Quis mihi nunc tot acerba deus, quis carmine caedes500

diuersas obitumque ducum, quos aequore toto

inque uicem nunc Turnus agit, nunc Troius heros,

expediat? tanton placuit concurrere motu,

Iuppiter, aeterna gentis in pace futuras?

Aeneas Rutulum Sucronem (ea prima ruentis505

pugna loco statuit Teucros) haud multa morantem

excipit in latus et, qua fata celerrima, crudum

transadigit costas et cratis pectoris ensem.

Turnus equo deiectum Amycum fratremque Dioren,

congressus pedes, hunc uenientem cuspide longa,510

hunc mucrone ferit, curruque abscisa duorum

suspendit capita et rorantia sanguine portat.

ille Talon Tanaimque neci fortemque Cethegum,

tris uno congressu, et maestum mittit Oniten,

nomen Echionium matrisque genus Peridiae;515

hic fratres Lycia missos et Apollinis agris

et iuuenem exosum nequiquam bella Menoeten,

Arcada, piscosae cui circum flumina Lernae

ars fuerat pauperque domus nec nota potentum

munera, conductaque pater tellure serebat.520

ac uelut immissi diuersis partibus ignes

arentem in siluam et uirgulta sonantia lauro,

aut ubi decursu rapido de montibus altis

dant sonitum spumosi amnes et in aequora currunt

quisque suum populatus iter: non segnius ambo525

Aeneas Turnusque ruunt per proelia; nunc, nunc

fluctuat ira intus, rumpuntur nescia uinci

pectora, nunc totis in uulnera uiribus itur.

    CORE VOCABULARY

    acerbus, a, um: harsh, bitter, in taste; (fig.), cruel, fierce, 5.462; fatal, direful, sorrowful, sad, mournful, 5.49; 6.429; pl., acerba, ōrum, n., vengeful deeds, 12.500; (adv.), acerba, harshly, savagely, fiercely, 9.794.

    obitus, ūs, m.: a going to; an encountering one's time, day, or death; destruction, death, 4.694. (obeō)

    vicis, gen. f.: a change, turn in affairs; stage, interchange, 6.535; vicissitude, event, 3.376; combat, encounter, peril, 2.433, part, place, post, 3.634; watch, guard, 9.175. (nom. sing. wanting)

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

    Trōius, a, um: (adj.), of Troy, Trojan, 1.119.

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

    expediō, īvī or iī, ītus, 4, a.: to make the foot free; to extricate, disentangle; bring forth, get ready, 1.178; seize, use, 5.209; serve, 1.702; unfold, describe, disclose, 3.379, 460; declare, 11.315; pass. in middle sig., make one’s way out, escape, 2.633. (ex and pēs)

    concurrō, currī (rarely cucurrī), cursus, 3, n.: to run together or at once; crowd around, 12.297; rush, 2.315; rush to conflict, 7.224; rush against a foe; (with dat.), engage, encounter, 1.493.

    mōtus, ūs, m.: a moving, motion, freq.; swiftness, agility, 5.430; impetus, swift fury, 12.503; pl., movements, 4.297. (moveō)

    Iuppiter, Iovis, m.: Jupiter, son of Saturn and Rhea, and king of the gods, 1.223; Iuppiter Stygius, Pluto, 4.638.

    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.

    Rutulus, ī, m.: a Rutulian; Turnus, 7.409; for the pl., the Rutulians, 8.474.

    Sūcrō, ōnis: a Rutulian, 12.505.

    ruō, ruī, rutus, 3, n. and a.: to fall with violence; tumble down, fall, freq.; fall in battle, 10.756; of the sun, go down, set, 3.508; rush forward, 2.64; of the chariot of Nox, hasten up; ascend, rise, 2.250; advance, 10.256; plunge, rush, 2.353; flee, 12.505; tremble, quake, 8.525; hasten, pass away, 6.539; cause to fall; cast down, 9.516; plow, 1.35; cast, throw up, 1.85; throw up or together, 11.211.

    Teucrī, ōrum, m.: the Trojans, descendants of Teucer, 1.38, et al.; adj., Teucrian, Trojan, 9.779, et al. (Teucer)

    crūdus, a, um: (adj.), bloody, raw; of untanned hide, of raw hide, 5.69; covered with blood, bloody, 12.507; fresh, strong, vigorous, 6.304; rough, green, 9.743; deadly, cruel, fatal, 10.682.

    trānsadigō, adēgī, adāctus, 3, a.: to drive through, thrust, 12.508; of the object which is stabbed, pierce, 12.276.

    costa, ae, f.: a rib, 1.211; side.

    crātēs, is, f.: a hurdle; wicker work, wattles; crātēs pectoris, the wattled covering of the breast; the ribs, 12.508.

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

    dēiciō, iēcī, iectus, 3, a.: to cast down, 6.581; strike down, slay, 11.642; drive down, 4.152; shoot or bring down, 5.542; deprive of, 3.317; dēicere vultum, to cast down the eyes, 3.320; (pass.), dēicī, to be disheartened, dismayed, 10.858. (dē and iaciō)

    Amycus, ī, m.: 1. Amycus, a son of Neptune, king of the Bebrycians, famous for his prowess in boxing, 5.373. 2. A companion of Aeneas, 1.221. 3. Another Trojan of the same name, 9.772.

