X.449-481


 * //Aeneid// X.449-481**



"Either I will be praised because of the rich spoils already stolen //spoliis opimis: when a leader beats another leader in hand to hand combat//
 * 'aut spoliis ego iam raptis laudabor opimis **

or because of a distinguished death: my father is equal to each fate.
 * 450 aut leto insigni: sorti pater aequus utrique est. **

Raise/remove (Stop) the threats." Having spoken, he proceeds into the middle of the plain;
 * tolle minas.' fatus medium procedit in aequor; **

cold blood comes together into the hearts to/for (of) the Arcadians.
 * frigidus Arcadibus coit in praecordia sanguis.  **

Turnus jumped down from the chariot, he prepared to go as a foot soldier
 * desiluit Turnus biiugis, pedes apparat ire **

at close quarters; and just as a lion, when he saw from the high hiding place
 * comminus; utque leo, specula cum vidit ab alta **

a bull standing in the fields far away, planning for battles, //indirect statement after vidit//
 * 455 stare procul campis meditantem in proelia taurum, **

flies forward, the image of coming Turnus is not otherwise (different).
 * advolat, haud alia est Turni venientis imago.  **

When he (Pallas) believed that this guy would be near to a sent spear/able to be touched by a sent spear,
 * hunc ubi contiguum missae fore credidit hastae,  **

Pallas went before/first, if any fortune would help him, having dared //ire: historical infinitive (translate as past verb)//
 * ire prior Pallas, si qua fors adiuvet ausum  **

**viribus imparibus, magnumque ita ad aethera fatur:** with ill-matched forced, and he speaks thus to the great heavens: aethera: accusative singular (magnum describes it)

**460 'per patris hospitium et mensas, quas advena adisti,** "By the hospitality and tables of my father, which you approached as a stranger, //hospitium et mensas: hendiadys// //per - by in a prayer of vow//

**te precor, Alcide, coeptis ingentibus adsis.** I beg you, Hercules, that you be present at the giant undertakings. adsis: jussive subjunctive //alcide: Greek vocative (Hercules is the son of Alcides)// //coeptis ingentibus: dat with adsis//

**cernat semineci sibi me rapere arma cruenta** Let him discern me stealing bloody arms from his half-dead self //cernat: jussive// //ind. statement with cernat//

**victoremque ferant morientia lumina Turni.'** and let the dying eyes of Turnus behold the victor."

**audiit Alcides iuvenem magnumque sub imo** Hercules heard the youth and suppresses a great

**465 corde premit gemitum lacrimasque effundit inanes.** groan deep under his heart and pours out empty tears.

**tum genitor natum dictis adfatur amicis:** Then the father addresses his son with friendly words:

**'stat sua cuique dies, breve et inreparabile tempus** "One's day is fixed for each person, the time of life is

**omnibus est vitae; sed famam extendere factis,** brief and irretrievable for all; but to extend reputation with deeds,

**hoc virtutis opus. Troiae sub moenibus altis** this is the work of virtue. Under the high walls of Troy //missing est with opus//

**470 tot gnati cecidere deum, quin occidit una** so many sons of gods have died, indeed

**Sarpedon, mea progenies; etiam sua Turnum** Sarpedon, my offspring, died together/at the same time; his own fates

**fata vocant metasque dati pervenit ad aevi.'** call even Turnus and he reaches the turning points of his given age/lifetime." //metas: reference to the chariot course in the circus.//

**sic ait, atque oculos Rutulorum reicit arvis.** He says thus and turns his eyes from the field of the Rutulians.

**at Pallas magnis emittit viribus hastam** But Pallas hurls his spear with great forces

**475 vaginaque cava fulgentem deripit ensem.** and pulls his shining sword from the hollow scabbard.

**illa volans umeri surgunt qua tegmina summa** It, flying, strikes where the upper protections of the shoulder (are),

**incidit, atque viam clipei molita per oras** and having forced a path through the edges of the shield

**tandem etiam magno strinxit de corpore Turni.** at last it even grazes (a part) of the great body of Turnus.

**hic Turnus ferro praefixum robur acuto** Here Turnus, balancing for a long time the wooden shaft, fixed with a pointed iron,

**480 in Pallanta diu librans iacit atque ita fatur:** tosses it at Pallas and says thus:

**'aspice num mage sit nostrum penetrabile telum.'** "See if our (my) weapon is more able to penetrate."