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|[[tu2|Tu]] [[clavum]] [[umbonis]] [[s[[tu2|tu]]deas]] [[retinere]], [[sinistra2|sinistra]],
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|{{Commentary|''Clavum umbonis'': “the handle/grip of the shield”
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|[[Atque]] [[ebori]] [[digitos]] [[circumfer]] [[glutine]] [[fixos]]!
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|[[Portasti]] [[spatia]], [[ex]] [[Avarum]] [[nam1|nam]] [[sedibus]] [[altis]]!'
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 2.464-465.: ''altis/ sedibus. . .'' ‘From the lofty place. . .’
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|[[ille2|Ille]] [[dehinc]]: '[[invitus]] [[agis]], [[si]] [[sponte]] [[recusas]].
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|{{Commentary|''Invitus…sponte'': a paradoxical contrast, i.e., “you’re not doing what you actually want.”
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|[[x [[solum3|Solum]] [[parmam]], [[sed1|sed]] [[equum]] [[cum2|cum]] [[virgine]] [[et]] [[auro]]
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|[[Reddes]]: [[tum]] [[demum]] [[scelerum]] [[cruciamina]] [[pendes]].'
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|[[Haec]] [[ait]] [[et]] [[notum]] [[vagina]] [[diripit]] [[ensem]].
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 10.475: ''vaginaque cava fulgentem deripit ensem. '' ‘He plucks his flashing sword from its hollow scabbard.’ 12.759: ''notumque efflagitat ensem. '' ‘He clamours for the sword he knows.’
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 12.707-708.: ''stupet ipse Latinus/ ingentis, genitos diversis partibus orbis,/ inter se coiisse viros et cernere ferro. '' ‘Latinus himself is amazed that these mighty men, born in different parts of the world, have met together and are deciding the outcome with the sword.’ 12.713-714.: ''tum crebros ensibus ictus/ congeminant. '' ‘Then with the sword they redouble blow on blow.’
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|[[Concurrunt]].  [[stupuit]] [[Vosegus]] [[haec]] [[fulmina]] [[et]] [[ictus]].
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|{{Commentary|''Vosegus'': the landscape is personified as an observer.
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 12.707-708.: ''stupet ipse Latinus/ ingentis, genitos diversis partibus orbis,/ inter se coiisse viros et cernere ferro. '' ‘Latinus himself is amazed that these mighty men, born in different parts of the world, have met together and are deciding the outcome with the sword.’ 12.713-714.: ''tum crebros ensibus ictus/ congeminant. '' ‘Then with the sword they redouble blow on blow.’
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|[[olli3|Olli]] [[sublimes]] [[animis]] [[ac]] [[grandibus]] [[armis]],
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|{{Parallel|''Aeneid'' 12.788-789.: ''olli sublimes armis animisque refecti,/ hic gladio fidens, hic acer et arduus hasta. . . '' ‘At full height, in arms and heart renewed, one trusting to his sword, the other fiercely towering with his spear. . .’ 11.291: ''ambo insignes praestantibus armis . '' ‘Both were renowned for courage, both eminent in arms.’
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|[[hic2|Hic]] [[gladio]] [[fidens]], [[hic2|hic]] [[acer]] [[et]] [[arduus]] [[hasta]],
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|{{Parallel|''Aeneid'' 12.788-789.: ''olli sublimes armis animisque refecti,/ hic gladio fidens, hic acer et arduus hasta. . . '' ‘At full height, in arms and heart renewed, one trusting to his sword, the other fiercely towering with his spear. . .’ 11.291: ''ambo insignes praestantibus armis . '' ‘Both were renowned for courage, both eminent in arms.’
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|[[Inter]] [[se4|se]] [[multa]] [[et]] [[valida]] [[vi]] [[proelia]] [[miscent]].
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|{{Parallel|''Aeneid'' 12.720: ''illi inter sese multa vi vulnera miscent''. ‘With mighty force they deal mutual wounds.’ ''Georgics ''3.220: ''illi alternantes multa vi proelia miscent. '' ‘In alternate onset they join battle with mighty force.’
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|[[Non]] [[sic]] [[nigra]] [[sonat]] [[percussa]] [[securibus]] [[ilex]],
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 6.180: ''sonat icta securibus ilex. '' ‘The ilex rings to the stroke of the axe.’ 9.381: ''silva fuit late dumis atque ilice nigra. '' ‘The forest spread wide with thickets and dark ilex.’ ''Eclogue ''6.54: ''ilice sub nigra. . .'' ‘Under a dark ilex. . .’
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|[[ut1|Ut]] [[dant]] [[tinnitus]] [[galeae1|galeae]] [[clipeique]] [[resultant]].
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 9.808-809.: ''strepit adsiduo cava tempora circum/ tinnitu galea. '' ‘Round his hollow temples the helmet echoes with ceaseless clash.’
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|[[Mirantur]] [[Franci1|Franci]], [[quod3|quod]] [[non]] [[lassesceret]] [[heros]]
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|[[Waltharius]], [[cui1|cui]] [[nulla]] [[quies]] [[spatiumve]] [[dabatur]].
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 12.696: ''spatiumque dedere.'' ‘They gave him room.’
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|[[Emicat]] [[hic2|hic]] [[impune]] [[putans]] [[iam]] [[Wormatiensis]]
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 12.728-729.: ''emicit hic impune putans et corpore toto/ alte sublatum consurgit Turnus in ensem/ et ferit. . .at perfidus ensis/ frangitur in medioque ardentem deserit ictu. '' ‘Turnus springs forward, thinking it safe, he rises full height on his uplifted sword, and strikes. . .But the treacherous sword snaps, and in mid stroke fails its ardent lord.’
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|[[Alte]] [[et]] [[sublato]] [[consurgit]] [[fervidus]] [[ense]],
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|[[Hoc]] [[ictu]] [[memorans]] [[semet]] [[finire]] [[duellum]].
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|[[Intercepit]] [[et]] [[ignarum]] [[dimittere]] [[ferrum]]
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 10.402: ''medius Rhoeteus intercipit''. ‘Rhoeteus intercepts [it] midway.’
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|[[Cogebat]].  [[procul]] [[in]] [[dumis]] [[resplenduit]] [[ensis]].
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 12.741: ''fulva resplendent fragmina harena.'' ‘The fragments glitter on the yellow sand.’
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|[[hic2|Hic]] [[ubi]] [[se1|se]] [[gladio]] [[spoliatum]] [[vidit]] [[amico]],
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|{{Parallel|''Aeneid'' 12.733-734.: ''fugit ocior Euro/ ut capulum ignotum dextramque aspexit inermem. '' ‘Swifter than the East Wind he flies, as soon as he sees an unknown hilt in his defenceless hand.’
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|[[Accelerare]] [[fugam]] [[fruticesque]] [[volebat]] [[adire]].
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|{{Parallel|''Aeneid'' 12.733-734.: ''fugit ocior Euro/ ut capulum ignotum dextramque aspexit inermem. '' ‘Swifter than the East Wind he flies, as soon as he sees an unknown hilt in his defenceless hand.’
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<br />''Aeineid'' 9.378: ''celerare fugam in silvas. '' ‘They speed their flight to the wood.’
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|[[Alpharides]] [[fretus]] [[pedibus]] [[viridique]] [[iuventa]]
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|{{Commentary|''Alpharides'': a Greek-style patronymic for Waltharius, whose father is Alphares.
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 5.430: ''ille pedum melior motu fretusque iuventa. . . '' ‘The one nimbler of foot and confident in his youth. . .’ 5.295: ''Euryalus forma insignis viridique iuventa. . .'' ‘Euryalus famed for beauty and flower of youth. . .’
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|[[Insequitur]] [[dicens1|dicens]]: '[[quonam]] [[fugis]]? [[accipe]] [[scutum]]!'
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 5.430: ''ille pedum melior motu fretusque iuventa. . . '' ‘The one nimbler of foot and confident in his youth. . .’ 5.295: ''Euryalus forma insignis viridique iuventa. . .'' ‘Euryalus famed for beauty and flower of youth. . .’
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<br />''Aeineid'' 10.649: ''quo fugis, Aenea? thalamos ne desere pactos. '' ‘Where are you fleeing, Aeneas? Forsake not your plighted marriage.’ 12.359-360.: ''en agros et quam bello, Troiane, petisti,/ Hesperiam metire iacens. '' ‘See, Trojan, the fields and that Hesperia that you sought in war: lie there and measure them out!’
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|[[Et]] [[ferit]].  [[ille]] [[cadit]], [[clipeus]] [[superintonat]] [[ingens1|ingens]].
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|[[Nec]] [[tardat]] [[iuvenis]]: [[pede1|pede]] [[collum]] [[pressit]] [[et]] [[hasta]]
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 12.356-357.: ''pede collo/ impresso dextrae mucronem extorquet et alto/ fulgentem tingit iugulo.'' ‘Planting his foot on his neck, he wrests the sword from his hand and dyes the glittering blade deep in his throat.’
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|[[Divellens]] [[parmam]] [[telluri]] [[infixerat]] [[illum2|illum]].
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|[[ipse2|Ipse]] [[oculos]] [[vertens]] [[animam]] [[sufflavit]] [[in]] [[auram]].
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|[[Sextus]] [[erat]] Patavrid.  [[soror]] [[hunc2|hunc]] [[germana]] [[Haganonis]]
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 10.810-811: ''Lausum increpitat Lausoque minatur: ‘quo moriture ruis maioraque viribus audes?/ fallit te incautum pietas tua.’ '' ‘He chides Lausus and threatens Lausus: “Where are you rushing to death, with your daring beyond your strength? Your love is betraying you into rashness.” ’
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 10.810-811: ''Lausum increpitat Lausoque minatur: ‘quo moriture ruis maioraque viribus audes?/ fallit te incautum pietas tua.’ '' ‘He chides Lausus and threatens Lausus: “Where are you rushing to death, with your daring beyond your strength? Your love is betraying you into rashness.” ’
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|[[Vocibus]] [[et]] [[precibus]] [[conatur]] [[avunculus]] [[inde]]
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|[[Flectere]] [[proclamans]]: '[[quonam]] [[ruis]]? [[aspice]] [[mortem]],
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 12.60: ''unum oro: desiste manum committere Teucris.'' ‘One boon I beg: forbear to join combat with the Trojans.’ 10.814-815.: ''extrema Lauso/ Parcae fila legunt. '' ‘The Fates gather up Lausus’ last threads.’
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|[[Fila]] [[legunt]].  [[o]] [[care]] [[nep[[o]]s1|nep[[o]]s]], [[te3|te]] [[mens]] [[tua2|tua]] [[fallit]].
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 10.812: ''fallit te incautum pietas tua. '' ‘Your love is betraying you into rashness.’
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|[[Desine]]!  [[Waltharii]] [[tu1|tu]] [[denique]] [[viribus1|viribus]] [[impar]].'
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 12.800: '' desine iam tandem. '' ‘Cease now, I pray you.’ 10.458-459.: ''si qua fors adiuvet ausum/ viribus imparibus. . .'' ‘In the hope that chance would aid the venture of his ill-matched strength. . .’ Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 5.610: ''ego viribus inpar. . .'' ‘I, being ill-matched in strength. . .’ Lucan, '' De Bello Civili'' 2.607-608.: ''sic viribus inpar/ tradidit Hesperiam.'' ‘Thus he surrendered Italy to his stronger rival.’
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|{{Parallel|Prudentius, ''Psychomachia'' 478-479.: ''nec parcit propriis amor insatiatus habendi/ pigneribus.'' ‘The insatiable love of possession spares not his own dear ones.’ ''Hamartigenia'' 254-255.: ''sorbeat ut cumulos nummorum faucibus amplis/ gurges avaritiae, finis quam nullus habendi/ temperat. . .inde seges scelerum, radix et sola malorum. '' ‘The maw of greed swallows piles of money down its wide throat, since no limit of possession controls it. . .Hence comes a crop of sins and the sole root of evil.’ ''Epistula Ad Timotheum I'' 6.10: ''radix enim omnium malorum est cupiditas. '' ‘For the desire of money is the root of all evils.’
