Pudor, what should I do?
What case are pectore et armīs in line 11 and why are they in this case?
ablative of description
What case is bellō in line 87 and why is it in this case?
dative of purpose
Where else in the Aeneid (that we have read together) does this same line appear:
cōnūbiō iungam stabilī propriamque dicābō. (line 126)?
Aeneid I.73 when Juno is offering Aeolus Deiopeia as a bribe for helping her unleash the winds and wreak havoc on the Trojans' ships
Describe how Dido is dressed for the hunting expedition, and how the word order reflects this depiction. (lines 136-139)
She's wearing a lot of gold and purple, and line 139 is a GOLDEN line!
What case is metū (line 176) and why is it in this case?
ablative of cause
What poetic device is illustrated in:
Pūnica sē quantīs attollet glōria rēbus! (line 49)?
synchesis / golden line
To whom or what is Dido compared in lines 69-73? Give at least two adjectives or details to describe what Dido is being compared to.
an unsuspecting doe who wanders around wounded with the spear stuck in her side
What mood is āverteret (line 106) and why is it in this mood?
subjunctive in a purpose clause introduced by quō
What form are both darī and dēscendere in lines 158-159 and why are they in this form?
technically they are both objective infinitives with optat
How many eyes does Rumor have?
She has as many eyes as she has feather, ears, tongues and mouths. (lines 181-183)
What mood are dehīscat and adigat in lines 24-25 and why are they in this mood?
subjunctives in indirect command introduced by optem and an understood ut.
Give at least 3 reasons why Anna thinks that Dido should go for it with Aeneas (lines 31-53).
1. The dead don't care
2. Your neighbors aren't going to support you
3. You're facing threats from all around you and Aeneas could protect you!
4. The gods approve; why else would they send Aeneas our way?
Translate:
Nec mē adeō fallit veritam tē moenia nostra
suspectās habuisse domōs Karthāginis altae.
(lines 96-97)
Nor does it escape me that you, having feared our walls, held the homes of lofty Carthage suspect / with suspicion.
How does Vergil express his dismay over the joining of Dido and Aeneas (lines 165-172)? Be specific and detailed.
e.g. He calls their "marriage" ille diēs prīmus lētī prīmusque malōrum.
Translate line 188: tam fictī prāvīque tenāx quam nūntia vērī.
She is as persistent a messenger of truth as she is of fiction and depravity.
What form is carpēre (line 32)? Explain.
Carpēre is a poetic form for the2nd person singular present passive indicative carpēris.
Who is patrī Lyaeō (line 58) and why is he thus named?
Lyaeus = "the Liberator", an epithet for the wine god Bacchus, who, like Ceres and Apollo in these lines, was also associated with marriage
Find examples of sarcasm (1 from each) from both Juno's and Venus' speeches to each other (lines 93-104 and lines 107-114 respectively).
Juno: “Ēgregiam vērō laudem et spolia ampla refertis
tūque puerque tuus (magnum et memorābile nūmen),
ūna dolō dīvum sī fēmina victa duōrum est." (lines 93-95)
Venus: “Quis tālia dēmēns
abnuat aut tēcum mālit contendere bellō,
sī modo quod memorās factum fortūna sequātur?" (lines 107-109)
In addition to being a great example of chiasmus, line 165 (Spēluncam Dīdō dux et Trōiānus eandem) is also an example of hyperbaton. What is hyperbaton?
The separation of words that logically belong together, such as a noun-adjective pair, often used for emphasis or to create a word picture.
List at least 3 different poetic devices (with their Latin examples) in Vergil's description of Fama in lines 178-188.
e.g. extrēmam - enjambment (line 179)
prōgenuit pedibus...pernīcibus; celerem...mōnstrum horrendum - alliteration (lines 180 and 181)
tot...tot...tot - anaphora and hyperbole (lines 182-183)
lūmina - metonymy (line 185)
turribus aut altīs - anastrophe (line 187)
Detail the different grammatical constructions happening in each line in the following excerpt:
Sī mihi nōn animō fīxum immōtumque sedēret
nē cui mē vinclō vellem sociāre iugālī,
postquam prīmus amor dēceptam morte fefellit;
sī nōn pertaesum thalamī taedaeque fuisset,
huic ūnī forsan potuī succumbere culpae.
(lines 15-19)
Line 15 - Present Contrary to Fact Condition Protasis
Line 16 - Indirect Command
Line 17 - Temporal Clause
Line 18 - Past Contrary to Fact Condition Protasis
Line 19 - Simple / Factual Apodasis (with a complementary infinitive)
What is the practice of examining entrails called?
Ipsa tenēns dextrā pateram pulcherrima Dīdō
candentis vaccae media inter cornua fundit,
aut ante ōra deum pinguēs spatiātur ad ārās,
īnstauratque diem dōnīs, pecudumque reclūsīs
pectoribus inhiāns spīrantia cōnsulit exta
(lines 60-64)
haruspicy
How is the supine venātum (line 117) formed, used and translated?
1. The 4th principal part of the verb is transformed into a 4th declension noun.
2. It only exists in the ablative of description and accusative of purpose.
3. Both are translated like an infinitive (expressing purpose) in English: to...
Parse (i.e. explain the cases and grammatical construction(s) of each of the words) and translate the following line (137):
Sīdoniam pictō chlamydem circumdata limbō;
she (Dido), having been surrounded with respect to her Phoenician/Sidonian clock with embroidered fringe/border = she, dressed in...
Sīdoniam...chlamydem - accusative of respect
pictō...limbō - ablative of description or absolute
circumdata -perfect passive participle in the nominative feminine singular modifying an understood Dido, translated like a Greek middle voice
Which state has the same gerundive (eundō) in line 175 in its motto? Incidentally, the meaning of this motto mirrors the meaning of these lines, too (lines 175-177), though its motto is more about progress than actual physical growth.
New Mexico - Crescit Eundo = It grows as it goes.