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Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Chapter I

Arma virumque cano

- Of arms and men I sign of!

arma, armorum (n.pl. in acc.) : arms, weapons

vir, viri (m. singular in acc.) : man

cano, canere, cecini, cantum (vt.) : to sing; to play; to speak in a singsong tone; chant; to sing the praise of, celebrate; to prophesy, predict, foretell


...cano: I sing (of) / 1st person present indicative




Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam fato profugus Laviniaque venit litora,
- Fated to be an exile, he was the first to sail from the land of Tory and reach Italy, at its Lavinian shore




multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum
- He was much harassed indeed both on land and sea beneath the violence of High ones,




saevae memorem lunonis ob iram,
- for Juno was ruthless and could not forget her anger

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