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|[[Gurges]] [[avaritiae]], [[cunctorum]] [[fibra]] [[malorum]]!
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|{{Commentary|''Fibra equiv. to radix''
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}}
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|{{Parallel|Prudentius, ''Psychomachia'' 478-479.: ''nec parcit propriis amor insatiatus habendi/ pigneribus.'' ‘The insatiable love of possession spares not his own dear ones.’ ''Hamartigenia'' 254-255.: ''sorbeat ut cumulos nummorum faucibus amplis/ gurges avaritiae, finis quam nullus habendi/ temperat. . .inde seges scelerum, radix et sola malorum. '' ‘The maw of greed swallows piles of money down its wide throat, since no limit of possession controls it. . .Hence comes a crop of sins and the sole root of evil.’ ''Epistula Ad Timotheum I'' 6.10: ''radix enim omnium malorum est cupiditas. '' ‘For the desire of money is the root of all evils.’
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDSSDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[O]] [[utinam]] s[[o]]lum [[gluttires]] [[dira]] [[metallum]]
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|
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|{{Commentary|''Dira'': sc.'' Avaritia''
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}}
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|
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSSSDS|hiatus=o utinam}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Divitiasque]] [[alias1|alias]], [[homines]] [[impune]] [[remittens]]!
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|860
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|
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|
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDDSDS|elision=divitiasque alias}}
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|
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|-
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|[[sed1|Sed]] [[tu1|tu]] [[nunc]] [[homines]] [[perverso1|perverso]] [[numine]] [[perflans]]
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|
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 7.584: ''contra fata deum perverso numine poscunt. '' ‘Despite the oracles of gods, with perverse will clamour for unholy war.’
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDSSDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Incendis]] [[nullique]] [[suum3|suum]] [[iam]] [[sufficit]].  [[ecce]]
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=SSDSDS}}
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|-
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|[[Non]] [[trepidant]] [[mortem]] [[pro]] [[lucro]] [[incurrere]] [[turpem]].
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|
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSSSDS|elision=lucro incurrere}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Quanto]] [[plus2|plus]] [[retinent]], [[tanto2|tanto]] [[sitis]] [[ardet]] [[habendi]].
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|
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|{{Parallel|Boethius, ''Philosophiae Consolationis ''2.2.17-18.: ''largis potius muneribus fluens/ sitis ardescit habendi.'' ‘Even in those whose wealth is overflowing, the thirst for gain still burns.’'' ''2.5.26: ''fervens amor ardet habendi.'' ‘The hot lust for gain burns.’
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDSDDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[externis2|Externis]] [[modo]] [[vi]] [[modo]] [[furtive]] [[potiuntur]]
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|865
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|{{Commentary|''Retinent equiv. to habent''<br />''Tanto'': sc.'' magis''
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDDSDS}}
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|-
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|[[Et]], [[quod5|quod]] [[plus2|plus]] [[renovat]] [[gemitus]] [[lacrimasque]] [[ciebit]],
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|
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 6.468: ''lacrimasque ciebat.'' ‘He stirred up tears.’
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDDDDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Caeligenas]] [[animas]] [[Erebi]] [[fornace]] [[retrudunt]].
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|
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|{{Commentary|''Caeligenas'': “born from heaven”
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}}
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|
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDDSDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Ecce]] [[ego]] [[dilectum]] [[nequeo]] [[revocare]] [[nepotem]],
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|
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSDDDS|elision=ecce ego}}
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|
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|-
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|[[stimulatus [[enim1|Enim]] [[de]] [[te1|te]] est, [[o]] [[saeva]] cupid[[o]].
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|
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|
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|{{Parallel|Statius, ''Silvae ''2.1.214: ''saeva cupido. . . '' ‘Fierce desire. . .’
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDSSDS|elision=te est}}
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|
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|-
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|[[En]] [[caecus]] [[mortem]] [[properat]] [[gustare]] [[nefandam]]
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|870
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Secundum Mattheum ''16.28: ''non gustabunt mortem.'' ‘They will not taste death.’
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=SSDSDS}}
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|-
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|[[Et]] [[vili]] [[pro]] [[laude]] [[cupit]] [[descendere]] [[ad]] [[umbras]].
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|
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 6.404: ''imas Erebi descendit ad umbras. '' ‘He descends to the lowest shades of Erebus.’
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=SSDSDS|elision=descendere ad}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Heu]], [[mihi]] [[care]] [[nepos1|nepos]], [[quid5|quid]] [[matri]], [[perdite]], [[mandas]]?
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|
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|{{Commentary|''Quid equiv. to Quae ultima verba''
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDSSDS}}
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|-
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|[[quis3|Quis]] [[nuper]] [[ductam]] [[refovebit]], [[care]], [[maritam]],
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|{{Meter|scansion=SSDSDS}}
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|-
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|[[Cui]] [[nec]], [[rapte]] [[spei]], [[pueri]] [[ludicra]] [[dedisti]]?
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|
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|{{Commentary|''Pueri'': objective genitive
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}}
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|{{Parallel|Prudentius, ''Psychomachia'' 298: ''expertus pueri quid possint ludicra parvi.'' ‘He found what a little child’s toy can do.’
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=SSDSDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[quis1|Quis]] [[tibi1|tibi]] [[nam1|nam]] [[furor]] [[est]]? [[unde]] [[haec1|haec]] [[dementia]] [[venit]]?'
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|875
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Georgics ''4.495: ''quis tantus furor? '' ‘What dreadful madness. . .?’ ''Aeineid'' 5.670: ''quis furor iste novus? '' ‘What strange madness is this?’ Prudentius, ''Psychomachia'' 351: ''quis furor insanas agitat caligine mentes? '' ‘What blinding madness is vexing your disordered minds?’ ''Aeineid'' 6.373: ''unde haec, o Palinure, tibi tam dira cupido? '' ‘Whence, Palinurus, comes this wild longing of yours?’9.601: ''quae vos dementia adegit?'' ‘What madness has driven you?’
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDSSDS|elision=unde haec}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Sic]] [[ait]] [[et]] [[gremium]] [[lacrimis]] [[conspersit]] [[obortis]],
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|
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 4.30: ''sic effata sinum lacrimis implevit obortis. '' ‘So saying, she filled her breast with upwelling tears.’ 3.492: ''hos ego digrediens lacrimis adfabar obortis.'' ‘My tears welled up as I spoke to them my parting words.’ 6.867: ''tum pater Anchises lacrimis ingressus obortis. '' ‘Then, as his tears well up, Father Anchises begins.’
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDDSDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Et]] [[longum]] '[[formose]], [[vale]]' [[singultibus]] [[edit]].
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Eclogue ''3.79: ''et longum, ‘formose, vale, vale,’ inquit, Iolla. '' ‘She cried in halting accents, Iollas: “Farewell, farewell, my lovely!” ’
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=SSDSDS}}
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|-
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|[[Waltharius]], [[licet3|licet]] [[alonge]], [[socium]] [[fore]] [[maestum]]
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|
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|{{Commentary|''Alonge'': cf. note on line 480.
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDSDDS}}
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|-
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|[[Attendit]], [[clamorque]] [[simul]] [[pervenit]] [[ad]] [[aures]].
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 2.81: ''pervenit ad aures. . .'' ‘It has brought to your ears. . .’ 2.119: ''vulgi quae vox ut venit ad auris. . .'' ‘When this utterance came to the ears of the crowd. . .’ 9.395-396: ''cum clamor ad auris/ pervenit. . . '' ‘When a cry reaches his ears. . .’
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=SSDSDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Unde]] [[incursantem]] [[sic]] [[est affatus]] [[equestrem]]:
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|880
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 6.666: ''quos circumfusos sic est adfata Sibylla. '' ‘These as they streamed round, the Sibyl thus addressed.’
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=SSSSDS|elision=unde incursantem}}
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|
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|-
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|[[[accipe]] [[consilium]], [[iuvenis1|iuvenis]] [[clarissime]], [[nostrum1|nostrum]]
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|
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 1.676: ''nostram nunc accipe mentem. '' ‘Take now my thought.’
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDDSDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Et]] [[te4|te]] [[conservans]] [[melioribus]] u[[te4|te]]re [[fatis]].
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|
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 6.546:'' i decus, i, nostrum; melioribus utere fatis. '' ‘Go, you who are our glory, go; enjoy a happier fate!’ 1.207: ''vosmet rebus servate secundis.'' ‘Live for a happier day.’
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=SSDDDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Desine]], [[nam1|nam]] [[tua2|tua]] [[te3|te]] [[fervens]] [[fiducia]] [[fallit]]!
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDSSDS}}
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|-
