GCSE Latin - Aeneid book 9 Vocabulary

Aeneid book 9 - Vocab 1

acerrimus very keen

comitem companion

iaculo javelin

sagittis arrows

induit worn

intonsa unshaven

pariter side by side

ruebant rush

tum at that time

communi shared

dine? do?

adorem passion

cuique each person

fit become

dira keen

cupido desire

iamdudum for a long time now

invadere adventure

mens mind

placida peace

contenta satisfied with

cernis (you can) see

fiducia confidence

rerum circumstances

rara far apart

micant flickering

somno sleep

soluti relaxed

procubuere fallen unconscious

late far and wide

percipe consider

- Words listed in the order they appear in the text.- Each word in same form as found in verse.

- Taken from official AWS translation- -que suffixes emitted, -ve kept but not translated


porro furthermore

dubitem thinking

sententia plan

surgat rising

acciri summoned

exposcunt demand

mitti sent

certa intelligence

reportent report

posco ask

facti deed

fama fame

sat enough

tumulo hill

videor seems to me > I think

reperire find

muros walls

moenia city

Pallantea Pallanteum

protinus immediately

armati armed

incedunt set out

euntis as they went along

primorum manus band of the elite

votis prayers

gerens bearing

curam responsibility

virilem man

mandata orders

aurae winds

discerpunt tore apart


nubibus clouds

inrita unfulfilled

superant crossed

fossas ditches

umbram shadow

inimica enemy

passim here and there

herbam grass

fusa sprawled

arrectos tipped up

litore shore

currus chariots

lora reins

rotas wheels

simul alongside

iacere lay

ore aloud

locutus said

audendum must be brave

dextra right hand

ipsa itself

hac iter est here is the course of our journey

attollere come upon

tergo from behind

custodi take guard

consule look out

longe distance

vasta vast

dabo deal out

lato wide

limite path


impastus starving

ceu just like

plena crowded

leo lion

ovilia sheep pen

turbans running riot

suadet urges

vesana mad

fames hunger

mandit bites/chews

trahit drags off

molle gentle

pecus flock

mutum silent

metu fear/distress

fremit roars

cruento bloody

caedes slaughter

incensus enraged/incensed

perfurit stormed/raged

multam great mass

medio midst

sine nomine nameless

plebem inferiors/plebs

subit attacked/killed

ignaros off their guard

vigilantem keeping watch

cuncta everything

metuens afraid

cratera mixing-bowl

se tegebat hid himself


pectore chest

in adverso in front of/opposite

totum whole

cui as

comminus at close quarters

ensem sword

condidit buried

adsurgenti getting up

recepit drew it back out

multa morte grave death/floods of blood

purpuream crimson

vomit spewed up

animam breath/soul

sanguine blood

mixta mixed with

refert coughed up

moriens dying/as he died

furto secret mission

fervidus seething/raging

instat pressed on

socios companions

tendebat directed his attentions

ignem fire

deficere dying out

extremum at the edge

religatos tethered

rite duly

carpere grazing

gramem grass

equos horses

breviter quickly/hastily


talia these words

sensit noticed

nimia too much

caede slaughter

cupidine bloodlust

ferri carried away

absistamus we must stop (jussive)

lux light

inimica hostile

propinquat rising

poenarum punishment

exhaustam extracted

satis enough

via facta a path is made

interea meanwhile

praemissi sent out ahead

urbe Latina the Latins city

campis plain

instructa drawn up

moratur delaying

ibant making their way

Turno regi king Turnus

responsa answers

ter centum three hundred

scutati armed with a scutum (a long, wooden shield)

Volcente Volcens

magistro leader

iamque and now

propinquabant approaching

castris camp

subibant right beneath


procul from far away

hos these men

laevo left

flectentis turning down

limite path

cernunt saw

galea helmet

sublustri dim

prodidit betrayed

immemorem forgetful

radiis rays (of the moon)

adversa to his detriment

refulsit shone

haud temere not in vain

visum seen

agmine company

quae? what?

causa cause

quive? or who?

in armis carrying weapons

quove? or whither?

