Caedicus Alcathoum obtruncat, Sacrator Hydaspen

partheniumque Rapo et praedurum uiribus Orsen,

Messapus Cloniumque Lycaoniumque Erichaeten,

illum infrenis equi lapsu tellure iacentem,750

hunc peditem. pedes et Lycius processerat Agis,

quem tamen haud expers Valerus uirtutis auitae

deicit; at Thronium Salius Saliumque Nealces

insidiis, iaculo et longe fallente sagitta.

    CORE VOCABULARY

    Caedicus, ī, m.: Caedicus, an Etruscan chief, 9.362.

    Alcathous, ī, m.: a Trojan, 10.747.

    obtruncō, āvī, ātus, 1, a.: to lop off; cut down; cut to pieces, slay, 2.663.

    Sacrātor, ōris, m.: an Etruscan, 10.747.

    Hydaspēs, is, m.: a Trojan, 10.747.

    Parthenius, iī, m.: a Trojan, 10.748.

    Rapō, ōnis, m.: an Etruscan, 10.748.

    praedūrus, a, um: (adj.), very hard; hardy, sturdy, powerful, 10.748.

    Orsēs, ae, m.: a Trojan, 10.748.

    Messāpus, ī, m.: a Latin chief, allied with Turnus, 7.691, et al.

    Clonius, iī, m.: a Trojan, 9.574.

    Lycāonius, a, um: (adj.), of Lycaonia, a country of Asia Minor, 10.749.

    Ericētēs, ae, m.: a Lycaonian follower of Aeneas, 10.749.

    īnfrēnus, a, um; also, īnfrēnis, e: unbridled; riding without bridle, 4.41.

    lāpsus, ūs, m.: a slipping; gliding, 2.225; gliding movement, 2.225; turning, movement, 2.236; descent, flight, 3.225; course, 4.524. (1. lābor)

    pedes, itis, m.: one who goes on foot; as a footman; on foot, 12.510; a foot-soldier; collectively, infantry, soldiery, 6.516. (pēs)

    Lycius, a, um: adj. (Lycia), Lycian, 6.334, et al.; pl., Lyciī, ōrum, m., the Lycians, 1.113.

    prōcēdō, cessī, cessus, 3, n.: to go or come forth or forward; advance, proceed, go on, 2.760; move, 4.587; elapse, pass by, 3.356; continue, 5.461.

    Āgis, idis, m.: a Lycian, follower of Aeneas, 10.751.

    expers, pertis: adj. (ex and pars), having no part in; w. gen., free from, without, apart from, 4.550; destitute of, 10.752.

    Valerus, ī, m.: a Latin warrior, 10.752.

    avītus, a, um: adj. (avus), of a grandfather; ancestral, ancient, 10.752.

    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)

    Thronius, iī, m.: a Latin, 10.753.

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

    Nealcēs, ae, m.: a Latin, 10.753.

    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)

    iaculum, ī, n.: a thing hurled; a spear, dart, or javelin, 3.46, et al. (iaciō)

    sagitta, ae, f.: an arrow, 1.187, 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/zh-hans/vergil-aeneid/vergil-aeneid-x-747-754