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|[[Heroum]] [[tot]] [[cerne]] [[neces]] [[et]] [[cede]] [[duello]],
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|
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|{{Commentary|''Cede equiv. to discede''
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=SSDSDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Ne]] [[suprema]] [[videns1|videns]] [[hostes]] [[facias]] [[mihi]] [[plures]].'
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|885
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|
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDSDDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[[quid5|Quid]] [[de]] [[morte]] [[mea]] [[curas]],' [[ait]] [[ille3|ille]], '[[tyranne]]?
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|
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 12.48-49.: ''quam pro me curam geris, hanc precor, optime, pro me/ deponas. '' ‘The care you have on my behalf, most gracious lord, on my behalf, I pray, resign.’
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDSDDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Est]] [[modo]] [[pugnandum]] [[tibimet]], [[non]] [[sermocinandum]].'
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|
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeneid'' 12.890: ''non cursu, saevis certandum est comminus armis.'' ‘Not in a race, but hand to hand with savage weapons, must we contend.’
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSDSDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Dixit]] [[et]] [[in]] [[verbo]] [[nodosam]] [[dest[[in]]at]] hastam,
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|
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 9.743-744.: '' dixerat. Ille rudem nodis et cortice crudo/ intorquet summis adnixus viribus hastam; excepere aurae; vulnus Saturnia Iuno/ detorsit veniens, portaeque infigitur hasta.'' ‘He ended; the other, striving with all his might, hurls his spear, rough with knots and unpeeled bark. The winds received it; Saturnian Juno turned aside the coming blow, and the spear lodges in the gate.’ 6.547: ''tantum effatus, et in verbo. . . '' ‘Thus much he said and, as he spoke. . .’
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSSSDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Cuspide]] [[quam2|quam]] [[propria]] [[divertens]] [[transtulit]] [[heros]].
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|
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 9.743-744.: '' dixerat. Ille rudem nodis et cortice crudo/ intorquet summis adnixus viribus hastam; excepere aurae; vulnus Saturnia Iuno/ detorsit veniens, portaeque infigitur hasta.'' ‘He ended; the other, striving with all his might, hurls his spear, rough with knots and unpeeled bark. The winds received it; Saturnian Juno turned aside the coming blow, and the spear lodges in the gate.’ 6.547: ''tantum effatus, et in verbo. . . '' ‘Thus much he said and, as he spoke. . .’
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDSSDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[quae4|Quae]] [[subvecta]] [[choris]] [[ac]] [[viribus]] [[ac]]ta [[furentis]]
 +
|890
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|{{Commentary|''Choris equiv. to Cauris''/''Coris'', i.e., ''ventis''.
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}}
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|
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDSDDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[In]] [[castrum]] [[venit]] [[atque]] [[pedes1|pedes]] [[stetit]] [[ante]] [[puellae]].
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|
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|{{Commentary|''In castrum'': i.e., behind Waltharius, to the open space past the cliffs where Hiltgunt, the horses, and the treasure are.
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDDDDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[ipsa1|Ipsa]] [[metu]] [[perculsa]] [[sonum]] [[prompsit]] [[muliebrem]].
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|
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 1.513-514.:'' percussus Achates/ laetitiaque metuque. . . '' ‘Achates, thrilled with joy and fear. . .’
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSDSDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[At]] [[postquam]] [[tenuis]] [[redit]] [[in]] [[praecordia]] [[sanguis]],
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|
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 10.452: ''frigidus Arcadibus coit in praecordia sanguis.'' ‘Cold blood gathers at the hearts of the Arcadians.’ 2.367: ''redit in praecordia virtus.'' ‘Valour returns to the hearts.’
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}}
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|
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDDSDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[paulum1|Paulum]] [[suspiciens]] [[spectat]], [[num1|num]] [[viveret]] [[heros]].
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|
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|{{Commentary|''Suspiciens'': in its literal sense, unlike in e.g. line 568.
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDSSDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Tum]] [[quoque]] [[vir]] [[fortis1|fortis]] [[Francum]] [[discedere]] [[bello1|bello]]
 +
|895
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|{{Commentary|''Francum'': Patavrid
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}}
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 2.109: '' discedere bello. . .'' ‘To depart from the war. . .’
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSSSDS}}
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|-
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|[[Iussit]].  [[at]] [[ille3|ille]] [[furens]] [[gladium]] [[nudavit]] [[et]] [[ipsum3|ipsum]]
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|
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|{{Commentary|''Ipsum'': Waltharius
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}}
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 10.474-475.: ''magnis emittit viribus hastam/ vaginaque cava fulgentem deripit ensem.'' ‘He hurls his spear with all his strength and plucks his flashing sword from its hollow scabbard.’ 9.548: ''ense levis nudo. . .'' ‘Lightly accoutred with naked sword. . .’
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDDSDS}}
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|-
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|[[Incurrens]] [[petiit]] [[vulnusque]] [[a]] [[vertice]] libr[[a]]t.
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|
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|{{Commentary|''Vulnus'' equiv. to ''gladium'', as often; cf. line 903 below.
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}}
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 2.529:'' ardens infesto vulnere''. . .'' '' ‘Eager to strike. . .’ 5.436: '' duro crepitant sub vulnere malae.'' ‘Cheeks rattle under the hard strokes.’ 9.417: ''aliud summa telum librabat ab aure. '' ‘He balances another weapon close to his ear.’ 5.444: ''ictum venientem a vertice. . .'' ‘The down-coming blow. . .’
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDSSDS|elision=vulnusque a}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Alpharides]] [[parmam]] [[demum]] [[concusserat]] [[aptam]]
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSSSDS}}
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|-
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|[[Et]] [[spumantis]] [[apri]] fren[[de]]ns [[de]] [[more]] [[tacebat]].
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 1.324: ''spumantis apri'' ''cursum. . . '' ‘The track of a foaming boar. . .’ 4.158-159.: ''spumantemque dari pecora inter inertia votis/ optat aprum.'' ‘He prays that amid the timorous herds a foaming boar may be granted to his vows.’ 10.718: '' dentibus infrendens. . . '' ‘With gnashing teeth. . .’
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDSSDS}}
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|-
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|[[ille3|Ille]] [[ferire]] [[volens]] [[se5|se]] [[pronior]] [[omnis1|omnis]] [[ad]] [[ictum]]
 +
|900
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|{{Commentary|''Pronior'': comparative for positive, as often; cf. ''citius, ocius'' below.
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}}
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 5.147: ''pronique in verbera pendent. '' ‘They bend forward to the lash.’ 10.586: ''pronus pendens in verbera. . . '' ‘Leaning forward to the stroke. . .’
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDSDDS}}
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|
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|-
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|[[Exposuit]], [[sed1|sed]] [[Waltharius]] [[sub]] [[tegmine]] [[flexus]]
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|
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 12.491-492.: ''se collegit in arma/ poplite subsidens. '' ‘He gathered himself behind his shield, sinking upon his knee.’
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSDSDS}}
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|-
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|[[Delituit]] [[corpusque]] [[suum]] [[contraxit]], [[et]] [[ecce]]
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSDSDS}}
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|-
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|[[Vulnere]] [[delusus]] [[iuvenis]] [[recidebat]] [[ineptus]].
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|
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 5.446-447.: ''Entellus vires in ventum effudit et. . .ad terram pondere vasto/ concidit.'' ‘Entellus spent his strength on air, and in his huge bulk fell to earth.’
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSDDDS}}
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|-
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|[[finis2|Finis]] [[erat1|erat]], [[nisi]] [[quod3|quod]] [[genibus]] [[tellure1|tellure]] [[refixis]]
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|{{Commentary|Comments on the events of lines 900-902.<br />''Erat…accubuit…cavebat equiv. to fuisset…accubuisset…cavisset''
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 1.223: ''et iam finis erat. '' ‘Now all was ended.’
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDDSDS}}
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|-
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|[[Belliger]] [[accubuit]] [[calibemque]] [[sub]] [[orbe]] [[cavebat]].
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|905
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|{{Commentary|''Belliger'': Waltharius<br />''Cavebat'': transitive<br />''Orbe'': sc. ''scuti''
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 2.227: ''clipeique sub orbe teguntur.'' ‘They nestle under the circle of her shield.’
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDDDDS}}
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|-
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|[[hic2|Hic]] [[dum]] [[consurgit]], [[pariter]] [[se5|se]] [[subrigit]] [[ille3|ille]]
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|{{Meter|scansion=SSDSDS}}
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|-
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|[[Ac]] [[citius1|citius]] [[scutum]] [[trepidus]] [[sibi1|sibi]] [[praetulit]] [[atque]]
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|-
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|[[Frustra]] [[certamen]] [[renovare]] parab[[at]].  [[at]] [[illum2|illum]]
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|{{Meter|scansion=SSDDDS}}
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|[[Alpharides]] [[fixa]] [[gladio]] [[petit]] [[ocius]] [[hasta]]
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|{{Commentary|''Fixa…hasta'': he plants his spear in the ground.
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}}
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 12.130: '' defigunt tellure hastas. '' ‘They plant their spears in the earth.’ Prudentius, ''Psychomachia ''348: '' defixa cuspide sistit. '' ‘She plants the spike in the ground.’
