Aeneid 12.919-944

P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid 12.919–944

The duel between Aenēās and Turnus reaches its climax. After Aenēās lands a decisive blow, Turnus pleads for his life and invokes the memory of Anchīsēs, but Aenēās then catches sight of something that triggers some painful memories.

Tier 1

Turnus dubitābat. Aenēās tēlum fātāle vibrāvit. oculīs fortūnam ēlēgit. tōtō corpore, procul, tēlum iēcit. hasta sicut fulmen volāvit. lōrīcam et clipeum Turnī trānsiit. strīdens per femur trānsiit. Turnus māgnus cecidit ad terram.

Rutulī clāmōre consurrēxērunt. mōns circum resonāvit. nemora alta vōcem remīsērunt.

Turnus in terrā iacēbat. supplex erat. oculōs et manum ad Aenēam prōtendit et dīxit:

“meruī hoc. nōn negō. ūtere fortūnā tuā. sed ūnum tē ōrō: sī cūra patris tuī tē tangit (tu quoque patrem habuistī, Anchīsēn), miserēre patris meī, Daunī senis. et mē redde meīs, sīve vīvum sīve mortuum. vīcistī. omnēs vident: ego victus sum. tua est Lāvīnia. nōlī ultrā pugnāre.”

Aenēās constitit. oculōs volvēbat. manum repressit. sermō Turnī eum ferē mōverat.

subitō vīdit: in umerō Turnī erat cingulum Pallantis puerī. Turnus Pallantem vulnere vīcerat et cingulum eius (īnsigne inimīcum) gerēbat.

Tier 2

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cunctantī tēlum Aenēās fātāle coruscat,
sortītus fortūnam oculīs, et corpore tōtō
eminus intorquet. murālī concita numquam

AP Core Vocabulary

cunctor, -ārī, -ātus sum=to delay, hesitate

tēlum, -ī (n.)=missile, spear, weapon

Aenēās, -ae (m.)=Aeneas

fātālis, -e=of fate, fated, deadly

fortūna, -ae (f.)=fortune, chance; here, a lucky shot

oculus, -ī (m.)=eye

corpus, -oris (n.)=body

tōtus, -a, -um=whole, entire

torqueō, -ēre, torsī, tortum=to twist, hurl; intorquet, hurls at

numquam=never

tormentō sīc saxa fremunt nec fulmine tantī
dissultant crepitūs. volat ātrī turbinis īnstar
exitium dīrum hasta ferens orāsque recludit
lōrīcae et clipeī extrēmōs septemplicis orbīs;

sīc=thus, so

saxum, -ī (n.)=rock, stone

nec (neque)=and not, nor

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

volō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum=to fly

āter, ātra, ātrum=black, dark

turbō, -inis (m.)=whirlwind, tornado

hasta, -ae (f.)=spear

ferō, ferre, tulī, lātum=to bear, bring; here, carry

ōra, -ae (f.)=edge, border, rim

-que=and

orbis, -is (m.)=ring, circle, fold

per medium strīdens trānsit femur. incidit ictus
ingēns ad terram duplicātō poplite Turnus.
consurgunt gemitū Rutulī tōtusque remugit
mōns circum et vōcem lātē nemora alta remittunt.

per=+ acc., through

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

strīdeō, -ēre, -dī=to hiss, whir

trānseō, -īre, -iī, -itum=to cross, pass through

incidō, -ere, -cidī=to fall upon, fall down

ingēns, -entis=huge, enormous

ad=+ acc., to, toward

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

Turnus, -ī (m.)=Turnus

gemitus, -ūs (m.)=groan, cry

Rutulī, -ōrum (m. pl.)=the Rutulians

tōtus, -a, -um=whole, entire

-que=and

mōns, montis (m.)=mountain

circum=around, round about

vōx, vōcis (f.)=voice, sound

nemus, -oris (n.)=grove, woodland

altus, -a, -um=high, deep, lofty

remittō, -ere, -mīsī, -missum=to send back, echo

ille humilis supplex oculōs dextramque precantem
prōtendēns 'equidem meruī nec dēprecor' inquit;
'ūtere sorte tuā. miserī tē sī qua parentis
tangere cūra potest, ōrō (fuit et tibi tālis

ille, illa, illud=that, that one, he

oculus, -ī (m.)=eye

dextra (dextera), -ae (f.)=right hand

-que=and

precor, -ārī, -ātus=to pray, beseech

equidem=indeed, for my part

mereō, -ēre, -uī, -itum=to deserve, earn

nec (neque)=and not, nor

inquam, inquit=to say (after a quotation)

