Aeneid 11.532-556

P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid 11.532-556

Diana addresses the nymph Opis and explains her special love for Camilla. She tells how Camilla's father Metabus, exiled from Privernum and pursued by the Volsci, carried his infant daughter into the wilderness and, halted at the flooded Amasenus, devised a desperate plan to save her.

Tier 1

[Diana loquitur ad Opim:]

I. DIANA LOQUITUR

intereā Diana trīstis erat. Opim celerem vocāvit, ūnam ex virginibus suīs. Diana eī dīxit:

"Camilla ad bellum crūdēle prōcēdit, ō virgō. nostrīs armīs armāta est, sed frūstrā. Camilla mihi cārissima est ante omnēs aliās. nōn modo nunc eam amō. semper eam amāvī. audī cūr."

II. METABUS EXSUL

"ōlim Metabus rēx urbis Privernae erat. sed cīvēs eum ōdērunt quia superbus erat. ē rēgnō pulsus est. ex urbe fūgit. īnfantem parvam, fīliam suam, sēcum portābat. inter ipsa proelia bellī eam sustulit et in exsilium comitem dūxit.

nōmen mātris īnfantis Casmilla erat. Metabus ūnam partem nōminis mūtāvit et fīliam Camillam appellāvit. ipse īnfantem in sinū ante sē portābat. iuga longa nemorum petēbat. undique tēla saeva eum premēbant. Volscī undique eum circumveniēbant."

III. FLŪMEN AMĀSĒNUS

"ecce, in mediā fugā, flūmen Amāsēnum appāruit. flūmen magnum erat et per rīpās fluēbat: tantus imber ē nūbibus ruptus erat. Metabus trānsīre volēbat. sed timēbat, nōn prō sē, sed prō īnfante. amābat eam. amor eum tardābat.

quid facere poterat? omnia sēcum volvēbat. subitō cōnsilium cēpit, vix bonum cōnsilium, sed sōlum."

IV. CŌNSILIUM

"tēlum ingēns habēbat, solidum et rōbustum, quod manū validā gerēbat. fīliam cortice arboris clausit et in mediō tēlō aptē circumligāvit. tēlum dextrā magnā sustulit et ad caelum dīxit:"

Tier 2

Tier 3

Tier 4 - Carmen Ipsum

Tier 4 - Carmen Ipsum (AP Core Vocabulary)

vēlōcem intereā superīs in sēdibus Opim,
ūnam ex virginibus sociīs sacrāque catervā,
compellābat et hās trīstis Lātōnia vōcēs
ōre dabat: ‘graditur bellum ad crūdēle Camilla,

AP Core Vocabulary

sedēs, sedis (f.)=seat, abode

ūnus, -a, -um=one

ex=out of, from (+ abl.)

virgō, virginis (f.)=maiden, girl

socius, -a, -um=allied, companion, fellow

sacer, -cra, -crum=sacred, consecrated

caterva, -ae (f.)=troop, band

hic, haec, hoc=this

trīstis, -e=sad, sorrowful, grim

vōx, vōcis (f.)=voice, word, utterance

ōs, ōris (n.)=mouth

dō, dare, dedī, datum=to give; here, to utter

bellum, -ī (n.)=war

ad=to, toward (+ acc.)

crūdēlis, -e=cruel, harsh

ō virgō, et nostrīs nēquīquam cingitur armīs,
cara mihi ante aliās. neque enim novus iste Diānae
vēnit amor subitāque animum dulcēdine mōvit.