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|[[Et]] [[mediam]] [[clipei]] [[dempsit]] [[vasto]] imp[[et]]e [[partem]],
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|910
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|{{Commentary|''Impete equiv. to impetus''. The archaic form is not in Virgil but is frequent in Lucretius.
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}}
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 10.484-485: ''vibranti cuspis medium transverberat ictu/ loricaeque moras et pectus perforat ingens. '' ‘With quivering stroke the point tears through the centre of the shield; then pierces the corslet’s barrier and the mighty breast.’ Ovid, ''Metapmorphoses ''8.359: ''certo (vasto) sic impete. . .'' ‘So with irresistable force. . .’ 3.79: ''inpete nunc vasto. . . ''“Now with a huge rush. . .’ Prudentius, ''Apotheosis'' 65: ''magno impete. . .'' ‘With mighty power. . .’
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDSSDS|elision=vasto impete}}
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|[[Hamatam]] [[resecans]] [[loricam]] [[atque]] [[ilia]] [[nudans]].
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|{{Commentary|''Hamatam'': i.e., made of chain maille
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}}
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 3.467: ''loricam consertam hamis. . .'' ‘A breastplate woven with hooks. . .’ ''Aeineid'' 1.211:'' viscera nudant.'' ‘They lay bare the flesh.’
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDSSDS|elision=lorica atque; atque ilia}}
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|-
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|[[Labitur]] [[infelix]] [[Patavrid]] [[sua1|sua]] [[viscera1|viscera]] [[cernens]]
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 5.329; ''Georgics'' 3.498: ''labitur infelix.'' ‘He falls, luckless one.’
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSDDDS}}
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|[[Silvestrique]] [[ferae]] [[corpus]], [[animam]] [[dedit]] [[Orco]].
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|{{Commentary|Chiastic arrangement.
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}}
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|{{Parallel|''Aeneid'' 10.559: ''alitibus linquere feris.'' ‘You will be left for the birds of prey.’ 2.398: ''multos Danaum demittimus Orco.'' ‘Many a Greek we send down to Orcus.’ 9.527:'' quem quisque virum demiserit Orco . ..'' ‘Whom each warrior sent down to doom.’ 9.785: ''iuvenum primos tot miserit Orco?'' ‘Shall he send down to death so many of our noblest youths?’
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDSDDS}}
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|-
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|[[hunc2|Hunc]] [[sese1|sese]] [[ulturum]] [[spondens]] [[Gerwitus]] [[adivit]],
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|{{Commentary|''Hunc'': Patavrid
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=SSSSDS|elision=sese ulturum}}
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|-
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|[[qui3|Qui]] [[forti]] [[subvectus]] [[equo]] [[supra]] [[volat]] [[omnem]]
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|915
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|{{Parallel|''Aeneid'' 8.58: ''remis. . .subvectus. . .'' ‘Impelled by your oars. . .’ ''Georgics'' 1.364: ''altam supra volat ardea nubem.'' ‘It soars aloft above the clouds.’
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|-
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|[[Stragem]], [[quae4|quae]] [[angustam]] [[concluserat]] [[obvia1|obvia]] [[callem]].
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 4.405: ''convectant calle angusto.'' ‘They carry it on a narrow track.’
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=SSSDDS|elision=quae angustam}}
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|-
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|[[Et]] [[dum]] [[bellipotens]] recidiss[[et]] [[colla]] [[iacentis]],
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|{{Commentary|''Bellipotens'': Waltharius<br />''Recidisset'': the ''i'' ought to be long.<br />''Iacentis'': Patavrid
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}}
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 11.8:'' bellipotens. . .'' ‘Lord of War. . .’
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDDSDS}}
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|-
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|[[venit1|Venit]] [[et]] [[ancipitem]] [[vibravit]] [[in]] [[ora]] [[bipennem]].
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid ''11.651: '' dextra rapit indefessa bipennem.'' ‘She snatches a stout battle axe with unwearied grasp.’ 7.525: ''ferro ancipiti decernunt.'' ‘With two-edged steel they try the issue.’
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDSDDS}}
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|[[[istius]] [[ergo]] [[modi]] [[Francis2|Francis]] [[tunc]] [[arma1|arma]] [[fuere]].)
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|{{Commentary|''Ergo'': cf. line 442 and note.
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|[[Vir]] [[celer]] [[obiecit]] [[peltam]] [[frustravit]] [[et]] [[ictum]],
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|920
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 2.443-444.: ''clipeosque ad tela sinistris/ protecti obiciunt.'' ‘With left hands they hold up protecting shields against the darts.’
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSSSDS}}
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|-
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|[[Ac]] [[retro]] [[saliens1|saliens]] [[hastam]] [[rapiebat]] [[amicam]]
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|{{Commentary|''Hastam…amicam'': put down at line 909
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDSDDS}}
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|-
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|[[Sanguineumque]] [[ulva]] [[viridi]] [[dimiserat]] [[ensem]].
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|{{Parallel|''Eclogue ''8.87: ''viridi procumbit in ulva.'' ‘She sinks down in the green sedge.’
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}}
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSDSDS|elision=sanguineumque ulva}}
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|-
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|[[hic1|Hic]] [[vero]] [[metuenda]] [[virum1|virum]] [[tum]] [[bella]] [[videres]].
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|{{Parallel|''Eclogue'' 6.27: ''tum vero. . .videres. . .'' ‘Then indeed you might see. . .’
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDDSDS}}
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|[[Sermo]] [[quidem]] [[nullus]] [[fuit]] [[inter]] [[Martia]] [[tela]]:
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|{{Parallel|Statius'', Thebaid'' 7.460: ''Martia tela. . .'' ‘Their weapons of war. . .’ ''Eclogue'' 9.12: ''tela inter Martia. . .'' ‘Amid the weapons of war. . .’
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSDSDS}}
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|[[Sic]] erat [[adverso]] [[mens]] [[horum]] intenta [[duello]].
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|925
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|{{Meter|scansion=DSSSDS|elision=horum intenta}}
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|[[is1|Is]] [[furit]], [[ut1|ut]] [[caesos]] [[mundet]] [[vindicta]] [[sodales]],
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|[[ille3|Ille]] [[studet]] [[vitam]] [[toto]] [[defendere]] [[nisu]]
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|{{Meter|scansion=SDSDDS}}
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|[[Et]], [[si]] [[fors1|fors]] [[dederit]], [[palmam]] r[[et]]inere [[triumphi]].
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|{{Parallel|''Aeneid'' 2.94: ''fors siqua tulisset. . .'' ‘If any chance should offer. . .’
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|[[hic2|Hic]] [[ferit]], [[ille3|ille]] [[cavet]], [[petit]] [[ille3|ille]], [[reflectitur]] [[iste2|iste]]:
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|{{Meter|scansion=DDDDDS}}
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|[[Ad]] [[studium]] [[fors1|fors]] [[et]] [[virtus]] [[miscentur]] [[in]] [[unum1|unum]]
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|930
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 12.714: ''fors et virtus miscentur in unum. '' ‘Chance and valour blend into one.’
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|[[longa2|Longa]] [[tamen]] [[cuspis]] [[breviori]] [[depulit]] [[hostem]]
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|[[Armatum]] [[telo]], [[girat]] [[sed1|sed]] [[et]] [[ille3|ille]] [[caballum]]
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|{{Commentary|''Telo equiv. to bipenni''
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}}
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|{{Parallel|''Aeneid'' 11.694-695.: ''Orsilochum fugiens magnumque agitata per orbem/ eludit gyro interior sequiturque sequentem. '' ‘As she flees Orsilochus and is chased in a wide circle, she foils him, wheels into an inner ring and pursues the pursuer.’
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|[[Atque]] [[fatigatum]] [[cupiebat]] [[fallere]] [[homonem]].
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|[[Iam]] [[magis]] [[atque]] [[magis]] [[irarum]] [[mole]] [[gravatus]]
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|{{Parallel|''Aeneid'' 12.239: ''iam magis atque magis. . .'' ‘Yet more and more. . .’
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|[[Waltharius]] [[clipeum]] [[Gerwiti]] [[sustulit]] [[imum]],
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|935
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 10.588-589.: ''subit oras hasta per imas/ fulgentibus clipei, tum laevum perforat inguen.'' ‘The spear comes through the lowest rim of his gleaming shield, then pierces the left groin.’ 10.730-731.: ''sternitur infelix Acron et calcibus atram/ tundit.'' ‘Down goes hapless Acron and hammers the black ground with his heels.’
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|[[Transmissoque]] [[femur]] [[penetraverat]] [[inguine]] [[ferrum1|ferrum]].
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|{{Commentary|''Transmisso equiv. to transfixo''<br />''Ferrum'': subject
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}}
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 10.588-589.: ''subit oras hasta per imas/ fulgentibus clipei, tum laevum perforat inguen.'' ‘The spear comes through the lowest rim of his gleaming shield, then pierces the left groin.’ 10.730-731.: ''sternitur infelix Acron et calcibus atram/ tundit.'' ‘Down goes hapless Acron and hammers the black ground with his heels.’
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<br />''Aeineid'' 12.924-925.: ''hasta. . .per medium stridens transit femur.'' ‘The spear, whizzing, passes right through the thigh.’
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|[[qui3|Qui]] [[post1|post]] [[terga]] [[ruens]] [[clamorem]] [[prodidit]] [[atrum]]
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|[[Exitiumque]] [[dolens]] [[pulsabat]] [[calcibus]] [[arvum]].
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|{{Parallel|''Aeineid'' 10.404: ''caedit semianimis Rutulorum calcibus arva.'' ‘In death he spurns with his heels the Rutulian fields.’ 10.849-850.: ''heu nunc misero mihi demum/ exilium (exitium) infelix. '' ‘Alas! Now at last I know, wretch that I am, the bitterness of exile.’
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|[[hunc1|Hunc]] [[etiam]] [[truncum]] [[caesa]] [[cervice1|cervice]] [[reliquit]].
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|[[idem1|Idem]] [[Wormatiae]] [[campis]] [[comes]] [[extitit]] [[ante]].
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|{{Commentary|''Idem'': Gerwitus – an elegiac conclusion.
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Revision as of 19:23, 26 August 2009

