"refert"
refero, -ferre, -tuli, relatum
bear back:  here:  to relate, say

"aeger"
aeger, aegra, aegrum  sick

"vultu"
vultus, -us  m.  face
= with his face he ...

"simulat"
simulo, -are   to imitate, simulate

"corde"
cor, cordis  n.  heart, spirit
= in his heart ...

"premit"
premo, -ere, pressi, pressus   to repress, control

"altum dolorem"
dolor, -ris  m. grief, pain,
altus, -a, um    deep,  strong

"se accingunt"
they gird themselves
accingo, -ere, -inxi, -inctum

"praedae"
praeda, -ae f.  booty, prey
here:  dative  for the prey

"et dapibus futuris"
daps, dapis f.  feast
= and for the coming feast

"tergora"
tergus, -oris  n.  back, hide

"diripiunt"
diripio, -ere, -ui, direptum  to tear from

"costis"
costa, -ae  f.  rib, side

"viscera"
viscus, -eris n.  vitals, flesh

"nudant"
nudo, -are   lay bare, strip

"secant"
seco, -are, secui, sectum   to cut, divide

"frusta"
frustum, -i n.  piece, part

"trementia"
tremo, -ere, -ui  to tremble, quiver
= the (still) quivering pieces

"veribus"
veru, -ûs n.  spit, spike

"figunt"
figo, -ere, fixi, fixus  to fasten, pierce

"aena"
aenum, -i n. bronce (vessel, kettle)

"locant"
loco, -are   to locate, place

"ministrant flammas"
ministro, -are  to tend, serve
= they tend to the fire

"victu"
vitus, -ûs  m. food, victuals

"vires"
vis, vis f.  power, pl.: strength

"fusi"
fundo, -ere, fusi, fusus   pour out,  spread out

" herbam"
herba, -ae f. grass

"[se] implentur"
impleor, -eri   dep.  with gen.   to fill

"veteris Bacchi"
impleor takes gen. = they fill themselves with old wine
Bacchus, -i  god of wine

"pinguis"
pinguis, -e  fat, rich, fertil

"ferinae"
ferina, -ae  f. game, venison

"fames"
fames, -is  f. hunger

"epulis"
epulae, -arum f.  feast, banquet

"exempta"
eximo, -ere, -emi, -emptum  to take away, remove

"mensae"
mensa, -ae  f.  table

"remotae"
removeo, -êre, -movi, -motus  to remove

"amissos"
amitto, -ere, -missi, -missum  to loose

"requirunt"
requiro, -ere, -quisivi, -quisitum  to seek again, to deplore

"longo sermone"
sermo, -onis m. conversation, speech

"metum"
metus, -ûs  m.  fear

"dubii"
dubius, -a, um   doubtful
here: = doubt

"seu credant"
= whether they should believe
credo, -ere, credidi, creditum  to believe

"pati"
patior, pati, passus sum   to suffer, endure

"extrema"
extrema, -orum  n.  final fate, death

"nec iam"
no longer

"vocatos [socios]"
= the comrades called in their lamentations

"exaudire"
exaudio, -ire, -ivi, -itum  to hear

"praecipue"
especially

"gemit secum"
gemo, -ere, gemui, gemitus   to groan, lament

"casum"
casus, -ûs  m.  fall, death

"crudelia"
crudelis, -e   cruel, bitter

"fata"
fatum, -i  n. fate