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CODEX 26.1

 

Please make your selection from the above CODEX menu options for Episode 26.1

 

KEY-TEXT

 

Aeneid 6.854-866


Sīc pater Anchīsēs, atque haec mīrantibus addit:
'aspicē, ut īnsīgnis spoliīs Marcellus opīmīs           855
ingreditur uictorque uirōs superēminet omnīs.
hic rem Rōmānam māgnō turbante tumultū
sistet equēs, sternet Poenos Gallumque rebellem,
tertiaque arma patri suspendet capta Quirino.'
atque hīc Aeneas (ūnā namque īre uidēbat           860
ēgregium formā iuuenem et fulgentibus armīs,
sed frons laeta parum et dēiectō lūmina uultū)
'quis, pater, ille, uirum quī sic comitātur euntem?
fīlius, anne aliquis magnā dē stirpe nepōtum?
quī strepitus circā comitum! quantum instar in ipsō!           865
sed nox atra caput tristī circumuolat umbrā.'

GRAMMATICA

Operatives in the past you have seen participles which derive from deponent verbs. Look at the following examples:

Haec locūtus, Agricola mīlites ad proelium dūxit.
Having spoken these things, Agricola lead his troops to battle.

 

in templō precāta, Clōdia sacrificium deae dedit.
Having prayed in the temple, Clodia gave a sacrifice to the goddess.

 

In these examples the two participles, locūtus and precāta, although looking perfect passive, actually translate actively. That is the definition of a deponent verb; they have passive forms, but active meanings. They are said to have put down -dēpōnere- their active forms. Look at these other examples:

 

Recentiī ad Aegyptium egressī sunt.
The Recentii set out to Egypt.

 

mīlitēs castrum ingrediēbantur.
The soldiers were entering the camp.

 

Notice, operatives, that once again, although these forms look passive, they translate actively. Deponent verbs, just like regular verbs have 4 different conjugations, but, unlike regular verbs, they only have three principal parts. The reason for this is that their third principal part, the 1st person singular perfect contains the perfect participle as well, so there is no need for a 4th principal part. Here are some deponent verbs:

 

1st conjugation: hortor, hortārī, hortātus sum - to urge
2nd conjugation: fateor, fatērī, fassus sum - to confess
3rd conjugation: sequor, sequī, secūtus sum - to follow
4th conjugation: mōlior, mōlīrī,mōlītus sum - to work at

 

Notice that infinitives for deponent verbs are a little different than those of regular verbs.

 

1st conjugation: -ārī
2nd conjugation: -ērī
3rd conjugation: -ī
4th conjugation: -īrī

 

Here are some additional common deponent verbs:

 

1st Conjugation  cōnor, cōnārī, cōnātus sum  to try 
moror, morārī, morātus sum to delay
2nd Conjugation vereor, verērī, veritus sum to dread, to fear
3rd Conjugation loquor, loquī, locūtus sum  to speak, to talk
  proficīscor, proficīscī, profectus sum to set out
  sequor, sequī, secūtus sum to follow
3rd -iō ēgredior, ēgredī, ēgressus sum to go out, to leave
  ingredior, ingredī, ingressus sum to enter
  regredior, regredī, regressus sum to return
4th Conjugation experior, experīrī, expertus sum to try, to test
  morior, morī, mortuus sum to die

 

 

VERBA

aeger, aegra, agrum sick adjective
agger, aggeris - m a heap, pile, collection, mound noun
arca, arcae -f box, chest, money box noun
cōnor, cōnārī, cōnātus sum to try, attempt verb (deponent)
ēgredior, ēgredī, ēgressus sum to go out, leave, disembark verb (deponent)
fīnis, fīnis - f that which divides, a boundary, limit, border, a mark, starting-point, goal, borders, territory, land, country noun
flectō, flectere, flēxī, flexus to bend, turn around verb
frangō, frangere, frēgī, frāctus to break, to shatter, to crush verb
fungor, fungī, fūnctus sum to perform, execute, do verb (deponent)
genū, genūs - n knee noun
imbēcillis, imbēcille weak, feeble adjective
īnfīrmus, īnfīrma, īnfīrmum sick, not strong, weak adjective
ingrātus, ingrāta, ingrātum unpleasant, disagreeable, unacceptable adjective
lābor, lābī, lapsus sum to glide, slip, sink verb
loquor, loquī, locūtus sum to talk, speak verb (deponent)
mediō, mediāre, -, - to divide in half verb
moror, morārī, morātus sum to delay, stay, wait, remain verb (deponent)
quippe of course, certainly adverb
respiciō, respicere, respēxī, respectus to look back verb
sīcārius, sīcāria, sīcārium murderous, (as a substantive adjective - assassin) adjective
sordidus, sordida, sordidum dirty adjective
ūrō, ūrere, ūssī, ūstus to burn up, destroy verb
ūstor, ūstōris - m a burner of corpses noun
vestigium, vestigiī - n step, footprint, track, trace noun
vigil, vigilis - m those on watch, on alert, awake adjective
vorō, vorāre, vorāvī, vorātus to swallow whole, eat up verb

CULTURALIA

Episode A

Episode A

It is clear that the assassins were sent by Marcus Maecenas himself and given that they revealed important information regarding Salvia, it's logical to think that there is a strong connection between Salvia, Maecenas, the Societas Potentium, the Milites Lapidis, and your uncle Gaius. If the assassins were telling the truth, and the SP has Salvia because she knows the location of the LAPIS, then the witch's dream, the scroll, and everything else has been building to this point. The question remains, though, why would they decide that now was the time to strike at the heart of the ML?

Episode B

Episode B

Operatives should spend time revisiting the background information on Vergil, including the information we know from a 4th century grammarian named Aelius Donatus, who wrote about the Life of Vergil. Many modern scholars have called into question the validity of his information since he wrote almost 400 years after Vergil's death in 19 BCE.

ATTUNEMENT

CULTURALIA Comprehension Questions
Directions: Using the CULTURALIA section of your CODEX as a guide, answer the following questions:

 

1. What is challenging about reconstructing the life of Vergil? Why do scholars question the validity of Aelius Donatus' biography?

2. What happens at the end of Vergil's life? In what year does he die and what does the timeline look like? With whom did he meet with in Athens and what did this person pursuade him to do?

3. What is Vergil's supposed dying wish? Who is in charge of executing this wish?

4. Who overrides Vergil's dying wish? Why might this have happened?

5. Find five interesting facts from Aelius' Donatus' biography.

 

NAV


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