Tu clavum umbonis [[studeas]] retinere, sinistra,  Clavum umbonis: “the handle/grip of the shield”

 

 DSDDDS 
Atque ebori digitos circumfer glutine fixos! 815  Ebori equiv. to clavo, made of ivory. Locative ablative.
Glutine: “[as if] with glue”

 

 DDSSDS 
Istic ne ponas pondus, quod tanta viarum  SSSSDS 
Portasti spatia, ex Avarum nam sedibus altis!'  Aeineid 2.464-465.: altis/ sedibus. . . ‘From the lofty place. . .’

 

 SDDSDS
Elision: spatia ex 
Ille dehinc: 'invitus agis, si sponte recusas.  Invitus…sponte: a paradoxical contrast, i.e., “you’re not doing what you actually want.”

 

 DSDSDS 
[[x Solum parmam, sed equum cum virgine et auro  SSDSDS
Elision: virgine et 
Reddes: tum demum scelerum cruciamina pendes.' 820  SSDDDS 
Haec ait et notum vagina diripit ensem.  Aeineid 10.475: vaginaque cava fulgentem deripit ensem. ‘He plucks his flashing sword from its hollow scabbard.’ 12.759: notumque efflagitat ensem. ‘He clamours for the sword he knows.’

 

 DSSSDS 
Inter se variis terrarum partibus orti  Aeineid 12.707-708.: stupet ipse Latinus/ ingentis, genitos diversis partibus orbis,/ inter se coiisse viros et cernere ferro. ‘Latinus himself is amazed that these mighty men, born in different parts of the world, have met together and are deciding the outcome with the sword.’ 12.713-714.: tum crebros ensibus ictus/ congeminant. ‘Then with the sword they redouble blow on blow.’

 

 SDSSDS 
Concurrunt. stupuit Vosegus haec fulmina et ictus.  Vosegus: the landscape is personified as an observer.

 

 Aeineid 12.707-708.: stupet ipse Latinus/ ingentis, genitos diversis partibus orbis,/ inter se coiisse viros et cernere ferro. ‘Latinus himself is amazed that these mighty men, born in different parts of the world, have met together and are deciding the outcome with the sword.’ 12.713-714.: tum crebros ensibus ictus/ congeminant. ‘Then with the sword they redouble blow on blow.’

 

 SDDSDS
Elision: fulmina et 
Olli sublimes animis ac grandibus armis,  Aeneid 12.788-789.: olli sublimes armis animisque refecti,/ hic gladio fidens, hic acer et arduus hasta. . . ‘At full height, in arms and heart renewed, one trusting to his sword, the other fiercely towering with his spear. . .’ 11.291: ambo insignes praestantibus armis . ‘Both were renowned for courage, both eminent in arms.’

 

 SSDSDS 
Hic gladio fidens, hic acer et arduus hasta, 825  Aeneid 12.788-789.: olli sublimes armis animisque refecti,/ hic gladio fidens, hic acer et arduus hasta. . . ‘At full height, in arms and heart renewed, one trusting to his sword, the other fiercely towering with his spear. . .’ 11.291: ambo insignes praestantibus armis . ‘Both were renowned for courage, both eminent in arms.’

 

 DSSDDS 
Inter se multa et valida vi proelia miscent.  Aeneid 12.720: illi inter sese multa vi vulnera miscent. ‘With mighty force they deal mutual wounds.’ Georgics 3.220: illi alternantes multa vi proelia miscent. ‘In alternate onset they join battle with mighty force.’

 

 SSDSDS
Elision: multa et 
Non sic nigra sonat percussa securibus ilex,  Aeineid 6.180: sonat icta securibus ilex. ‘The ilex rings to the stroke of the axe.’ 9.381: silva fuit late dumis atque ilice nigra. ‘The forest spread wide with thickets and dark ilex.’ Eclogue 6.54: ilice sub nigra. . . ‘Under a dark ilex. . .’

 

 SDSSDS 
Ut dant tinnitus galeae clipeique resultant.  Aeineid 9.808-809.: strepit adsiduo cava tempora circum/ tinnitu galea. ‘Round his hollow temples the helmet echoes with ceaseless clash.’

 

 SSDDDS 
Mirantur Franci, quod non lassesceret heros  SSSSDS 
Waltharius, cui nulla quies spatiumve dabatur. 830  Aeineid 12.696: spatiumque dedere. ‘They gave him room.’

 

 DSDDDS 
Emicat hic impune putans iam Wormatiensis  Impune equiv. to se sine periculo facturum

 

 Aeineid 12.728-729.: emicit hic impune putans et corpore toto/ alte sublatum consurgit Turnus in ensem/ et ferit. . .at perfidus ensis/ frangitur in medioque ardentem deserit ictu. ‘Turnus springs forward, thinking it safe, he rises full height on his uplifted sword, and strikes. . .But the treacherous sword snaps, and in mid stroke fails its ardent lord.’

 

 DSDSDS 
Alte et sublato consurgit fervidus ense,  Aeineid 12.728-729.: emicit hic impune putans et corpore toto/ alte sublatum consurgit Turnus in ensem/ et ferit. . .at perfidus ensis/ frangitur in medioque ardentem deserit ictu. ‘Turnus springs forward, thinking it safe, he rises full height on his uplifted sword, and strikes. . .But the treacherous sword snaps, and in mid stroke fails its ardent lord.’

 

 SSSSDS
Elision: alte et 
Hoc ictu memorans semet finire duellum.  Memorans equiv. to ratus

 

 SDSSDS 
Providus at iuvenis ferientem cuspide adacta  Aeineid 9.431: viribus ensis adactus. . . ‘The sword, driven with force. . .’

 

 DDDSDS
Elision: cuspide adacta 
Intercepit et ignarum dimittere ferrum 835  Ignarum: Hadawart; some take it with ferrum (cf. line 1298).

 

 Aeineid 10.402: medius Rhoeteus intercipit. ‘Rhoeteus intercepts [it] midway.’

 

 SDSSDS 
Cogebat. procul in dumis resplenduit ensis.  Aeineid 12.741: fulva resplendent fragmina harena. ‘The fragments glitter on the yellow sand.’

 

 SDSSDS 
Hic ubi se gladio spoliatum vidit amico,  Aeneid 12.733-734.: fugit ocior Euro/ ut capulum ignotum dextramque aspexit inermem. ‘Swifter than the East Wind he flies, as soon as he sees an unknown hilt in his defenceless hand.’

 

 DDDSDS 
Accelerare fugam fruticesque volebat adire.  Aeneid 12.733-734.: fugit ocior Euro/ ut capulum ignotum dextramque aspexit inermem. ‘Swifter than the East Wind he flies, as soon as he sees an unknown hilt in his defenceless hand.’


Aeineid 9.378: celerare fugam in silvas. ‘They speed their flight to the wood.’  

 DDDDDS 
Alpharides fretus pedibus viridique iuventa  Alpharides: a Greek-style patronymic for Waltharius, whose father is Alphares.

 

 Aeineid 5.430: ille pedum melior motu fretusque iuventa. . . ‘The one nimbler of foot and confident in his youth. . .’ 5.295: Euryalus forma insignis viridique iuventa. . . ‘Euryalus famed for beauty and flower of youth. . .’

 

 DSDDDS 
Insequitur dicens: 'quonam fugis? accipe scutum!' 840  Quonam fugis: perhaps a light touch; cf. Ov. Met. 8.108.

 

 Aeineid 5.430: ille pedum melior motu fretusque iuventa. . . ‘The one nimbler of foot and confident in his youth. . .’ 5.295: Euryalus forma insignis viridique iuventa. . . ‘Euryalus famed for beauty and flower of youth. . .’


Aeineid 10.649: quo fugis, Aenea? thalamos ne desere pactos. ‘Where are you fleeing, Aeneas? Forsake not your plighted marriage.’ 12.359-360.: en agros et quam bello, Troiane, petisti,/ Hesperiam metire iacens. ‘See, Trojan, the fields and that Hesperia that you sought in war: lie there and measure them out!’  

