"cano"
cano,-ere, cecini to sing
"Troiae"
Troia, -ae f. the city of Troy
"primus"
primus, -a, um first, as the first
"oris "
ora, orae f. shore, coast
"fato"
fatum, -i n. fate ablative: by fate
"profugus"
profugus, -a, um fugitive, refugee (adj. used as noun)
"Laviniaque"
Lavinius, -a, -um of Lavinium, Lavinian
Lavinia is supposedly the first Trojan settlement in Italy, close to
where Rome was later built, named for Lavinia, daughter of King Latinus
(king of the Latins), and wife of Aeneas.
"venit "
venio, venire, veni to come
"litora"
litus, litoris n. beech, shore
"multum"
neuter of multus, used as adverb, going with iactatus:
much thrown about
"et terris iactatus et alto"
= [thrown about] both on land and sea
terra, -ae f. land
altum, -i n. the deep sea
iacto, -are, -avi, -atum to throw
"superum"
= superorum superi, -orum the gods above
"saevae"
saevus, -a, -um cruel, fierce
"memorem"
memor, memoris mindful, remembering, unforgetting
"Iunonis"
Iuno, Iunonis f. the goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter
"ob"
prep. with acc. on account of, because of
"iram"
ira, -ae f. anger, wrath
"passus"
patior, pati, passus sum to suffer (deponent)
"conderet"
condo, -ere, -didi to found
"inferretque"
infero, inferre, intuli, inlatum to carry in, bring
"Latio"
dat. to Latium
Latium, -ii n. proper name: region around Rome
"unde"
from where, from what or which place, whence
"Latinum"
Latinus, -a, -um Latin, of Latium
genus Latinum the Latin race
"altae"
altus, -a, -um high, deep
"moenia"
moenia, -ium n. plural walls, fortification
"Romae"
Roma, -ae f. city of Rome
"Albanique patres"
Albanus, -a, -um Alban, of Alba Longa (mother city of Rome)
= and the Alban fathers
"Musa"
Musa, -ae f. muse Virgil here invokes
the Muses to aid him with his epic poem
"causas"
causa, -ae f. the reason, cause
"memora"
imp. of memoro, -are, -avi recount, relate
"quo"
abl. by what
quo numine laeso abl. abs. (or abl of cause): lit.
whereby [her] divinity having been hurt
"numine"
numen, -inis n. divine will; might, majesty, divinity,
of a deity
quo numine laeso see under quo
"laeso"
laedo, -ere, laesi, laesus to strike, hurt, injure
quo numine laeso see under quo
"quidve"
or what ? (interrogative pron.)
-ve or
"dolens"
doleo, -êre, dolui suffer, hurt
"de(or)um"
[queen] of the gods (deus, dei m.)
"volvere"
volvo, -ere, volvi to roll
"casus "
casus, casûs m. misfortune
"insignem"
insignis, -e distinguished
"pietate"
pietas, pietatis f. loyalty, devotion
ablative of quality: insignis pietate = distinguished for
loyalty
"adire"
adeo, adire, adii approach, meet
up with
"impulerit"
impello, impellere, impuli to strike, force, drive
"Tantaene"
-ne is question particle
tantus, -a, -um so great, so much
The expression is a shortened form of: Suntne tantae irae
animis caelestibus? lit. are there such great rages to heavenly
minds? = can the minds of the gods hold such anger?
"animis"
animus, -i m. mind, soul
"caelestibus"
caelestis, -e heavenly (used for 'heavenly beings',
gods)