Virgil: Aeneid XII (1-106, 614-727) pages 1-11 VOCAB

vocab

infractos, (infractus)

broken

adverso Marte

‘by the adverse tide of war’

defecisse (deficio)

falter (be wanting, fail)

reposci (reposco)

demand, claim

signari oculis

‘target of everyone’s gaze’

implacabilis

implacable

ardet (ardeo)

burn

attolit (attollo)

raise, lift

tum demum

then at last, only then

movet arma (arma moveo)

‘open the fighting’

comantis (comans)

long haired

excutiens (excutio)

shake out

cervice (cervis)

neck

toros (torus)

muscle; bolster (referring to hair in Aenied XII)

fixum (figo)

thrust in (a spear etc.)

latronis

predator, ‘bandit’

impavidus

fearless, undaunted

fremit (frango)

break

haud secus

not otherwise, in just this way

accendo (3), accendi, accensum

set on fire, cause to blaze up, inflame

turbidus

troubled, wild, frantic

glisco

increase in force

adfor (1), adfatus sum

address

infit

begins, begins to speak

mora

delay, procrastination

nihil est quod

‘there is no reason why...’

dictum

word

retracto

revoke, cancel, retract

ignavus

cowardly

Aeneadae

the companions of Aeneas

pepigi

covenant, pledge

recuso

refuse

congredior, congressus sum

join battle

concipio, concepi, conceptum

conceive, draw up or strike an agreement

Dardanius

Trojan

dextra

right hand

Tartara, Tartarorum

Tartarus, the underworld

desertor desertoris (m)

runaway

cedo (3), cessi, cessum

go off; yield, **become the property of, pass into the possession of, fall to, be given to**

sedatus

calm, untroubled

praestans, praestantis

outstanding

exsupero

surpass, tower over, **excel**

impense

to an immoderate degree, urgently, earnestly, carefully

aequus

fair, just, reasonable

metuo (3), metui

fear

expendo (3), expendi, expensum

weigh up (in the mind)

casus

something that happens, circumstance, experience, disastrous event

manu

‘by main force’

nec non

and moreover

innuptus

unmarried

arvum

land, field

mollis

soft, gentle, ‘easy’

aperio (4), aperui, apertum

open, reveal

dolus

trick

haurio (4), hausi, haustum

drain, drink in

vetus veteris

old, former

cano (3), cecini, cantum

sing, **predict**

maestus

sad, grief-stricken

eripio (mix), eripui, ereptum

wrench...(acc.) from...(dat.)

ex illo

either ‘as a result of that’ or ‘from that time on’

tueor (2), tuitus sum

look upon, protect

recaleo

grow warm again

fluentum

stream

campus

plain

os, ossis

bone

albeo

be white

exstinguo (3), exstinxi, exstinctum

wipe out, kill

ascio (4)

take on (as associate, ally etc.)

incolumis

safe, unhurt

potius

rather

certamen certaminis (n)

struggle, contest

tollo (3), sustuli, sublatum

put an end to, cancel

consanguineus

related by blood; c. R. - ‘your kinsmen the Rutuli

prodo (3), prodidi, proditum

betray

respicio (mix), respexi, respectum

look back, regard, ‘remember’

varius

changeful, fluctuating, inconstant

misereor (2), miseritus sum + gen.

pity

haudquaquam

by no means

medeor

heal

aegresco

sicken; grow worse

exsupero

mount, rise up, ‘grow’

paciscor

agree to something as part of a bargain, bargain something for something

spargo (3), sparsi, sparsum

scatter, ‘send...in showers’

femineus

of a woman, ‘contrived by a woman’

conterreo

fill with terror

manum committere

engage in fighting against

subicio (mix), subieci, subiectum

put underneath

calefactο (mix), calefeci, calefactum

make hot, heat, warm

rubor ruboris (m)

redness, blush

violo (1)

mar, spoil, ‘stain’

ostrum

purple

lilium

lily

color coloris (m)

colour; complexion, skin-tone

turbo (1)

disturb, confuse

neque enim

for...not

cum primum

as soon as

crastinus (adj.)

tomorrow’s

invehor (3), invectus sum

ride on

puniceus

scarlet, crimson

quiesco (3), quievi, quietum

grow still