj. (ambigō), uncertain; doubtful, undecided; 5.326; twofold, 3.180; dark, obscure, 2.99; unreliable, treacherous, 1.661; hesitating, uncertain, 5.655; in suspense, 8.580.

    adventō, āvī, ātus, 1, intens. n.: to come rapidly nearer; to approach, draw near, 5.328; 6.258. (adveniō)

    lēvis, e: (adj.), smooth; slippery, 5.328; polished, 5.91.

    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.

    īnfēlīx, īcis: (adj.), unlucky; unfortunate, luckless, unhappy, 1.475, et al.; sad, miserable, 2.772; of ill omen, ill-starred, ill-boding, fatal, 2.245; unfruitful.

    iuvencus, a, um: adj. (iuvenis), young; subst., iuvencus, ī, m., a young bullock, 3.247, et al.; iuvenca, ae, f., a heifer, 8.208, et al.

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

    super: (adv.), above, 4.684, et al.; above, from above, 10.384; moreover, 4.606; besides, 1.29; more than enough, 2.642; remaining, surviving, left (with ellipsis of esse), 3.489, et al.; still (or above), 4.684; of time, in, during, 9.61.

    madefaciō, fēcī, factus, 3, a.; (pass.), madefīō, factus sum, fierī: to make wet, to wet, moisten, 5.330. (madeō and faciō)

    herba, ae, f.: any grassy or herbaceous growth; grass, turf, 1.214, et al; fodder; herb, plant, 3.650; grassy land, pasture, meadow, 3.221; a plant.

    ovō, ātus, 1, n.: to shout, rejoice, 3.544; triumph, 6.589; p., ovāns, antis, exulting, joyous, shouting, triumphant, 4.543; of things, 10.409.

    titubō, āvī, ātus, 1, n. and a.: to totter; p., titubātus, a, um, made to totter; tottering, unsteady, 5.332.

    solum, ī, n.: the bottom or ground of anything; soil, earth, ground, 1.367, et al.; land, 3.698; foundation, 10.102; the water beneath a ship, as its support; the water, sea, 5.199; support, table, 7.111.

    prōnus, a, um: (adj.), inclined, stooping or bending forward, 3.668; leaning 8.236; descending, falling, 11.485; going down, 9.713; favorable, safe, 5.212.

    concidō, cidī, 3, n.: to fall completely; fall down, fall, 2.532. (com- and cadō)

    immundus, a, um: (adj.), unclean, uncleanly; filthy, foul, noisome, 3.228.

    fimus, ī, m.: mire, slime, 5.333.

    cruor, ōris, m.: shed blood; gore, 3.43; 4.455; blood.

    oblīvīscor, oblītus sum, 3, dep. n. and a.: to forget, w. acc. or gen. of object, 2.148; to be heedless, unmindful, forgetful of, 5.174; p., oblītus, a, um, having forgotten; forgetful, 4.528.

    oppōnō, posuī, positus, 3, a.: to place or put before or against, 5.335; oppose, 7.300; present, expose, 2.127; p., oppositus, a, um, placed in the way, opposed, 12.292; opposing, 2.333. (ob and pōnō)

    lūbricus, a, um: (adj.), smooth, slippery, 2.474; (fig.), subtle, cunning, slippery, 11.716; subst., lūbrica, ōrum, n., a slippery place, 5.335.

    spissus, a, um: (adj.), compact, thick, dense, 2.621; hardened, 5.336.

    revolvō, volvī, volūtus, 3, a.: to roll back, 5.336; (fig.), bring back, recall, repeat, 2.101; retrace, 9.391; go over again, suffer again, 10.61; turn, change again, 6.449; (pass.), revolvor, fall back, fall down, 9.476; p., revolūtus, a, um, rolling, 10.660; returning, following, 10.256.

    harēna, ae, f.: sand, 1.112; sandy shore, strand, 1.540; sandy ground, arena; space for races; an arena, 5.336.

    plausus, ūs, m.: a beating, clapping, flapping; fluttering sound, 5.215; plaudit, applause, 5.148. (plaudō)

    fremitus, ūs, m.: a murmuring, an uproar, din; tumult, shouting, 2.338, et al.; buzzing, humming; neighing, 11.607. (fremō)

    subeō, iī, itus (p. subiēns, euntis), 4, n. and a.: to go or come under, into, or up to; alone, or with acc. and prep., or with dat.; without a case, come up, 2.216; go under, bend, stoop down under, 10.522; come after; follow, 2.725; take one's place, 12.471; enter, 1.171; come into or upon the mind, suggest itself, occur, 2.560; with acc. and prep., go, advance towards, 8.359; with dat., come or go up to, down to, into, 5.203; succeed to, 5.176; come after, follow, 10.371; with acc., approach, enter, 1.400; go under a burden, bear, with abl. of instrument, 2.708; go under the yoke, draw, 3.113; enter the mind of, strike, occur to, 9.757; approach, reach, 3.512; approach, 7.22; meet, encounter, 10.798; attack, 9.344.

    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.

    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)

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

    tūtor, āvī, ātus sum, 1, dep. intens. a.: to protect, defend, 2.677; befriend, 5.343. (tueor)

    favor, ōris, m.: good will, partiality, favor, 5.343. (faveō)

    decōrus, a, um: adj. (decor), fit, proper, becoming, 5.343; graceful, beautiful, 1.589; adorned, 5.133; shining, 11.194.

    veniō, vēnī, ventus: to come, freq.; come forth; approach, 6.755; rise, appear, 1.353; dawn, 10.241; to present one's self or itself, 5.344; descend, spring from, 5.373; impers., ventum est, we, they came or have come, 4.151.

    adiuvō, iūvī, iūtus, 1, a.: to give aid to; to help, aid, support, 5, 345; encourage, stimulate, incite further, 12, 210.

    prōclāmō, āvī, ātus, 1, n. and a.: to cry out; declare, announce, proclaim, 5.345.

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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-v-315-347