vergil aen 1.1-11

P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid 1.1–11

Vergil opens his epic by announcing his subject: the wanderings and sufferings of Aeneas, a Trojan hero driven by the wrath of Juno across land and sea before he can found a new home in Italy.

Tier 1

ego canō dē armīs et dē virō. hic vir erat Aenēās. Aenēās Trōiānus erat. Trōia dēlēta est. Aenēās ā Trōiā nāvigāvit et vēnit prīmus ad Ītaliam.

iter eius difficile erat. deī eum in terrīs et in marī vexāvērunt.

Iūnō, rēgīna deōrum, īrātissima erat. Iūnō Aenēam nōn amābat. Aenēās multa in bellō passus est.

tandem urbem condidit et deōs suōs in Latium portāvit. ex Aenēā genus Latīnum vēnit. patrēs Albānī ex eō genere vēnērunt. tandem Rōma condita est, urbs alta.

Mūsa, dīc mihi: cūr Iūnō, rēgīna deōrum, virum pium multīs labōribus vexāvit? cūr tanta īra erat in animīs deōrum?

Tier 2

Tier 3

Tier 4 - Carmen Ipsum

Tier 4 - Carmen Ipsum (AP Core Vocabulary)

arma virumque canō, Trōiae quī prīmus ab ōrīs
Ītaliam fātō profugus Lāvīniaque vēnit
lītŏra, multum ille et terrīs iactātus et altō

AP Core Vocabulary

arma, -ōrum (n. pl.)=arms, weapons

vir, virī (m.)=man, hero

-que=and (enclitic)

canō, -ere, cecinī, cantum=sing, sing of

Trōia, -ae (f.)=Troy

quī, quae, quod=who, which

prīmus, -a, -um=first

ā, ab=from (+ abl.)

ōra, -ae (f.)=shore, coast

Ītalia, -ae (f.)=Italy

fātum, -ī (n.)=fate, destiny

veniō, -īre, vēnī, ventum=come

lītus, -oris (n.)=shore, coast

multum=much, greatly (adv.)

terra, -ae (f.)=land, earth

iactō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum=toss about, buffet

altum, -ī (n.)=the deep, the open sea

vī superum, saevae memorem Iūnōnis ob īram,
multa quoque et bellō passus, dum conderet urbem

vīs, vīs (f.)=force, violence

superus, -a, -um=above; superī, -ōrum (m. pl.), the gods above

saevus, -a, -um=savage, fierce

memor, -oris=mindful, unforgetting

Iūnō, -ōnis (f.)=Juno

ob=on account of (+ acc.)

īra, -ae (f.)=anger, wrath

multus, -a, -um=much, many

quoque=also, too

bellum, -ī (n.)=war

patior, patī, passus sum=suffer, endure

dum=while; + subj., until

condō, -ere, -didī, -ditum=found, establish

urbs, urbis (f.)=city

inferretque deōs Latiō; genus unde Latīnum
Albānīque patrēs atque altae moenia Rōmae.

-que=and (enclitic)

deus, -ī (m.)=god

Latium, -ī (n.)=Latium

genus, -eris (n.)=race, stock, lineage

unde=whence, from which

pater, -tris (m.)=father; pl., forefathers

atque, ac=and

altus, -a, -um=high, lofty

moenia, -ium (n. pl.)=walls, fortifications

Mūsa, mihi causās memorā, quō nūmĭne laesō
quidve dolēns rēgīna deum tot volvere cāsūs
insignem pietāte virum, tot adīre labōrēs
impulerit. tantaene animīs caelestibus īrae?

causa, -ae (f.)=cause, reason

quī, quae, quod=who, which; quō nūmine laesō, what divine power having been offended

nūmen, -inis (n.)=divine power, divine will

laedō, -ere, -sī, -sum=offend, injure

quis, quid=who? what? quidve dolēns, or grieving at what

doleō, -ēre, -uī=grieve, feel pain

rēgīna, -ae (f.)=queen

deus, -ī (m.)=god; deum = deōrum (gen. pl.)

tot=so many (indecl.)

volvō, -ere, volvī, volūtum=roll, undergo, suffer through

cāsus, -ūs (m.)=misfortune, mishap

īnsignis, -e=distinguished, remarkable

pietās, -ātis (f.)=dutifulness, devotion

vir, virī (m.)=man, hero

adeō, -īre, -iī, -itum=go to, undergo, undertake

labor, -ōris (m.)=labor, hardship, toil

impellō, -ere, -pulī, -pulsum=drive on, impel

tantus, -a, -um=so great, so much

animus, -ī (m.)=mind, spirit, heart

caelestis, -e=heavenly; m. pl., the gods