 DSSDDS 
Sic ait atque hastam manibus levat ocius ambis  Aeneid 1.464: sic ait atque. . . ‘So he speaks, and. . .’

 

 DSDDDS
Elision: H-ELISION: atque hastam 
Et ferit. ille cadit, clipeus superintonat ingens.  Aeineid 9.709: clipeum super intonat ingens. ‘The huge shield thunders over him.’

 

 DDDDDS 
Nec tardat iuvenis: pede collum pressit et hasta  Hasta: ablative of means with infixerat in the next line

 

 Aeineid 12.356-357.: pede collo/ impresso dextrae mucronem extorquet et alto/ fulgentem tingit iugulo. ‘Planting his foot on his neck, he wrests the sword from his hand and dyes the glittering blade deep in his throat.’

 

 SDDSDS 
Divellens parmam telluri infixerat illum.  SSSSDS
Elision: telluri infixerat 
Ipse oculos vertens animam sufflavit in auram. 845  Aeneid 8.438: Gorgona desecto vertentem lumina collo. . . ‘The Gorgon herself, with neck severed and eyes revolving. . .’ Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.247: lumina versarunt, animam simul exhalarunt. ‘They moved their dying eyes and together they breathed their last.’

 

 DSDSDS
Elision: ipse oculos 
Sextus erat Patavrid. soror hunc germana Haganonis  Aeineid 10.810-811: Lausum increpitat Lausoque minatur: ‘quo moriture ruis maioraque viribus audes?/ fallit te incautum pietas tua.’ ‘He chides Lausus and threatens Lausus: “Where are you rushing to death, with your daring beyond your strength? Your love is betraying you into rashness.” ’

 

 DDDSDS
Elision: H-ELISION: germana Haganonis 
Protulit ad lucem. quem dum procedere vidit,  Quem: Patavrid; the subject is Hagen, watching from his hill.

 

 Aeineid 10.810-811: Lausum increpitat Lausoque minatur: ‘quo moriture ruis maioraque viribus audes?/ fallit te incautum pietas tua.’ ‘He chides Lausus and threatens Lausus: “Where are you rushing to death, with your daring beyond your strength? Your love is betraying you into rashness.” ’

 

 DSSSDS 
Vocibus et precibus conatur avunculus inde  Avunculus: cf. Tac. Germ. 20 on the importance of this familial relationship among the Germanic tribes.

 

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Flectere proclamans: 'quonam ruis? aspice mortem,  Aeineid 12.800: precibusque inflectere nostris. ‘Yield to my entreaties.’ Aeineid 10.811: quo moriture ruis? ‘Where are you rushing to death?’ Prudentius, Psychomachia 352: quo ruitis? ‘To what fate are you rushing?’

 

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Qualiter arridet! desiste! en ultima Parcae 850  Parcae: the three sisters of Classical antiquity who controlled the destiny of humans, also known as the Fates or Moirae, had a counterpart in the Germanic Norns.

 

 Aeineid 12.60: unum oro: desiste manum committere Teucris. ‘One boon I beg: forbear to join combat with the Trojans.’ 10.814-815.: extrema Lauso/ Parcae fila legunt. ‘The Fates gather up Lausus’ last threads.’

 

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Elision: desiste en 
Fila legunt. o care [[nepos1|nepos]], te mens tua fallit.  Aeineid 10.812: fallit te incautum pietas tua. ‘Your love is betraying you into rashness.’

 

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Desine! Waltharii tu denique viribus impar.'  Aeineid 12.800: desine iam tandem. ‘Cease now, I pray you.’ 10.458-459.: si qua fors adiuvet ausum/ viribus imparibus. . . ‘In the hope that chance would aid the venture of his ill-matched strength. . .’ Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.610: ego viribus inpar. . . ‘I, being ill-matched in strength. . .’ Lucan, De Bello Civili 2.607-608.: sic viribus inpar/ tradidit Hesperiam. ‘Thus he surrendered Italy to his stronger rival.’

 

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Infelix tamen ille means haec omnia sprevit,  SDDSDS 
Arsit enim venis laudem captare cupiscens.  Aeineid 12.71: ardet in arma magis. ‘He burns yet more for the fray.’

 

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Tristatusque Hagano suspiria pectore longa 855  Aeineid 1.371: suspirans imoque trahens a pectore vocem. . . ‘Sighing and drawing every word deep from his breast. . .’ Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.402-403.: suspiria duxit ab imo/ pectore. ‘She sighed deeply from the bottom of her heart.’

 

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Elision: H-ELISION: tristatusque Hagano 
Traxit et has imo fudit de [[corde]] loquelas:  Aeineid 5.842: funditque has ore loquelas. ‘He pours these accents from his lips.’

 

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[[[o]] vortex mundi, fames insatiatus habendi,  Insatiatus equiv. to insatiata, an anomaly.

 

 Prudentius, Psychomachia 478-479.: nec parcit propriis amor insatiatus habendi/ pigneribus. ‘The insatiable love of possession spares not his own dear ones.’ Hamartigenia 254-255.: sorbeat ut cumulos nummorum faucibus amplis/ gurges avaritiae, finis quam nullus habendi/ temperat. . .inde seges scelerum, radix et sola malorum. ‘The maw of greed swallows piles of money down its wide throat, since no limit of possession controls it. . .Hence comes a crop of sins and the sole root of evil.’ Epistula Ad Timotheum I 6.10: radix enim omnium malorum est cupiditas. ‘For the desire of money is the root of all evils.’

 

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Gurges avaritiae, cunctorum fibra malorum!  Fibra equiv. to radix

 

 Prudentius, Psychomachia 478-479.: nec parcit propriis amor insatiatus habendi/ pigneribus. ‘The insatiable love of possession spares not his own dear ones.’ Hamartigenia 254-255.: sorbeat ut cumulos nummorum faucibus amplis/ gurges avaritiae, finis quam nullus habendi/ temperat. . .inde seges scelerum, radix et sola malorum. ‘The maw of greed swallows piles of money down its wide throat, since no limit of possession controls it. . .Hence comes a crop of sins and the sole root of evil.’ Epistula Ad Timotheum I 6.10: radix enim omnium malorum est cupiditas. ‘For the desire of money is the root of all evils.’

 

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O utinam solum gluttires dira metallum  Dira: sc. Avaritia

 

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Hiatus: o utinam 
Divitiasque alias, homines impune remittens! 860  DDDSDS
Elision: divitiasque alias 
Sed tu nunc homines perverso numine perflans  Aeineid 7.584: contra fata deum perverso numine poscunt. ‘Despite the oracles of gods, with perverse will clamour for unholy war.’

 

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Incendis nullique suum iam sufficit. ecce  SSDSDS 
Non trepidant mortem pro lucro incurrere turpem.  DSSSDS
Elision: lucro incurrere 
Quanto plus retinent, tanto sitis ardet habendi.  Boethius, Philosophiae Consolationis 2.2.17-18.: largis potius muneribus fluens/ sitis ardescit habendi. ‘Even in those whose wealth is overflowing, the thirst for gain still burns.’ 2.5.26: fervens amor ardet habendi. ‘The hot lust for gain burns.’

 

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Externis modo vi modo furtive potiuntur 865  Retinent equiv. to habent
Tanto: sc. magis

 

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Et, quod plus renovat gemitus lacrimasque ciebit,  Aeineid 6.468: lacrimasque ciebat. ‘He stirred up tears.’

 

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Caeligenas animas Erebi fornace retrudunt.  Caeligenas: “born from heaven”

 

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Ecce ego dilectum nequeo revocare nepotem,  DSDDDS
Elision: ecce ego 
[[stimulatus Enim de te est, o saeva cupido.  Statius, Silvae 2.1.214: saeva cupido. . . ‘Fierce desire. . .’

 

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Elision: te est 
En caecus mortem properat gustare nefandam 870  Secundum Mattheum 16.28: non gustabunt mortem. ‘They will not taste death.’

 

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Et vili pro laude cupit descendere ad umbras.  Aeineid 6.404: imas Erebi descendit ad umbras. ‘He descends to the lowest shades of Erebus.’

 

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Elision: descendere ad 
Heu, mihi care nepos, quid matri, perdite, mandas?  Quid equiv. to Quae ultima verba

 

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Quis nuper ductam refovebit, care, maritam,  SSDSDS 
Cui nec, rapte spei, pueri ludicra dedisti?  Pueri: objective genitive

 

 Prudentius, Psychomachia 298: expertus pueri quid possint ludicra parvi. ‘He found what a little child’s toy can do.’

 

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Quis tibi nam furor est? unde haec dementia venit?' 875  Georgics 4.495: quis tantus furor? ‘What dreadful madness. . .?’ Aeineid 5.670: quis furor iste novus? ‘What strange madness is this?’ Prudentius, Psychomachia 351: quis furor insanas agitat caligine mentes? ‘What blinding madness is vexing your disordered minds?’ Aeineid 6.373: unde haec, o Palinure, tibi tam dira cupido? ‘Whence, Palinurus, comes this wild longing of yours?’9.601: quae vos dementia adegit? ‘What madness has driven you?’

 

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Elision: unde haec 
Sic ait et gremium lacrimis conspersit obortis,  Aeineid 4.30: sic effata sinum lacrimis implevit obortis. ‘So saying, she filled her breast with upwelling tears.’ 3.492: hos ego digrediens lacrimis adfabar obortis. ‘My tears welled up as I spoke to them my parting words.’ 6.867: tum pater Anchises lacrimis ingressus obortis. ‘Then, as his tears well up, Father Anchises begins.’

