Aeneid 1:124-131 Course Notes

Latin IV:  Vergil, Aeneid

Instructor:  James Ransom

June 15^th, 2014.

Aeneid 1:124-131

Course Notes

Interea magno misceri murmure pontum,
emissamque hiemem sensit Neptunus, et imis               125
stagna refusa vadis, graviter commotus; et alto
prospiciens, summa placidum caput extulit unda.
Disiectam Aeneae, toto videt aequore classem,
fluctibus oppressos Troas caelique ruina,
nec latuere doli fratrem Iunonis et irae.               130
Eurum ad se Zephyrumque vocat, dehinc talia fatur:

Interea magno misceri murmure pontum,
emissamque hiemem sensit Neptunus…

The temporal adverb “interea”= “meanwhile.”  The adjective “magno,” modifying “murmure,” is ablative singular neuter of magnus, magna, magnum.  “misceri” is present infinitive passive of misceo, miscere, miscui, mixtum, “to mingle, to mix.”  “murmure” is ablative singular of murmur, murmuris, n. (3^rd), “murmur.”  “pontum” is accusative singular of pontus, ponti, m. (2^nd), “sea.” 

“emissam” is perfect passive participle of emitto, emittere, emisi, emissum, “to send out.”  “hiemem” is accusative singular of hiems, hiemis, f. (3^rd), “winter; storm.”  “sensit” is third person singular perfect indicative active of sentio, sentire, sensi, sensum (4^th), “to sense, to perceive.” “Neptunus” is nominative of Neptunus, Neptunis, m. (2^nd), in the Roman pantheon, the equivalent to the Greek’s god Poseidon; “god of the sea.”

                                                       …et imis               125
stagna refusa vadis, graviter commotus;…

The conjunction “et” connects “hiemem” with “stagna” in the following line.  The adjective “imis,” modifying “vadis” in the following line, is ablative plural of imus, ima, imum, “lowest.” 

“stagna” is accusative plural of stagnum, stagni, n. (2^nd), stagnant water, a stagnant pool.  “refusa” is perfect passive participle of refundo, refundere, refudi, refusum (3^rd), “to pour back.”  “vadis” is ablative plural of vadum, vadi, n. (2^nd), “shallow, shoal.”  The adverb “graviter”=”heavily.” “commotus” is perfect passive participle of commoveo, commovere, commovi, commotum, “to stir up, create commotion.”   

                                                         …et alto
prospiciens, summa placidum caput extulit unda.

The conjunction “et” joins “sensit” with “extulit” in the following line.  “alto” is ablative singular of altum, alti, n. (2^nd), “the deep; on high.” 

“prospiciens” is present participle of prospicio, prospicere, prospexi, prospectum (3^rd), “to view, to have a frontal view.”   The superlative adjective “summa,” modifying “unda,”  is ablative singular feminine of summus, summa, summum, “the highest.”  The adjective “placidum,” qualifying “caput,” is accusative singular neuter of placidus, placida, placidum.  “caput,” the direct object of “extulit,” is accusative singular neuter of caput, capitis, n. (3^rd).  “extulit” is third person singular perfect indicative active of effero, effere, extuli, elatum. “unda” is ablative singular of unda, undae, f. (1^st), “wave.” 

Disiectam Aeneae, toto videt aequore classem,
fluctibus oppressos Troas caelique ruina,
nec latuere doli fratrem Iunonis et irae.               130

“Disiectam,” agreeing with “classem,” is perfect passive participle of disicio, disicere, disieci, disiectum (3), “to fling apart, scatter.”  “Aeneae” is genitive singular of Aeneas, Aeneae, m.; possessive genitive modifying “classem.”  The adjective “toto,” modifying “aequore,” is ablative singular neuter of totus, tota, totum, “whole.”  “videt” is third person singular present indicative active of video, videre, visi, visum. “aequore” is ablative singular of aequor, aequoris, n. (3^rd), “the sea.”  “classem” is accusative singular of classis, classis, f. (3^rd), “fleet.” 

“fluctibus” is a ablative plural of fluctus, fluctus, m. (4^th), “wave.” “oppressos,” agreeing with “Troas,” is perfect passive participle of opprimo, opprimere, oppressi, oppressum (3^rd) “to crush, to overwhelm.”  “Troas” is accusative plural of Troes, Troum, m., “Trojans.”  “caeli” is genitive singular of caelum, caeli, n. (2^nd), “heaven.”  “ruina” is ablative singular of ruina, ruinae, f. (1^st), “downfall, ruin”; instrumental ablative. 

“nec”=”neque.”  “latuere” is third person plural perfect indicative active of lateo, latere, latui (2^nd), “to lie concealed; to remain unknown.”  “doli” is nominative plural of dolus, doli, m. (2^nd), “fraud, treachery, deceit.” “fratrem” is accusative singular of frater, fratris, m. (3^rd), “Iunonis” is genitive singular of Iuno, Iuonis f. (3^rd).  “et” joins “doli” and “irae.” 

Eurum ad se Zephyrumque vocat, dehinc talia fatur:

“Eurum,” direct object of “vocat,” is accusative singular of Eurus, Euri, m. (2^nd), “the East Wind.”  The preposition “ad”+accusative, here “se.”  “se” is accusative singular of the reflexive pronoun, here referring to “Neptunus.”  “Zephyrum” is accusative singular of Zephyrum, Zephyri, m. (2^nd), “the West Wind.” “vocat” is third person singular present indicative active of voco, vocare, vocavi, vocatum (1^st); “Neptunus” is the subject.  The adverb “dehinc”=”thereupon, next.”  The adjective “talia,” qualifying “fatur” is accusative plural neuter of talis, tale, n., “of such kind.”  “fatur” is third person singular present indicative of the deponent for, fari, fatus sum, “to say, foretell.”