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

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

    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.

    cuspis, idis, f.: a spear point, 7.817; point, 5.208; spear, lance, javelin; a spear, 12.386; a spear or, perhaps, the shaft of a spear as a scepter, 1.81.

    mūcrō, ōnis, m.: a sharp point or edge, esp. of a weapon, 2.333; point of a spear, 11.817; a sword, blade, 2.449.

    feriō, 4, a.: to smite or strike, 1.103; cut, 4.580; pierce, 12.304; slay, 10.315; strike or slay the covenant victim; hence, of a treaty, to make, 10.154.

    abscīdō, cīdī, cīsus, 3, a.: to cut off, 12.511. (abs and caedō)

    suspendō, pendī, pēnsus, 3, a.: to hang up, 6.859; hang, 1.318; p., suspēnsus, a, um, suspended, scarcely touching the ground or water, 7.810; hanging, 8.190; as adj., in suspense, uncertain, doubtful, in doubt, 6.722; anxious, 2.729; filled with awe, 3.372.

    rōrō, āvī, ātus, 1, n. and a.: to be moist with dew; (fig.), to drop, drip, 8.645. (rōs)

    Talos, ī, m.: a Rutulian, 12.513.

    Tanais, is, m.: a Rutulian, 12.513.

    nex, necis, f.: murder, slaughter, violent death, destruction, death, 2.85, et al. (necō)

    Cethēgus, ī, m.: a Rutulian, 12.513.

    congressus, ūs, m.: a coming together; conflict, assault, 12.514; pl., an interview, 5.733. (congredior)

    Onītēs, ae, m.: a Rutulian, 12.514.

    Echīonius, a, um: of Echion, one of the Theban ancestors, produced from the dragon’s teeth; Echionian, Theban, 12.515. (Echīon)

    Peridīa, ae, f.: the mother of Onites, 12.515.

    Lycia, ae, f.: a country on the S.W. coast of Asia Minor, 4.143.

    Apollō, inis, m.: Apollo, son of Jupiter and Latona; the god of prophecy, medicine, music, poetry, and archery, 2.430; met., a temple of Apollo, 3.275.

    exōsus, a, um: hating much; usually w. an obj. acc.; hostile, adverse to, hating, 5.687.

    nēquīquam: (adv.), in vain, to no purpose, 2.515.

    Menoetēs, ae, m.: 1. A Trojan pilot, 5.161. 2. An Arcadian slain by Turnus, 12.517.

    Arcas, adis, m.: an Arcadian, 10.452;(adj.), 11.835.

    piscōsus, a, um: adj. (piscis), abounding in fish; haunt of fish, 4.255.

    circum: (adv.), about, around; (prep. with acc.), around, about.

    Lerna, ae, f.: Lerna, a marshy forest near Argos, where the Lernaean hydra was slain by Hercules, 6.287, et al.

    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.

    condūcō, dūxī, ductus, 3, a.: lead, bring together; contract for, hire, rent, 12.520.

    serō, sēvī, satus, 3, a.: to sow or plant; with indefinite object omitted, 6.844; scatter, spread, disseminate, 12.228.

    atque, or ac: (conj.), and in addition, or and besides; and, as well, and indeed, and, 1.575; freq.; even, 2.626; in comparisons, as, 4.90; than, 3.561.

    immittō, mīsī, missus, 3, a.: to send upon or to; drive to, 6.312; bring upon, 4.488; let in, 2.495; let fly, go, loosen, 6.1; hurl, fling, cast, 11.562; (with sē), rush into, 6.262; p., immissus, a, um, of the reins of horses, let loose; hence, (fig.), swiftly running, 5.146; unchecked, unbridled, 5.662; of the hair or beard, descending, left growing, neglected, long, 3.593.

    āreō, uī, 2, n.: to be dry; wither, 3.142; p., ārēns, entis, dry; dried up, shallow, 3.350; dry, thirsty.

    virgultum, ī, n.: (used only in the plural) a growth of brambles; a thicket, grove, 12.522; shrubs, 3.23; shoots or sprigs, 12.207. (virga)

    sonāns, antis: sounding, resounding, murmuring, rustling, rattling, freq. (sonō)

    laurus, ī, f.: the laurel or bay tree, 2.513; a laurel crown or wreath, 3.81.

    dēcursus, ūs, m.: a running down, descent, 12.523. (dēcurrō)

    rapidus, a, um: adj. (rapiō), that tears away; violent, fierce; swiftly moving, rapid, 1.42; speedy, quick, prompt, 5.513.

    sonitus, ūs, m.: a sounding; noise, 2.732, et al.; roaring, 2.209; thunder, 6.586. (sonō)

    spūmōsus, a, um: adj. (spūma), full of foam; foaming, 6.174.

    populor, ātus sum, 1, dep. a., and populō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to lay waste; ravage; ransack, 4.403; devastate, plunder, 1.527; rob, deprive, 6.496; of things, 12.525. (populus)

    sēgniter: (adv.), sluggishly; comp., sēgnius, more backward, less furiously; less impetuously, 12.525. (sēgnis)

    ambō, ae, ō: (adj.), both, 1.458.

    fluctuō, āvī, ātus, 1, n.: to wave, fluctuate; (fig.), toss, 4.532; rage, boil, 12.527. (fluctus)

    intus: (adv.), within, 1.294, et al. (in)

    nescius, a, um: adj. (nesciō), not knowing, unaware, ignorant, 1.299; that knows not how, that can not.

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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/vergil-aeneid/vergil-aeneid-xii-500-528