Aeneid 7.45-58

P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid 7.45–58

King Latinus, the aging ruler of Latium, traces his divine ancestry through Faunus, Marica, and Saturn. His only daughter is of marriageable age, and while many suitors seek her hand — above all Turnus, championed by Queen Amata — the gods signal their opposition.

Tier 1

rēx Latīnus iam senex erat. agrōs et urbēs longā in pāce regēbat. pater eius Faunus erat deus. māter eius Marica erat nympha. pater Faunī Pīcus erat. et Sāturnus ipse, deus antīquissimus, prīmus generis eōrum fuit.

Latīnus fīlium nōn habēbat. fīlium habuerat, sed ille in iuventā mortuus erat. sōla fīlia domum et māgnum rēgnum servābat. iam mātūra erat, iam ad nūptiās parāta.

multī eam ē māgnō Latiō et ex tōtā Ītaliā petēbant. sed Turnus ante omnēs aliōs eam petēbat. pulcherrimus omnium erat, et familia eius nōbilissima erat. rēgīna, uxor Latīnī, nōmine Amāta erat. Turnum maximē amābat. fīliam suam Turnō dare voluit.

sed deī hoc nōn permittēbant. multa enim et terribilia sīgna mīsērunt: deī alium virum fīliae volēbant.

Tier 2

Tier 3

Carmen Ipsum

Tier 4 - Carmen Ipsum (AP Core Vocabulary)

rēx arva Latīnus et urbēs
iam senior longā placidās in pāce regēbat.
hunc Faunō et nymphā genitum Laurente Maricā
accipimus; Faunō Pīcus pater, isque parentem
tē, Sāturne, refert, tū sanguinis ultimus auctor.

AP Core Vocabulary

rēx, rēgis (m.)=a king

arvum, -ī (n.)=a plowed field, land

urbs, urbis (f.)=a city, walled town

longus, -a, -um=long

pāx, pācis (f.)=peace

regō, -ere, rēxī, rēctum=to rule, govern

hic, haec, hoc=this; hunc, acc., him

nympha, -ae (f.)=a nymph

accipiō, -ere, -cēpī, -ceptum=to receive; here, to learn (by tradition)

pater, -tris (m.)=a father

parēns, -entis (m./f.)=a parent, ancestor

referō, -ferre, rettulī, relātum=to bring back; here, to trace back (one's ancestry)

sanguis, -inis (m.)=blood; here, lineage, bloodline

ultimus, -a, -um=farthest, last; here, ultimate, original

fīlius huic fātō dīvum prōlēsque virīlis
nūlla fuit, prīmaque oriēns ērepta iuventā est.
sōla domum et tantās servābat fīlia sēdēs
iam mātūra virō, iam plēnīs nūbilis annīs.

hic, haec, hoc=this; huic, dat., for him

fātum, -ī (n.)=fate, destiny

dīvus, -ī (m.)=a god; dīvum = dīvōrum, gen. pl. of the gods

nūllus, -a, -um=no, none, not any

sum, esse, fuī=to be

prīmus, -a, -um=first; here, in the bloom of

ēripiō, -ere, -ipuī, -eptum=to snatch away, tear away

sōlus, -a, -um=alone, only

domus, -ūs (f.)=a house, home

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

servō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum=to keep, preserve, guard

sēdēs, -is (f.)=a seat, dwelling, abode

vir, virī (m.)=a man; here, husband

plēnus, -a, -um=full

annus, -ī (m.)=a year

multī illam māgnō ē Latiō tōtāque petēbant
Ausoniā; petit ante aliōs pulcherrimus omnīs
Turnus, avīs atavīsque potēns, quem rēgia coniūnx
adiungī generum mīrō properābat amōre;
sed variīs portenta deum terrōribus obstant.

multus, -a, -um=much, many

ille, illa, illud=that, he, she

magnus, -a, -um=great, large

tōtus, -a, -um=all, the whole

petō, -ere, -īvī, -ītum=to seek, ask for; here, to court (a woman)

ante=before (+ acc.)

alius, -a, -ud=other, another; m. pl., others

pulcher, -chra, -chrum=beautiful, handsome; pulcherrimus, superlative, most handsome

omnis, -e=all, every

Turnus, -ī (m.)=Turnus, king of the Rutuli

quī, quae, quod=who, which, that

coniūnx, -iugis (m./f.)=spouse, wife, husband

properō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum=to hasten, hurry

amor, -ōris (m.)=love

sed=but

varius, -a, -um=various, diverse

deus, -ī (m.)=a god; deum = deōrum

stō, stāre, stetī, statum=to stand; obstāre, to stand in the way, oppose