| A | B |
| cavum conversa cuspide montem | example of alliteration and chiasmus |
| velut | introduces a simile |
| incubuere | ex. of syncopated perfect |
| Eurusque Notusque | polysyndeton |
| Eurus | East wind |
| Notus | South wind |
| Africus | South-west wind |
| fluctus | synonym for undae |
| insequitur | ex. of deponent verb |
| venti | winds |
| procella | gust of wind |
| litora | shores |
| nubes | clouds |
| caelum | sky |
| pontus | another word for mare |
| poli | another word for sky, heavens |
| refert, fatur | synonyms for ait |
| tendens | present participle _______ing |
| O terque quaterque beati | beginning of Aeneas' speech to dead war heroes |
| Danai | aka Greeks |
| Tydide | aka Diomedes, Greek hero |
| Iliaci, Teucri | aka Trojans |
| Aeacidae | aka Achilles |
| patronymic | name that comes from the father |
| chiasmus | ABBA word order |
| synchysis | ABAB word order |
| aposiopesis | sudden interruption in a sentence |
| apostrophe | addressing someone who is not there |
| polysyndeton | repetition of "and" |
| Simois | Trojan river |
| anaphora | repetition of words at beginning of phrases |
| ubi jacet Hector, ubi ingens Sarpedon, ubi tot Simois... | ex. of anaphora |
| remi | oars |
| latus | side |
| aperit | opens |
| Arae | "altars" (sandbars) |
| Orontes | Lycian leader thrown overboard |
| puppis | stern |
| ellipsis | omission of word or words |
| volvitur | ex of passive verb |
| Ilioneus, Achates, Abas, Aletes | Trojans who survived war; faithful to Aeneas |
| hiems | winter (storm) |
| Neptunus | "graviter commotus", "genitor" |
| Triton | "annixus" |
| Aeneas | eius membra frigore solvuntur |
| Hector | Aeacidae telo iacet |
| Zephyrus | west wind |
| tantane vos generis tenuit fiducia vestri | ex of synchysis |
| sensit Neptunus | begins indirect statement |
| quos ego | precedes aposiopesis |
| non simili poena | ex of litotes |
| litotes | saying the negative of something |
| dicto citius | ablative of comparison |
| Cymothoe | sea nymph |
| seditio | rebellion |
| pietate | duty |
| placat | another word for mulcet |
| caeli ruina | ex. of hyperbole |