IV.31-59


 * //Aeneid// IV.31-59**

Anna says, "Oh, having been loved more than light by (me,) your sister, //sorori: dative of agent, in apposition with inferred "mihi"//
 * Anna refert: 'o luce magis dilecta sorori, **

will you, mourning through your endless youth, be consumed alone //capere: caperis//
 * solane perpetua maerens carpere iuventa **

and will you know neither sweet children nor rewards of Venus? //noris: noveris//
 * nec dulcis natos Veneris nec praemia noris? **

Do you believe that ashes or buried souls care about this?
 * id cinerem aut manes credis curare sepultos?  **

So be it: no suitors have moved you, sick (with love) at one time, //flexere: flexerunt//
 * 35 esto: aegram nulli quondam flexere mariti, **

not in Libya, not before in Tyre; Iarbas was scorned
 * non Libyae, non ante Tyr **** o; despectus Iarbas  **

and other leaders, whom the land of Africa, rich in triumphs,
 * ductoresque alii, quos Africa terra triumphis **

nourishes: will you even fight pleasing love?
 * dives alit: placitone etiam pugnabis amori?  **

does it not come into the mind in whose fields you settled? //consederis: subjunctive (ind. question)//
 * nec venit in mentem quorum consederis (in) arvis? **

On this side the Gaetulian cities, the race unconquerable in war,
 * 40 hinc Gaetulae urbes, genus insuperabile bello, **

and the unbridled Numidians and wild Syrtis surround (you);
 * et Numidae infreni cingunt et inhospita Syrtis;  **

On this side is the region, forsaken in thirst, and //enjambment//
 * hinc deserta siti regio lateque furentes **

the widely raging Barci. Why should I speak of the wars rising from Tyre //quid: cur// //Tyro: abl. of place which// //quid...minas? : praeteritio (saying you will pass over something but then you don't. ex: "I don't have to tell you how annoying you are Willem)//
 * Barcaei (sunt). quid bella Tyro surgentia dicam **

and the threats of your brother? //2 words in the line: unfinished work? on purpose? no one knows...//
 * germanique minas? **

Indeed I think that, with the gods being guides and Juno being favorable, //dis: deis//
 * 45 dis equidem auspicibus reor et Iunone secunda **

the Trojan ships held course to here with the wind. //tenuisse: perfect infinitive (ind. statement)// //Trojans are here for a reaosn//
 * hunc cursum Iliacas vento tenuisse carinas.  **

// What is this city (which) you will perceive (to rise), sister, what kingdoms (will you perceive) to rise //
 * quam tu urbem, soror, hanc cernes, quae surgere regna  **

with such a marriage! With arms of Trojans accompanying //Teurcrum: Teucrorum//
 * coniugio tali! Teucrum comitantibus armis  **

the Carthaginian glory will raise itself to what great matters!
 * Punica se quantis attollet gloria rebus!  **

You now ask the gods for forgiveness, and with the sacred things having been sacrificed, //sacris litatis: abl. absolute//
 * 50 tu modo posce deos veniam, sacrisque litatis **

indulge in hospitality and connect the reasons for delaying,
 * indulge hospitio causasque innecte morandi,  **

while winter rages on the sea and Orion is rainy,
 * dum (in) pelago desaevit hiems et aquosus Orion (est),  **

and ships are tossed, while the sky is not favorable." //dum, dum: anaphora//
 * quassataeque rates, dum non tractabile caelum.' **

With these words, she inflamed the mind with vehement love
 * His dictis impenso animum flammavit amore  **

and gave hope to the dubious mind and loosened the shame. //Dido is ready to be not honorable with Aeneas//
 * 55 spemque dedit dubiae menti solvitque pudorem. **

First, they seek shrines and peace through the altars;
 * principio delubra adeunt pacemque per aras  **

they sacrifice two year old sheep, chosen according to custom,
 * exquirunt; mactant lectas de more bidentes  **

to law-bearing Ceres and Apollo and father Bacchus,
 * legiferae Cereri Phoeboque patrique Lyaeo,  **

to Juno before all, to whom marriage bonds are a care. //curae: dative of purpose// //cui: dative of reference// //cui, curae: double dative//
 * Iunoni ante omnes, cui vincla iugalia (sunt) curae.  **