 

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Et longum 'formose, vale' singultibus edit.  Eclogue 3.79: et longum, ‘formose, vale, vale,’ inquit, Iolla. ‘She cried in halting accents, Iollas: “Farewell, farewell, my lovely!” ’

 

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Waltharius, licet alonge, socium fore maestum  Alonge: cf. note on line 480.

 

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Attendit, clamorque simul pervenit ad aures.  Aeineid 2.81: pervenit ad aures. . . ‘It has brought to your ears. . .’ 2.119: vulgi quae vox ut venit ad auris. . . ‘When this utterance came to the ears of the crowd. . .’ 9.395-396: cum clamor ad auris/ pervenit. . . ‘When a cry reaches his ears. . .’

 

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Unde incursantem sic est affatus equestrem: 880  Aeineid 6.666: quos circumfusos sic est adfata Sibylla. ‘These as they streamed round, the Sibyl thus addressed.’

 

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Elision: unde incursantem 
[[[accipe]] consilium, iuvenis clarissime, nostrum  Aeineid 1.676: nostram nunc accipe mentem. ‘Take now my thought.’

 

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Et te conservans melioribus utere fatis.  Aeineid 6.546: i decus, i, nostrum; melioribus utere fatis. ‘Go, you who are our glory, go; enjoy a happier fate!’ 1.207: vosmet rebus servate secundis. ‘Live for a happier day.’

 

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Desine, nam tua te fervens fiducia fallit!  DDSSDS 
Heroum tot cerne neces et cede duello,  Cede equiv. to discede

 

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Ne suprema videns hostes facias mihi plures.' 885  SDSDDS 
[[[quid5|Quid]] de morte mea curas,' ait ille, 'tyranne?  Aeineid 12.48-49.: quam pro me curam geris, hanc precor, optime, pro me/ deponas. ‘The care you have on my behalf, most gracious lord, on my behalf, I pray, resign.’

 

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Est modo pugnandum tibimet, non sermocinandum.'  Aeneid 12.890: non cursu, saevis certandum est comminus armis. ‘Not in a race, but hand to hand with savage weapons, must we contend.’

 

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Dixit et in verbo nodosam [[destinat]] hastam,  Aeineid 9.743-744.: dixerat. Ille rudem nodis et cortice crudo/ intorquet summis adnixus viribus hastam; excepere aurae; vulnus Saturnia Iuno/ detorsit veniens, portaeque infigitur hasta. ‘He ended; the other, striving with all his might, hurls his spear, rough with knots and unpeeled bark. The winds received it; Saturnian Juno turned aside the coming blow, and the spear lodges in the gate.’ 6.547: tantum effatus, et in verbo. . . ‘Thus much he said and, as he spoke. . .’

 

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Cuspide quam propria divertens transtulit heros.  Aeineid 9.743-744.: dixerat. Ille rudem nodis et cortice crudo/ intorquet summis adnixus viribus hastam; excepere aurae; vulnus Saturnia Iuno/ detorsit veniens, portaeque infigitur hasta. ‘He ended; the other, striving with all his might, hurls his spear, rough with knots and unpeeled bark. The winds received it; Saturnian Juno turned aside the coming blow, and the spear lodges in the gate.’ 6.547: tantum effatus, et in verbo. . . ‘Thus much he said and, as he spoke. . .’

 

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Quae subvecta choris ac viribus acta furentis 890  Choris equiv. to Cauris/Coris, i.e., ventis.

 

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In castrum venit atque pedes stetit ante puellae.  In castrum: i.e., behind Waltharius, to the open space past the cliffs where Hiltgunt, the horses, and the treasure are.

 

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Ipsa metu perculsa sonum prompsit muliebrem.  Aeineid 1.513-514.: percussus Achates/ laetitiaque metuque. . . ‘Achates, thrilled with joy and fear. . .’

 

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At postquam tenuis redit in praecordia sanguis,  Aeineid 10.452: frigidus Arcadibus coit in praecordia sanguis. ‘Cold blood gathers at the hearts of the Arcadians.’ 2.367: redit in praecordia virtus. ‘Valour returns to the hearts.’

 

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Paulum suspiciens spectat, num viveret heros.  Suspiciens: in its literal sense, unlike in e.g. line 568.

 

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Tum quoque vir fortis Francum discedere bello 895  Francum: Patavrid

 

 Aeineid 2.109: discedere bello. . . ‘To depart from the war. . .’

 

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Iussit. at ille furens gladium nudavit et ipsum  Ipsum: Waltharius

 

 Aeineid 10.474-475.: magnis emittit viribus hastam/ vaginaque cava fulgentem deripit ensem. ‘He hurls his spear with all his strength and plucks his flashing sword from its hollow scabbard.’ 9.548: ense levis nudo. . . ‘Lightly accoutred with naked sword. . .’

 

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Incurrens petiit vulnusque a vertice librat.  Vulnus equiv. to gladium, as often; cf. line 903 below.

 

 Aeineid 2.529: ardens infesto vulnere. . . ‘Eager to strike. . .’ 5.436: duro crepitant sub vulnere malae. ‘Cheeks rattle under the hard strokes.’ 9.417: aliud summa telum librabat ab aure. ‘He balances another weapon close to his ear.’ 5.444: ictum venientem a vertice. . . ‘The down-coming blow. . .’

 

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Elision: vulnusque a 
Alpharides parmam demum concusserat aptam  DSSSDS 
Et spumantis apri frendens de more tacebat.  Aeineid 1.324: spumantis apri cursum. . . ‘The track of a foaming boar. . .’ 4.158-159.: spumantemque dari pecora inter inertia votis/ optat aprum. ‘He prays that amid the timorous herds a foaming boar may be granted to his vows.’ 10.718: dentibus infrendens. . . ‘With gnashing teeth. . .’

 

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Ille ferire volens se pronior omnis ad ictum 900  Pronior: comparative for positive, as often; cf. citius, ocius below.

 

 Aeineid 5.147: pronique in verbera pendent. ‘They bend forward to the lash.’ 10.586: pronus pendens in verbera. . . ‘Leaning forward to the stroke. . .’

 

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Exposuit, sed Waltharius sub tegmine flexus  Aeineid 12.491-492.: se collegit in arma/ poplite subsidens. ‘He gathered himself behind his shield, sinking upon his knee.’

 

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Delituit corpusque suum contraxit, et ecce  DSDSDS 
Vulnere delusus iuvenis recidebat ineptus.  Aeineid 5.446-447.: Entellus vires in ventum effudit et. . .ad terram pondere vasto/ concidit. ‘Entellus spent his strength on air, and in his huge bulk fell to earth.’

 

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Finis erat, nisi quod genibus tellure refixis  Comments on the events of lines 900-902.
Erat…accubuit…cavebat equiv. to fuisset…accubuisset…cavisset

 

 Aeineid 1.223: et iam finis erat. ‘Now all was ended.’

 

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Belliger accubuit calibemque sub orbe cavebat. 905  Belliger: Waltharius
Cavebat: transitive
Orbe: sc. scuti

 

 Aeineid 2.227: clipeique sub orbe teguntur. ‘They nestle under the circle of her shield.’

 

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Hic dum consurgit, pariter se subrigit ille  SSDSDS 
Ac citius scutum trepidus sibi praetulit atque  DSDDDS 
Frustra certamen renovare parabat. at illum  SSDDDS 
Alpharides fixa gladio petit ocius hasta  Fixa…hasta: he plants his spear in the ground.

 

 Aeineid 12.130: defigunt tellure hastas. ‘They plant their spears in the earth.’ Prudentius, Psychomachia 348: defixa cuspide sistit. ‘She plants the spike in the ground.’

 

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Et mediam clipei dempsit vasto impete partem, 910  Impete equiv. to impetus. The archaic form is not in Virgil but is frequent in Lucretius.

 

 Aeineid 10.484-485: vibranti cuspis medium transverberat ictu/ loricaeque moras et pectus perforat ingens. ‘With quivering stroke the point tears through the centre of the shield; then pierces the corslet’s barrier and the mighty breast.’ Ovid, Metapmorphoses 8.359: certo (vasto) sic impete. . . ‘So with irresistable force. . .’ 3.79: inpete nunc vasto. . . “Now with a huge rush. . .’ Prudentius, Apotheosis 65: magno impete. . . ‘With mighty power. . .’

 

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Elision: vasto impete 
Hamatam resecans loricam atque ilia nudans.  Hamatam: i.e., made of chain maille

 

 Aeineid 3.467: loricam consertam hamis. . . ‘A breastplate woven with hooks. . .’ Aeineid 1.211: viscera nudant. ‘They lay bare the flesh.’

 

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Elision: lorica atque; atque ilia 
Labitur infelix Patavrid sua viscera cernens  Aeineid 5.329; Georgics 3.498: labitur infelix. ‘He falls, luckless one.’

 

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Silvestrique ferae corpus, animam dedit Orco.  Chiastic arrangement.

 

 Aeneid 10.559: alitibus linquere feris. ‘You will be left for the birds of prey.’ 2.398: multos Danaum demittimus Orco. ‘Many a Greek we send down to Orcus.’ 9.527: quem quisque virum demiserit Orco . .. ‘Whom each warrior sent down to doom.’ 9.785: iuvenum primos tot miserit Orco? ‘Shall he send down to death so many of our noblest youths?’

 

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Hunc sese ulturum spondens Gerwitus adivit,  Hunc: Patavrid

 

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Elision: sese ulturum 
Qui forti subvectus equo supra volat omnem 915  Aeneid 8.58: remis. . .subvectus. . . ‘Impelled by your oars. . .’ Georgics 1.364: altam supra volat ardea nubem. ‘It soars aloft above the clouds.’

