Six Books of the Æneid [of Virgil.]

Virga, æ, f., a twig, rod; (iv. 242) wund.

Virgineus, a, um, adj., of a maid

en or virgin, virgin-, maiden-. Virgo, inis, f. (vireo), a virgin. Virgultum, i, n. (virguletum, virga), a bush, copse, shrubbery. Viridis, e, adj., green, verdant, fresh, blooming, hale. Viridans, antis, part. of virido, green, verdant.

Virilis, e, adj., manly, male, brave. Virtus, ūtis, f. (vir), manliness, bravery, valor, gallant deeds, prowess, virtue, excellence, merit. Vis, vis, f., strength, force, power, might; violence, injury. Viscum, i, n., the mistletoe. Viscus, ĕris, n., plu. viscera, the inward parts of an animal, the flesh, bowels, heart, (vi. 833) vitals.

Viso, ĕre, si, sum, a., intens. of

video, to examine, see, behold. Visum, i, n. (video), a vision, sight, apparition.

Visus, ûs, m. (video), a sight, view,
apparition, vision.
Vita, æ, f., life; a spirit.
Vitalis, e, adj., vital.

Vito, are, avi, atum, a., to shun, avoid.

Vitta, e, f., a fillet, band, chaplet, coronal.

Vitŭlus, i, m., a bullock, steer. Vividus, a, um, adj., lively, ardent. Vivo, ĕre, xi, ctum, n., to live, be alive, (iv. 67) be kept alive, (v. 681) poet.keep burning. Vivus, a, um, adj., alive, living, life-like, ardent.

Vix, adv., scarcely, hardly, with difficulty.

Võcifěror, āri, ātus, dep., to cry out, cry, exclaim.

Voco, are, avi, atum, a., to call,

summon, invite, invoke, call upon, name, call by name. Volatilis, e, adj. (volo), winged, flying.

Vŏlens, entis, part. of volo, wishing, willing, ready, of one's own will, gracious; often tr. adverbially. Volito, are, avi, atum, n., freq. of volo, to flit, flit about, fly about, flutter.

Volo, are, avi, atum, n., to fly, speed; volantes as subs., birds. Vŏlo, velle, volui, a., to wish, will, be willing, ordain, mean, represent, give out.

Võlucer, cris, cre, adj., flying, winged, swift, fleeting.

Võlumen, inis, n. (volvo), a roll, fold, coil, wreath. Võluntas, atis, f. (volo), will, wish, willingness, consent.

Voluptas, atis, f. (volo), pleasure, joy, delight.

Võluto, are, avi, ātum, a., intens. of volvo, to roll, whirl, send, make resound, roll back, echo; revolve, meditate upon; (iii. 607) sc. se, rolling on his knees. Volvo, ĕre, volvi, võlūtum, a., to roll, turn, roll up, toss up, roll along, roll on, unroll, revolve, meditate upon, order, ordain, undergo; pass. as middle, roll on; (vi. 581) roll in agony; (iv. 449) How down.

Vomo, ĕre, ui, ĭtum, a., to vomit,

pour forth, discharge.

Vorago, inis, f. (voro), an abyss, gulf, depth.

Voro, are, avi, ātum, a., to swallow up, devour.

Vortex, icis, m., a whirlpool, whirl, engulfing wave.

Vōtum, i, n. (part. of voveo), a vow, offering, wish, desire.

Vŏveo, ere, vōvi, vōtum, a., to vow, wish, wish for.

Vox, vocis, f., a voice; sound, note, cry; word; speech.

Vulcanus (Volcanus), i, m., god

of fire; poet., fire. Vulgo, are, avi, ātum, a., to spread abroad, make known, blaze, publish.

Vulgo, adv., everywhere, all around, here and there, commonly, generally.

Vulgus (volgus), i, n. rar. m., the multitude, people, crowd, rabble, common herd.

Vulnus (volnus), ĕris, n., a wound; stroke, blow.

Vultur (voltur), ŭris, m., a vulture. Vultus (voltus), ûs, m., the coun

tenance, visage, expression, look, face, appearance.

Xanthus, i, m., a river of the Troas, called also Scamander; (2) a river, named from the first, in Epirus; (3) a river and town in Lycia.

Zăcynthos, i, f., an island in the Ionian sea, now Zante. Zěphýrus, i, m., the west-wind; wind.

ADDENDA.

Aspersus, a, um, part. of aspergo, ĕre, rsi, rsum, besprinkled, bespattered.

Concito, are, avi, atum, a., inten

sive of concieo, to stir up, arouse, excite, raise.

Condensus, a, um, adj., crowded together, very close. Congressus, us (con-, gradior), a meeting; (v. 733) congressus meos, an interview with me. Conjungo, ĕre, nxi, nctum, a.. to join together; (v. 712) and join him to thee, willing to aid. Continuo, adv. (continuus), forthwith, immediately. Děcius, ii, m., the name of a plebeian family; especially distin

guished were the father and son, P. Decius Mus, each of whom sought and found death on the field of battle, gaining victory for Rome by devoting themselves and the army of the enemy to destruction.

Dirimo, ĕre, emi, emptum, a. (dis-, emo), to part, break off, put a stop to. Dotalis, e, adj. (dos), belonging to a dowry, dotal; (iv. 104) the

Tyrians, her dowry (to Æneas). Pinus, us and i, f., a pine-tree. Ternus, a, um, poet. sing. of num. distrib. adj. torni, triple, threefold.

METRICAL INDEX.

AFTER thoroughly learning H. 671-675 and 608-669, or A. & S. 310 and 282-309, the student will be prepared to study and enjoy the exquisite metre of Virgil. The well-known lines,

Nothing before, and | nothing be | hind, but the | sky and the | ocean,'

but shadow forth one phase of the manifold capacities of the heroic measure which Virgil employs with equal success to produce effects the most diverse.

The chief difficulties in scanning the Aeneid (which have not been already explained in the Notes) are solved in the following table. For explanation of technical terms, consult the Grammar by the aid of the Index: for elision see synaloepha; for lengthening of the syllable in the arsis, see arsis and diastole, and A. & S. 309, (1.) See also my Remarks at the end of this Index, with reference to Arsis, Hiatus (or non-elision of a vowel before another vowel), and other points worthy of notice. Synapheia is "such a connection of two consecutive verses that the first syllable of the latter verse has an influence on the final syllable of that which precedes, either by position, synaloepha, or echthlipsis."

BOOK I.

* Schiller, translated by Coleridge.

21 Six Books.

321

BOOK II.

BOOK III.

BOOK IV.

BOOK V.

261. sub | Ilio | o not elided.

826. Nisæē Spioque Thăliăque Cỹmodòcēquē. — 853. qu'ā | mīttē | bāt ŏcu | Arsis lengthened.

BOOK VI.

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