Vergil Aeneid 1.1-33

Vocabulary List
Prompt Translation
1. Albānīque patrēs,
and the Alban fathers
2. arcēbat longē Latiō,
she was keeping them far from Latium
3. Arma virumque canō,
I sing of arms and the man
4. atque altae moenia Rōmae.
and the walls of lofty Rome
5. bellōque superbum
and proud in war
6. dum conderet urbem,
until he could found the city
7. dīves opum studiīsque asperrima bellī,
rich of resources and very keen in the pursuits of war
8. errābant,
they were wandering
9. et genus invīsum,
and the hated race
10. et raptī Ganymēdis honōrēs.
and the honors of Ganymede having been snatched
11. exciderant animō
they had fallen from her mind
12. genus unde Latīnum,
whence came the Latin race
13. hinc populum lātē regem
from here a people ruling widely
14. hīc currus fuit;
here was her chariot
15. hīc illius arma,
here were her weapons
16. Hīs accēnsa super,
moreover having been inflamed by these things,
17. hōc rēgnum dea gentibus esse... tenditque fovetque
the goddess both hopes and cherishes] that this be the kingdom for peoples
18. iactātōs aequore tōtō
tossed on the whole sea
19. iam tum tenditque fovetque.
now then she both hopes and cherishes
20. Id metuēns,
fearing this
21. impulerit.
she forced
22. inferretque deōs Latiō,
and bring in the gods to Latium
23. iūdicium Paridis
the judgment of Paris
24. Karthāgō,
Carthage
25. Lāvīniaque vēnit lītora,
and he came to Lavinian shores
26. manet altā mente repostum
it remains having been placed in her deep mind
27. maria omnia circum.
around the all seas
28. multa quoque et bellō passūs,
and he also endured many things in war
29. multum ille et terrīs iactātus et altō
he was much tossed on lands and on the sea
30. multōsque per annōs
and through many years
31. Mūsa, mihī causās memorā,
Muse, recall to me the reasons
32. necdum etiam causae īrārum
still not yet the causes of angers
33. posthabitā coluisse Samō;
to have cherished with Samos placed after;
34. prīma quod ad Trōiam
which first at Troy
35. prō cārīs gesserat Argīs—
she had waged for her dear Greeks
36. Prōgeniem sed enim Trōiānō ā sanguine dūcī audierat,
but for she had heard that an offspring was being led from Trojan blood
37. quam Iūnō fertur terrīs magis omnibus ūnam
which one Juno is said more than all lands
38. quidve dolēns,
or grieving over what
39. quō nūmine laesō,
with what divine spirit having been wounded
40. rēgīna deum
the queen of the gods
41. Rōmānam condere gentem!
to found the Roman race
42. saevae memorem Iūnōnis ob īram;
on account of the savage memory of angry Juno
43. saevīque dolōrēs
and savage pains
44. sprētaeque iniūria fōrmae,
and the injury to her spurned beauty
45. sī quā Fāta sinant,
if by any way the Fates would allow
46. sīc volvere Parcās.
thus the Fates are unrolling.
47. Tantae mōlis erat
It was of so great a burden
48. Tantaene animīs caelestibus īrae?
are there such great angers to heavenly spirits?
49. tot adīre labōrēs
to approach so many labors
50. tot volvere cāsūs
to undergo so many misfortunes
51. Trōas, rēliquiās Danaum atque immītis Achillī,
the Trojans, the remains of the Greeks and of the hateful Achilles,
52. Trōiae quī prīmus ab orīs
who first from the shores of Troy
53. Tyriās olim quae verteret arcēs;
who one day would overturn Tyrian citadels
54. Tyriī tenuēre colōnī,
Tyrian colonists held it
55. Urbs antīqua fuit,
There was an ancient city,
56. ventūrum excidiō Libyae
would come for the destruction for Libya
57. veterisque memor Sāturnia bellī,
and Saturnia remembering of the ancient war
58. vī superum
by the force of the gods
59. āctī Fātīs,
driven by the Fates
60. Ītaliam contrā Tiberīnaque longē ōstia,
opposite Italy and far from Tibernian shores
61. Ītaliam, fātō profugus,
to Italy, exiled by fate
62. īnsīgnem pietāte virum,
a man distinguished in piety

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