Quotes from work
Aeneid
The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It comprises 9,896 lines in dactylic hexameter. The first six of the poem's twelve books tell the story of Aeneas's wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem's second half tells of the Trojans' ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed.
“Give lilies with full hands.”
Manibus date lilia plenis.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book VI, Line 883
“Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind.”
Degeneres animos timor arguit.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book IV, Line 13
“Fear gave wings to his feet.”
Pedibus timor addidit alas.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book VIII, Line 224 (tr. C. Day Lewis)
“A greater history opens before my eyes,
A greater task awaits me.”
Major rerum mihi nascitur ordo;
Majus opus moveo.
Major rerum mihi nascitur ordo;
Majus opus moveo.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book VII, Lines 44–45 (tr. Robert Fitzgerald)
“The gods thought otherwise.”
Dis<!--Diis?--> aliter visum.
Dis aliter visum.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book II, Line 428
“The attempts to heal enflame the fever more.”
Aegrescitque medendo.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book XII, Line 46 (tr. Fagles)
“So hard and huge a task it was to found the Roman people.”
Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem!
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book I, Line 33 (tr. Robert Fitzgerald)
Following what is decreed by fate.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book I, Line 382
“Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto.”
Here and there are seen swimmers in the vast abyss.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book I, Line 118 (tr. Fairclough)
(la) Litus ama.
Source: Aeneid (29–19 BC), Book V, Line 163 (tr. Fairclough)
