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Grammar and Definitions

Cunctanti means

for (the one)

“Cunctanti telum Aeneas” Cunctanti refers to

Turnus (“Cunctanti telum Aeneas”)

Cunctanti is

present participle and dative of interest

Aeneas “Cuncanti telum Aeneas” is

the subject

telum fatale means

fatal spear

corpore toto means

total body

sortitus, concita, spoliatum, victum, accensus, and indute are

PPP

oculis is

ablative of means

murali tormento is

ablative of means

murali tormento means

by a siege engine on the wall

saxa is

nominative plural, neuter

Numquam sic means

never in this way

fulmine means

from the lightning

fulmine is

ablative of source

exitium and dirum are

accusative

extremos orbes means

the outermost of the circular layers

ictus is

PPP modifying Turnus

per medium…femur is

neuter accusive

duplicato polite means

with the knee bent

duplicato poplite is

ablative of means

gemitu means

with a groan

gemitu is

ablative of manne

circum is

adverb

Dauni is

Turnus’s dad

“ille humilis supplex” Ille refers to

Turnus

humilis means

on the ground

dextram precantem means

his right hand praying

equidem merui means

i for my part

humilis is

nom sg adj

utere is

imperative

sorte tua means

your lot

sia qua cura

if any concern

et doesn’t mean and, it means

also

tibi is

dative of interes

vicisti is

perfect tense

tendere is

infinitive in indirect statement

tende is

imperfect

lumine (from light) is

ablative of separation

redde is

imperative

meis means

to my own (people)

meis is

dative 

Vicisti is

perfect

victum tendere palmas means

to stretch out the conquered hands

ne tende is

negative imperative

odiis (with hate) is

ablative of manner

stetit is

pf

iam iamque means

again and again

magnis cunctantem refers to

Aeneas

magnis cunctantem means

hesitating in great matters

in umero alto means

on the high shoulder

in umero alto refers to

Turnus

flectere is

compl inf

infelix balteus means

an unlucky belt

cum apparuit means

when he appeared

notis…bullis means

with its well-known knobs

notis…bullis is

abl of means

straverat is

pluperfect

victum quem...straverat means

the conquered one whom he had struck down

victum quem…straverat is

relative clause

“ille, oculis postquam saevi monimenta doloris” ille refers to

aeneas

postquam hausit means

after he consumed

furiis is

ablative of means

ira is

abl of cause

tune…eripiar(is) means

are you to be

spoliis is

dat of compound verb

indute means

having been clothed

meorum means

of my own (people)

meorum refers to

Pallas

“eripiare mihi” mihi is

dat of compound verb

hoc vulnere is

abl means

poenam…sumit means

exacts punishment

“ast illi solvuntur frigore membra” illi refers to

turnus

saevi doloris means

wicked grief

indute is

PPP in vocative

eripiare is

eripiaris

sub pectore adverso means

into the enemy’s chest