aeneid quiz 1

metuens

fearing

veteris

old

necdum etiam causae irarum saevique dolores / exciderant animo; manet alta mente repostum iucidium paridis

also not yet had the causes of her angers and savage pains / fallen from her mind; in her high mind, stored up, remains the judgement of paris

super

also

danaum

of the greeks

maria omnia circum

around all the seas

molis

burden, difficulty

e conspectu

out of sight, from the sight

siculae telluris

sicilian land

in altum

onto the deep

servans

protecting

mene incept desistere victam

am i, having been conquered, to desist from the undertaking

nec posse italia teucrorum avertere regem

and not be able to turn away the king of troy from italy

quippe

surely

vetor

i am forbidden

exurere

to burn up

unius ob noxam et furias aiacis oilei

because of the crime of one and the madness[es] of ajax son of oileus

ponto

in the sea

disiecit

scattered

illem expirantem transfixo pectore flammas

that one, breathing out fire from his pierced chest