Translation
Mūsa, mihī causās memorā
Muse, remind me the causes
quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.
ferentes: principal parts
fero, ferre, tuli, latum
quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore [qui redit exuvias indutus Achilli]
type of subordinate clause?
Relative clause introduced with qui
The Aeneid resembles the epic poems of...?
Homer (Iliad & Odyssey)
agri: nominative singular
ager
Tantae mōlis erat Rōmānam condere gentem.
It was such a great burden to found the Roman tribe/race.
Laocoonta ferunt, sacrum qui cuspide robur laeserit et tergo sceleratam intorserit hastam.
Parse: laeserit & intorserit
3rd singular perfect active subjunctive
(the subordinate clause is in an indirect statement after "ferunt" and thus its verb are in the subjunctive instead of the anticipated indicative)
Primus ibi ante omnis magna comitante caterva
Laocoon ardens summa decurrit ab arce,
comitante caterva: identify the grammar concept and explain why
ablative absolute
Who is the queen who welcomes Aeneas?
Dido
Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco.
miseris: same case, number, gender in the SUPERLATIVE degree
miserrimis
Parce metu, Cytherea: manent immota tuorum
fata tibi
Spare the fear, Cytherea; the fate of your (people) remains unmoved for you
dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis.
urbis: genitive plural
urbium (i-stem)
Sed regna Tyri germanus habebat Pygmalion
regna: case & number? case usage?
accusative plural - DO
Who warns the Trojans not to trust the wooden horse?
Laocoon
In freta dum fluvii current, dum montibus umbrae
lustrabunt convexa, polus dum sidera pascet,
semper honos nomenque tuum laudesque manebunt,
What clause is the one introduced with dum? How is this conjunction translated?
Temporal clause
dum = when, while, until
huc se provecti deserto in litore condunt;
Having carried themselves there, they hide in a deserted shore
qualis erat
erat: same person, number, tense in the subjunctive?
esset
Ille Sychaeum impius ante aras, atque auri caecus amore, clam ferro incautum superat,
ferro: case & number? case usage?
ablative singular - means/instrument
Whose ghost appears to Aeneas warning him to flee Troy?
Hector
fracti bello fatisque repulsi
parse facti
bello: case, number, and why?
perfect passive participle, nominative plural
ablative singular - means
aut ulla putatis dona carere dolis Danaum? sic notus Ulixes?
Or do you think that any gifts of the Greeks lack tricks? This how Odysseus is known?
vulneraque illa gerens
gerens: parse it
present active participle of "gero"
creditis avectos hostes?
avectos: parse it and explain the grammar concept/construction
avectos (esse): perfect passive infinitive
Indirect statement after "creditis" (believe): infinitive with an accusative subject (hostes)
The two serpents that attack Laocoon represent who?
Agamemnon and Menelaus
Scan the following line metrically:
turbine corripuit scopulōque īnfīxit acūtō
- υ υ - υ υ - | υ υ - - - υ υ - x
turbine corripuit scopulōqu(e ī)nfīxit acūtō