Most Common Words in the Aeneid

a, ab, abs

from, by

ac

and

accipio (-ere, -cepi, -ceptus)

receive

Acestes (-ae m.)

King in Sicily

actus (-a, -um)

driven

ad

to

adfore (-em, -es, -et)

be present

adsum (-esse, -fui)

be present

Aeneas (-ae m.)

Trojan prince

aequor (-oris n.)

sea

age (agite)

lead on!

agmen (-inis n.)

army

ago (-ere, egi, actus)

drive (lead)

ajo (ais, ait, ajunt)

say

alius (-a, -ud)

other

altus (-a, -um)

high

amor (-oris m.)

love

Anchises (-ae, m.)

father of Aeneas

anima (-ae, f.)

air

animus (-i, m.)

soul

ante

before

antiquus (-a, -um)

ancient

ara (-ae, f.)

altar

ardeo (-ere, arsi, arsus)

burn

arma (-orum, n.)

arms

arvum (-i, n.)

field

arx (arcis f.)

citadel

at, ast

but

ater (atra, atrum)

black

atque

and

audio (-ire, -ivi, -itus)

hear

aura (-ae, f.)

breeze

aurum (-i, n.)

gold

aut

or

bellum (-i, n.)

war

caelum (-i, n.)

sky

campus (-i, m.)

plain

capio (-ere, cepi, captus)

take

caput (-itis, n.)

head

casus (-us, m.)

chance

cerno (-ere, crevi, cretus)

discern

circum

around

clamor (-oris, m.)

shout

classis (-is, f.)

fleet

comes (-itis, m/f)

comrade

conjunx (jugis, m/f)

husband/wife

corpus (-oris, n.)

body

cum

with (when in conj.)

cunctus (-a, -um)

all

cura (-ae, f.)

care

cursus (-us, m.)

course

Danaus (-a, -um)

Danaan (Greek)

de

from

dea (-ae, f.)

goddess

deus (-i, m.)

god

dexter (-era, -erum)

favorable

dico (-ere, dixi, dictus)

say

dictum (-i, n.)

word

Dido (-onis, f.)

queen of Carthage

dies (diei, m/f)

day

divus (-a, -um)

divine

do (dare, dedi, datus)

give

domus (-us, f.)

house

donum (-i, n.)

gift

duco (-ere, duxi, ductus)

lead

dum

while

e, ex

out of

ego (mei)

I

eo (ire, ivi, itus)

go

equus (-i, m.)

horse

eripio (-ere, eripui, ereptus)

snatch

erro (1)

stray

et

and

et...et

both...and

facio (-ere, feci, factus)

do

fama (-ae, f.)

fame

fatum (-i, n.)

fate

fero (ferre, tuli, latus)

carry

ferrum (-i, n.)

sword

fessus (-a, -um)

tired

finis (-is, m/f)

end

flamma (-ae, f.)

flame

fluctus (-us, m.)

wave

for (fari, fatus)

speak

fors (fortis, f.)

fortune

fortuna (-ae, f.)

fortune

fuga (-ae, f.)

flight

fugio (-ere, fugi)

flee

fundo (-ere, fudi, fusus)

pour

furo (-ere, -ui)

rage

futurus (-a, -um)

future

geminus (-a, -um)

twin

genitor (-oris, m.)

father

gens (gentis, f.)

nation

genus (-eris, n.)

birth

habeo (-ere, -ui, -itus)

have

haud

not

heu

alas

hic (adv.)

here

hic (haec, hoc)

this