ūtor, ūtī, ūsus sum=+ abl., to use, make use of

sors, sortis (f.)=lot, fortune

tuus, -a, -um=your, yours (sg.)

miser, -era, -erum=wretched, unhappy

sī=if

quī, quae, quod=who, which; indef. after sī, any

parēns, -entis (m./f.)=parent

cūra, -ae (f.)=care, concern

possum, posse, potuī=to be able, can

ōrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātum=to beg, beseech

sum, esse, fuī=to be

tālis, -e=such, of such a kind

Anchīsēs genitor) Daunī miserēre senectae
et mē, seu corpus spoliātum lūmine māvīs,
redde meīs. vīcistī et victum tendere palmās
Ausoniī vīdēre; tua est Lāvīnia coniunx,
ulterius nē tende odiīs.' stetit ācer in armīs

Anchīsēs, -ae (m.)=Anchises (Aeneas's father)

sīve (seu)=or if; seu... māvīs, or, if you prefer

corpus, -oris (n.)=body

lūmen, -inis (n.)=light; here, life

reddō, -ere, -didī, -ditum=to give back, return

meus, -a, -um=my, mine; meīs, my own (people)

vincō, -ere, vīcī, victum=to conquer; victum, the conquered (man)

tendō, -ere, tetendī, tentum=to stretch, extend; here also, press on

palma, -ae (f.)=palm of the hand

videō, -ēre, vīdī, vīsum=to see; vīdēre = vīdērunt

tuus, -a, -um=your, yours (sg.)

sum, esse, fuī=to be

coniūnx, -iugis (m./f.)=spouse, wife

nē=not; + imperative, do not

stō, -āre, stetī, statum=to stand

arma, -ōrum (n. pl.)=arms, weapons

Aenēās volvēns oculōs dextramque repressit;
et iam iamque magis cunctantem flectere sermō
coeperat, īnfēlīx umerō cum appāruit altō

Aenēās, -ae (m.)=Aeneas

volvō, -ere, volvī, volūtum=to roll, turn over; oculōs volvēns, rolling his eyes

oculus, -ī (m.)=eye

dextra (dextera), -ae (f.)=right hand

-que=and

premō, -ere, pressī, pressum=to press; repressit, held back, checked

magis=more

cunctor, -ārī, -ātus sum=to delay, hesitate

flectō, -ere, flexī, flexum=to bend, sway

sermō, -ōnis (m.)=speech, conversation

coepiō, -ere, coepī, coeptum=to begin

īnfēlīx, -īcis=unhappy, ill-fated

umerus, -ī (m.)=shoulder

cum=conj., when

appāreō, -ēre, -uī, -itum=to appear, come into view

altus, -a, -um=high, lofty

balteus et nōtīs fulsēre cingula bullīs
Pallantis puerī, victum quem vulnere Turnus
strāverat atque umerīs inimīcum īnsigne gerēbat.

nōtus, -a, -um=known, familiar

Pallās, -antis (m.)=Pallas (son of Evander)

puer, -erī (m.)=boy, young man

vincō, -ere, vīcī, victum=to conquer; victum, the defeated (man)

quī, quae, quod=who, which, that

vulnus, -eris (n.)=wound

Turnus, -ī (m.)=Turnus

sternō, -ere, strāvī, strātum=to lay low, strike down

atque (ac)=and, and even

umerus, -ī (m.)=shoulder

inimīcus, -a, -um=unfriendly, hostile

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

P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid 12.919–944

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Tier 3

Tier 4 - Carmen Ipsum

Tier 4 - Carmen Ipsum (AP Core Vocabulary)

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