tenetis iter your journey hold > are you heading

tendere contra said in reply

celare hastened

fugam flight

silvas woods

fidere put their trust

obiciunt sese placed themselves

divortia junctions

nota well-known

hinc atque hinc on this side and that


aditum entrance

coronant surrounded

late far and wide

dumis thickets

ilice holm-oaks

horrida wild

densi dense/impenetrable

complerant filled

undique on all sides

sentes thorns

rara scattered

occultos hidden

lucebat shining

semita path

callis moorland

tenebrae darkness

ramorum branches

onerosa heavy (the weighing him down booty)

praeda booty

impediunt hindered

fallit tricked

regione direction

abit got away

imprudens unwittingly

evaserat escaped

stabula alta high stables (high altitude)

stetit halted

absentem missing

respexit looked back

regione place/area

reliqui left


quave? or where?

sequar find

rursus again

perplexum convoluted

revolvens retraced

fallacis treacherous

vestigia footprints

observata studied

legit noted

silentibus silent

errat wandered

strepitus loud noises

signa sequentum signals of the pursuers

in medio tempus in the interim

pervenit reached/pierced

fraude deceitfulness

turbante confusing

tumultu tumult

oppressum overwhelmed

rapit seized

conantem struggling

plurima again and again

frustra in vain

vi force

audeat dare

eripere rescue

sese inferat throw himself

medios in enses into the midst of their swords

moriturus destined to die

properet hasten


ocius immediately

adducto drawing his arm in (abl. ab)

torquet threw

hastile spear

lacerto arm

voce aloud

praesens closely

succurre assist

astrorum stars

decus glory

nemorum woods

Latonia daughter of Leto

custos guardian

umquam ever

si qua if in any way

aris altars

venatibus fruits of the hunts

auxi added/increased

suspendive hung

tholo shrine

sacra sacred

fastigia gables

fixi fixed

sine allow me

turbare throw into confusion

globum band of men

rege guide

tela spear

per auras through the air

toto entire

conixius striving

conicit flung


ferrum spear/weapon

hasta spear

volans flew

diverberat cleaved

umbras shadows

aversi turned round

in tergum into the back

frangitur broke

fisso splintered

transit passed through

praecordia heart

ligno wood

vomens spewing up

callidum warm

frigidus growing cold

longis singultibus heavy sobs

ilia sides

pulsat shook

hoc through this

acrior more eager

idem same man

ecce watch

telum spear

librabat balanced

trepidant panicked

tempus temples

utrumque both

stridens whirring

traiecto pierced

haesit stuck


tepefacta growing warm

cerebro brain

saevit rage

atrox fierce

teli of the spear

usquam nowhere

auctorem thrower/the person responsible

ardens burning

immittere attack

interea instead

calido warm

sanguine blood

poenas punishment

persolves pay

amborum both

recluso drew/unsheathed

ibat in attacked

vero indeed

exterritus terrified

amens out of his mind

se celare conceal himself

amplius any longer

potuit could

perferre endure

dolorem greif

feci did

convertite train (your weapons)

fraus deception

iste that boy

ausus dared

conscia watchful


sidera stars

testor call to witness

tantum merely

nimium too much

dilexit loved

viribus with full force

adactus driven home

transadigit pierced

costas ribs

candida white

pectora breast

rumpit broke

leto in death

artus limbs

it went

cruor blood/gore

umeros shoulders

cervix neck

conlapse collapsed

recumbit sank

purpureus purple

veluti just as

flos flower

succisus cut

aratro plough

languescit wilts

moriens in death

lassove weary

papavera poppies

collo neck

demisere bend


caput heads

pluvia rain

forte by chance

gravantur weighed down

at but

solum alone

moratur intent

glomerati gathered

communis at close quarters

proturbant drive off

instat pressed on

setius nonetheless

rotat whirled

fulmineum flashing

donec until

clamantis screaming

in ore in the face

condidit buried

adverso opposing

animam soul

abstulit stole

super on top of

exanimum lifeless

sese proiecit flung himself

confossus wounded fatally

placida calm

demum at last

quievit found peace

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