Vocabulary
This is the definition of the word timeō, -ēre, timuī.
What is "to fear, be afraid"?
The word order in this line is an example of this device.
sollemnēs taurum ingentem mactābat ad ārās.
What is chiasmus?
ferentēs is an example of this form of a verb.
What is a present active participle?
This is the translation of taurum ingentem mactābat.
This Trojan hero sets out to found a new Troy, which will one day become Rome.
Who is Aeneas?
This is the definition of the word anguis, -is m. f.
What is "snake, serpent"?
The word order in this line is an example of this device.
Sīc fātus validīs ingentem vīribus hastam
What is synchesis?
nē crēdite is an alternate form of this kind of verb. Please be as specific as possible.
What is a negative imperative?
This is the translation of in nostrōs mūrōs.
What is "against our walls"?
This priest to Neptune does not believe the Trojans should bring the horse into the city.
Who is Laocoon?
This is the definition of the word sorte.
What is "by lot"?
The repetition of aut in these lines is an example of this device.
Aut hōc inclūsī lignō occultantur Achīvī,
aut haec in nostrōs fabricāta est māchina mūrōs
What is anaphora?
inspectūra, a future active participle, is used in our passage to express this.
What is intent?
This is the translation of Sīc fātus.
What is "having spoken thus"?
Achīvī and Danaōs both refer to these people, who fought on one side of the Trojan War.
Who are the Greeks?
This is the definition of the word laevus, -a, -um.
What is "unfavorable"?
Also acceptable: What is "left-handed"?
The following clause, written in the second person, is an example of this device.
Priamīque arx alta manērēs.
What is an apostophe?
That's not an infinitive! This is what we call the form of the verbs insonuēre and dedēre, most likely done to metrical purposes.
What is "syncopated"?
This is the translation of Troiaque stāret.
What is "and Troy would stand"?
In Book 2 of the Aeneid, Aeneas is recounting the events of the Trojan War to this ruler.
Who is Queen Dido?
This is the definition of the word latebra, -ae f.
What is "hiding place, lair"?
tranquilla per alta. As in the opening lines of the Aeneid, using "deep" to refer to the sea is an example of what device?
What is metonymy?
In the protasis of this past contrary to fact sentence, fuisset is this tense and mood.
What is pluperfect subjunctive?
This is the translation of pariterque tendunt.
What is "and strive equally"?
This woman also warns the Trojans not to trust the horse left behind by the Greeks. Sadly, they do not heed her warning; after all, she was cursed so that no one would believe her when she spoke her prophecies.
Who is Cassandra?