 

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Stragem, quae angustam concluserat obvia callem.  Aeineid 4.405: convectant calle angusto. ‘They carry it on a narrow track.’

 

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Elision: quae angustam 
Et dum bellipotens recidisset colla iacentis,  Bellipotens: Waltharius
Recidisset: the i ought to be long.
Iacentis: Patavrid

 

 Aeineid 11.8: bellipotens. . . ‘Lord of War. . .’

 

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Venit et ancipitem vibravit in ora bipennem.  Aeineid 11.651: dextra rapit indefessa bipennem. ‘She snatches a stout battle axe with unwearied grasp.’ 7.525: ferro ancipiti decernunt. ‘With two-edged steel they try the issue.’

 

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[[[istius]] ergo modi Francis tunc arma fuere.)  Ergo: cf. line 442 and note.

 

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Vir celer obiecit peltam frustravit et ictum, 920  Aeineid 2.443-444.: clipeosque ad tela sinistris/ protecti obiciunt. ‘With left hands they hold up protecting shields against the darts.’

 

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Ac retro saliens hastam rapiebat amicam  Hastam…amicam: put down at line 909

 

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Sanguineumque ulva viridi dimiserat ensem.  Eclogue 8.87: viridi procumbit in ulva. ‘She sinks down in the green sedge.’

 

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Elision: sanguineumque ulva 
Hic vero metuenda virum tum bella videres.  Eclogue 6.27: tum vero. . .videres. . . ‘Then indeed you might see. . .’

 

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Sermo quidem nullus fuit inter Martia tela:  Statius, Thebaid 7.460: Martia tela. . . ‘Their weapons of war. . .’ Eclogue 9.12: tela inter Martia. . . ‘Amid the weapons of war. . .’

 

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Sic erat adverso mens horum intenta duello. 925  DSSSDS
Elision: horum intenta 
Is furit, ut caesos mundet vindicta sodales,  DSSSDS 
Ille studet vitam toto defendere nisu  SDSDDS 
Et, si fors dederit, palmam retinere triumphi.  Aeneid 2.94: fors siqua tulisset. . . ‘If any chance should offer. . .’

 

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Hic ferit, ille cavet, petit ille, reflectitur iste:  DDDDDS 
Ad studium fors et virtus miscentur in unum 930  Aeineid 12.714: fors et virtus miscentur in unum. ‘Chance and valour blend into one.’

 

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Longa tamen cuspis breviori depulit hostem  DSDSDS 
Armatum telo, girat sed et ille caballum  Telo equiv. to bipenni

 

 Aeneid 11.694-695.: Orsilochum fugiens magnumque agitata per orbem/ eludit gyro interior sequiturque sequentem. ‘As she flees Orsilochus and is chased in a wide circle, she foils him, wheels into an inner ring and pursues the pursuer.’

 

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Atque fatigatum cupiebat fallere homonem.  DSDSDS
Elision: fallere homonem 
Iam magis atque magis irarum mole gravatus  Aeneid 12.239: iam magis atque magis. . . ‘Yet more and more. . .’

 

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False quantities: magis 
Waltharius clipeum Gerwiti sustulit imum, 935  Aeineid 10.588-589.: subit oras hasta per imas/ fulgentibus clipei, tum laevum perforat inguen. ‘The spear comes through the lowest rim of his gleaming shield, then pierces the left groin.’ 10.730-731.: sternitur infelix Acron et calcibus atram/ tundit. ‘Down goes hapless Acron and hammers the black ground with his heels.’

 

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Transmissoque femur penetraverat inguine ferrum.  Transmisso equiv. to transfixo
Ferrum: subject

 

 Aeineid 10.588-589.: subit oras hasta per imas/ fulgentibus clipei, tum laevum perforat inguen. ‘The spear comes through the lowest rim of his gleaming shield, then pierces the left groin.’ 10.730-731.: sternitur infelix Acron et calcibus atram/ tundit. ‘Down goes hapless Acron and hammers the black ground with his heels.’


Aeineid 12.924-925.: hasta. . .per medium stridens transit femur. ‘The spear, whizzing, passes right through the thigh.’  

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Qui post terga ruens clamorem prodidit atrum  SDSSDS 
Exitiumque dolens pulsabat calcibus arvum.  Aeineid 10.404: caedit semianimis Rutulorum calcibus arva. ‘In death he spurns with his heels the Rutulian fields.’ 10.849-850.: heu nunc misero mihi demum/ exilium (exitium) infelix. ‘Alas! Now at last I know, wretch that I am, the bitterness of exile.’

 

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Hunc etiam truncum caesa cervice reliquit.  DSSSDS 
Idem Wormatiae campis comes extitit ante. 940  Idem: Gerwitus – an elegiac conclusion.

 

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  • Prologue
  • Introduction: the Huns (1–12)
  • The Huns (13–418)
    • The Franks under Gibich surrender to Attila, giving Hagen as a hostage (13–33)
    • The Burgundians under Hereric surrender to Attila, giving Hildegund as a hostage (34–74)
    • The Aquitainians under Alphere surrender to Attila, giving Walther as a hostage (75–92)
    • Experience of the hostages at Attila’s court (93–115)
    • Death of Gibich, flight of Hagen (116–122)
    • Attila’s queen Ospirin advises her husband to ensure Walther’s loyalty by arranging a marriage (123–141)
    • Walther rejects Attila’s offer of a bride (142–169)
    • Walther leads the army of the Huns to victory in battle (170–214)
    • The Escape (215–418)
      • Walther returns from battle and encounters Hildegund (215–255)
      • Walther reveals to Hildegund his plans for escaping with Attila’s treasure (256–286)
      • Walther hosts a luxurious banquet for Attila’s court; eventually all his intoxicated guests fall asleep (287–323)
      • Flight of Walther and Hildegund from Attila’s court (324–357)
      • The following day, the escape of Walther and Hildegund is discovered by Ospirin (358–379)
      • Attila is infuriated and vows revenge on Walther, but can find no one willing to dare to pursue him, even for a large reward (380–418)
  • The Single Combats (419–1061)
    • Diplomacy (419–639)
      • Flight of Walther and Hildegund to the area of Worms (419–435)
      • Gunther, King of the Franks, learns of Walther’s presence on his territory and, despite Hagen’s warnings, decides to pursue him for his treasure (436–488)
      • Walther makes his camp in a mountainous area and goes to sleep (489–512)
      • Gunther and his companions approach Walther’s camp; Hagen unsuccessfully tries to dissuade the king from attacking it (513–531)
      • Hildegund sees the Franks approaching and wakes Walther, who calms her fears and prepares for battle; he recognizes Hagen from a distance (532–571)
      • Hagen persuades Gunther to try diplomacy before using force (571–580)
      • Camalo is sent as a messenger to Walther, who offers to make Gunther a gift in return for allowing his passage (581–616)
      • Hagen counsels Gunther to accept the offer, but Gunther rejects this advice, calling him a coward. Insulted, Hagen goes off to a nearby hill (617–639)
    • Combat (640–1061)
      • 1st single combat: Camalo is sent back to Walther, who slays him (640–685)
      • 2nd single combat: Walther slays Kimo/Scaramund, Camalo’s nephew (686–719)
      • Gunther encourages his men (720–724)
      • 3rd single combat: Walther slays Werinhard, a descendant of the Trojan Pandarus (725–753)
      • 4th single combat: Walther slays the Saxon Ekivrid, after an exchange of insults (754–780)
      • 5th single combat: Walther slays Hadawart, after an exchange of insults (781–845)
      • Hagen sees his nephew Patavrid going off to fight Walther and laments the evil wreaked on mankind by greed (846–877)
      • 6th single combat: after trying to dissuade him from fighting, Walther slays Patavrid (878–913)
      • 7th single combat: Walther slays Gerwitus (914–940)
      • Gunther again encourages his men, giving Walther some time to rest (941–961)
      • 8th single combat: Walther is shorn of his hair by Randolf, whom he then slays (962–981)
      • Walther is attacked by Eleuthir/Helmnot, assisted by Trogus, Tanastus, and Gunther; he slays all but Gunther (981–1061)
  • The Final Combat (1062–1452)
    • Gunther tries to persuade Hagen to help him to defeat Waltharius; remembering his wounded honor, Hagen refuses (1062–1088)
    • Hagen changes his mind and agrees to help Gunther, but advises that they must lie low wait until Walther comes down from the mountains into open ground (1089–1129)
    • Walther decides to spend the night in the mountains. He rematches the severed heads with the bodies of his victims, prays for their souls, then sleeps (1130–1187)
    • The following day, Walther and Hildegund set out from the mountains, taking the horses and arms of the defeated warriors (1188–1207)
    • Hildegund perceives Gunther and Hagen approaching to attack; the king addresses Walther (1208–1236)
    • Walther ignores Gunther and pleads with Hagen to remember the bond of their childhood friendship; Hagen counters that Walther has already broken their faith by slaying Patavrid (1237–1279)
    • The fight begins and continues for seven hours; Gunther foolishly tries to retrieve a thrown spear from the ground near Walther and is only saved from death by Hagen’s brave intervention (1280–1345)
    • Walther challenges Hagen; he severs Gunther’s leg, but Hagen again saves the king’s life (1346–1375)
    • Hagen cuts off Walther’s right hand; Walther gouges out one of Hagen’s eyes and, cutting open his cheek, knocks out four teeth (1376–1395)
    • Having wounded each other, the warriors end the battle, drink together, and engage in a friendly exchange of humorous taunt (1396–1442)
    • The warriors return to their respective homes; Walther marries Hildegund and eventually becomes king of the Aquitainians (1443–1452)
  • Epilogue (1453–1456) 
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