vergil aen 1.102-123

P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid 1.102–123

The storm overwhelms the Trojan fleet: ships are driven onto rocks and shoals, and one carrying Orontes and his Lycians is swallowed before Aeneas's eyes. Several other captains' ships, including those of Achates and Ilioneus, take on water and begin to break apart.

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Aenēās adhūc dīcit haec verba. ventus magnus venit ab Aquilōne. ventus ferit vēlum nāvis. ventus tollit flūctūs ad sīdera. rēmī franguntur. nāvis sē vertit et undae feriunt latus nāvis. magna unda venit. unda est sicut mōns aquae.

aliī virī sunt in summō flūctū. aliī virī vident terram inter undās. mare furit et habet multās harēnās.

ventus Notus capit trēs nāvēs et pellit eās in saxa. haec saxa sunt in mediō marī. Ītalī vocant haec saxa "Ārās." ventus Eurus pellit aliās trēs nāvēs ab altō marī in aquam brevem. ventus pellit nāvēs in harēnam. hoc est miserum.

magna unda ferit ūnam nāvem ante oculōs Aenēae. haec nāvis portat Lyciōs et fīdum Orontēn. magister cadit in mare. flūctus torquet illam nāvem ter. aqua vorat nāvem.

paucī virī natant in vāstō marī. arma virōrum et tabulae nāvium et dīvitiae Trōiānae natant in undīs. tempestās vīcit multās nāvēs. tempestās vīcit nāvem Īlioneī. tempestās vīcit nāvem fortis Achātae. tempestās vīcit nāvem Abantis. tempestās vīcit nāvem Alētis. omnēs nāvēs accipiunt aquam et aperiuntur.

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tālia iactantī strīdēns Aquilōne procella
vēlum adversa ferit, flūctūsque ad sīdera tollit.
franguntur rēmī; tum prōra āvertit et undīs
dat latus, īnsequitur cumulō praeruptus aquae mōns.
hī summō in flūctū pendent; hīs unda dehīscēns
terram inter flūctūs aperit, furit aestus harēnīs.

AP Core Vocabulary

talis, -e=such; n. pl., such things, such words

iactō, -āre=throw, hurl; here: utter, cast about (in mind/speech)

strīdeō, -ēre=make a harsh noise; whistle, shriek

adversus, -a, -um=turned to, facing, opposite; head-on

flūctus, -ūs (m.)=wave, billow; surf

sīdus, -eris (n.)=star, constellation; here pl., the stars (= heaven)

tollō, -ere, sustulī, sublātum=lift up, raise

frangō, -ere, frēgī, frāctum=break, shatter

tum=then, at that time

unda, -ae (f.)=wave; water

dō, dare, dedī, datum=give; latus dare + dat., to expose the side to

latus, -eris (n.)=side, flank (of a ship)

aqua, -ae (f.)=water

mōns, montis (m.)=mountain; mōns aquae, mountain of water

hic, haec, hoc=this; hī ... hīs, some ... for others (correlative)

summus, -a, -um=highest, topmost; summō in flūctū, on the wave's crest

in=in, on (+ abl.); into, against (+ acc.)

pendeō, -ēre, pependī=hang, be suspended

terra, -ae (f.)=earth, land; here, the sea-bottom

inter=between, among (+ acc.)

trēs Notus abreptās in saxa latentia torquet
(saxa vocant Ītalī, mediīs quae in flūctibus, Ārās,
dorsum immāne marī summō), trēs Eurus ab altō
in brevia et syrtēs urget — miserābile vīsū! —
inlīditque vadīs atque aggere cingit harēnae.

in=in, on (+ abl.); into, against (+ acc.)

saxum, -ī (n.)=rock, large stone, crag

torqueō, -ēre, torsī, tortum=twist, hurl, whirl

vocō, -āre=call, name

medius, -a, -um=middle, in the middle of

quī, quae, quod=who, which, that (rel. pron.)

flūctus, -ūs (m.)=wave, billow; surf

āra, -ae (f.)=altar; here a proper name, the “Altars” (a reef)

mare, -is (n.)=sea

summus, -a, -um=highest, topmost; marī summō, on the sea's surface

ā, ab=from, away from (+ abl.)

altum, -ī (n.)=the deep, the open sea

et=and

videō, -ēre, vīdī, vīsum=see; vīsū, supine: in the seeing, to behold

atque, ac=and, and also

cingō, -ere, cinxī, cinctum=surround, encircle

ūnam, quae Lyciōs fīdumque vehēbat Orontēn,
ipsius ante oculōs ingēns ā vertice pontus
in puppim ferit: excutitur prōnusque magister
volvitur in caput, ast illam ter flūctus ibīdem
torquet, agēns circum, et rapidus vorat aequore vortex.

ūnus, -a, -um=one; here: one (ship), in contrast to the others

quī, quae, quod=who, which, that (rel. pron.)

ante=before, in front of (+ acc.)

oculus, -ī (m.)=eye

ingēns, -entis=huge, enormous

vertex (vortex), -icis (m./f.)=whirl, summit, peak; ā vertice, from above; vortex, a whirlpool

in=in, on (+ abl.); into, against (+ acc.)

volvō, -ere, volvī, volūtum=roll, turn over; pass., be tumbled

caput, -itis (n.)=head; in caput, headlong

at, ast=but (introducing a contrast)

ille, illa, illud=that; here: that (ship)

flūctus, -ūs (m.)=wave, billow; surf

torqueō, -ēre, torsī, tortum=twist, hurl, whirl

agō, -ere, ēgī, āctum=drive, do; agēns circum, spinning (it) around

circum=around (adv. or prep. + acc.)

aequor, -oris (n.)=level surface; esp. the sea

appārent rārī nantēs in gurgite vāstō,
arma virum tabulaeque, et Trōïa gaza per undās.
iam validam Īlioneī nāvem, iam fortis Achātae,
et quā vectus Abās, et quā grandaevus Alētēs,
vīcit hiems; laxīs laterum compāgibus omnēs
accipiunt inimīcum imbrem, rīmīsque fatīscunt.

appāreō, -ēre, -uī, -itum=appear, become visible

in=in, on (+ abl.); into, against (+ acc.)

arma, -ōrum (n. pl.)=arms, weapons; gear

vir, virī (m.)=man; virum = virōrum, of the men

et=and

unda, -ae (f.)=wave; water

nāvis, -is (f.)=ship

fortis, -e=strong, brave

quā=on which side, by which way; here: (the ship) in which

vincō, -ere, vīcī, victum=conquer, overcome

latus, -eris (n.)=side, flank; here: ship's sides

omnis, -e=all, every

accipiō, -ere, -cēpī, -ceptum=receive, take in

inimīcus, -a, -um=unfriendly, hostile

P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid 1.102–123

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