ō=O! oh! (interjection)

virgō, virginis (f.)=maiden, girl

cingō, -ere, cīnxī, cīnctum=to surround, gird, equip with

arma, -ōrum (n. pl.)=arms, weapons

cārus, -a, -um=dear, beloved

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

alius, -a, -ud=another, other

enim=for (postpositive)

novus, -a, -um=new, fresh

iste, ista, istud=that, that of yours

veniō, -īre, vēnī, ventum=to come

amor, amōris (m.)=love, affection

animus, -ī (m.)=mind, soul, spirit

moveō, -ēre, mōvī, mōtum=to move, stir

pulsus ob invidiam rēgnō vīrisque superbīs
Prīvernō antīquā Metabus cum excēderet urbe,
īnfantem fugiēns media inter proelia bellī
sustulit exsiliō comitem, mātrisque vocāvit
nōmine Casmillae mūtātā parte Camillam.

ob=on account of, because of (+ acc.)

rēgnum, -ī (n.)=kingdom, royal power, kingship

vīs, vīs (f.); pl. vīrēs=force, violence; pl., strength, military forces

superbus, -a, -um=haughty, proud, arrogant

antīquus, -a, -um=ancient, old

urbs, urbis (f.)=city

īnfāns, īnfantis (m./f.)=infant, baby

fugiō, -ere, fūgī, fugitum=to flee, run away

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

proelium, -ī (n.)=battle, combat

bellum, -ī (n.)=war

tollō, -ere, sustulī, sublātum=to lift up, take up, carry off

comes, comitis (m./f.)=companion, comrade

māter, mātris (f.)=mother

vocō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum=to call, name, summon

nōmen, nōminis (n.)=name

mūtō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum=to change, alter

pars, partis (f.)=part, portion

ipse sinū prae sē portāns iuga longa petēbat
sōlōrum nemorum: tēla undique saeva premēbant
et circumfūsō volitābant mīlite Volscī.

ipse, ipsa, ipsum=himself, herself, itself; the very

sinus, -ūs (m.)=fold (of a garment), bosom, lap

iugum, -ī (n.)=yoke; here, mountain ridge, summit

longus, -a, -um=long, extended

petō, -ere, -īvī, -ītum=to seek, make for, head toward

sōlus, -a, -um=alone, solitary, lonely

nemus, nemoris (n.)=grove, woodland, forest

tēlum, -ī (n.)=weapon, missile, spear

saevus, -a, -um=savage, fierce, cruel

premō, -ere, pressī, pressum=to press, press hard, bear down on

mīles, mīlitis (m.)=soldier; collective sing., soldiery

ecce fugae mediō summīs Amāsēnus abundāns
spūmābat rīpīs, tantus sē nūbibus imber
rūperat. ille innāre parāns īnfantis amōre

ecce=behold! look! (interjection)

fuga, -ae (f.)=flight, escape

summus, -a, -um=highest, topmost; here, the top of, the rim of

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

nūbēs, -is (f.)=cloud

rumpō, -ere, rūpī, ruptum=to break, burst, tear open

ille, illa, illud=that; he, she, it

parō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum=to prepare, get ready, make ready

īnfāns, īnfantis (m./f.)=infant, baby

amor, amōris (m.)=love, affection

tardātur cārōque onerī timet. omnia sēcum
versantī subitō vix haec sententia sēdit:
tēlum immāne manū validā quod forte gerēbat
bellātor, solidum nōdīs et rōbore coctō,

cārus, -a, -um=dear, beloved

timeō, -ēre, -uī=to fear; + dat., to fear for

omnis, -e=all, every

subitō=suddenly

vix=scarcely, with difficulty, barely

hic, haec, hoc=this

sedeō, -ēre, sēdī, sessum=to sit; here, to settle, take hold

tēlum, -ī (n.)=weapon, missile, spear

manus, -ūs (f.)=hand; band (of soldiers)

quī, quae, quod=who, which, that

forte=by chance, as it happened

gerō, -ere, gessī, gestum=to carry, bear, wear

huic nātam librō et silvestrī subere clausam
implicat atque habilem mediae circumligat hastae;
quam dextrā ingentī librāns ita ad aethera fātur:

nāta, -ae (f.)=daughter (from nāscor)

liber, librī (m.)=bark of a tree

claudō, -ere, clausī, clausum=to enclose, shut in, close

implicō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum=to wrap, fold, entwine

atque, ac=and, and also

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

hasta, -ae (f.)=spear, lance, pike

dexter, -tra, -trum=right; (as f. noun) right hand

ingēns, ingentis=huge, enormous, vast

ita=thus, in this way, so