| A | B |
| gravis, -is, -e | here (line 1) = passionate |
| iamdudum (adv.) | for some time now [causes a present tense Latin verb to be rendered in the present perfect in English] |
| saucius, -a, -um | wounded |
| cūra, -ae, f. | here (line 1) = love |
| vulnus, vulneris, n. | wound |
| alō, alere, aluī, al(i)tus | to nourish |
| vēna, -ae, f. | vein |
| caecus, -a, -um | blind, hidden |
| carpō, -ere, carpsī, carptus | here (line 2) = to consume |
| ignis, -is, m. | fire (of love) |
| multus, -a, -um | here (line3) = "the considerable" [the use of 'multus' here implies both the frequency of Dido's thought and the abundance of his 'virtus' and 'honos' - Austin, p. 26] |
| vir, virī, m. | hero, man |
| virtūs, virtūtis, f. | valor |
| recursō (1) [frequentative verb] | to (keep) return(ing) |
| honōs, honōris, m. | honor |
| haereō, haerēre, haesī, haesus (+ dat) | to cling to |
| īnfīxus, -a, -um | fixed, fastened |
| vultūs, vultuum, m. pl. | features |
| postera . . . Aurōra | the following dawn (i.e., the next day) |
| lūstrō (1) | to traverse |
| lampas, lampadis, f. | light |
| ūmēns (ūmentis) | dewy |
| polus, -ī, m. | sky, heaven, pole |
| dīmoveō, -ēre, -mōvī, -mōtus | to remove, to part X (acc.) from Y (abl.) |
| umbra, -ae, f. | shadow |
| cum (conj.) | when |
| ūnanimus, -a, -um | like-minded, sympathetic |
| adloquor, adloquī, adlocūtus sum | to address, speak to X (acc.) |
| male sana (line 8) | 'beside herself' [lit. badly sane = not sane] |
| quae . . . īnsomnia | what dreams/nightmares [lit. visions in sleep] |
| suspēnsus, -a, -um | troubled [lit. hung up] |
| quis (line 10) = quī | what a ... |
| succēdō, succēdere, successī, successus (+ dat.) | to come to |
| quem sēsē ōre ferēns | "how noble his appearance" [lit. 'bearing himself what in appearance/face'] |
| quam fortī (abl. of quality) | how brave |
| armus, -ī, m. | shoulder |
| equidem (adv.) | indeed, truly |
| fidēs, -eī, f. | belief, trust, faith |
| genus, generis, n. | lineage |
| dēgener (dēgeneris) [1 termination] | ignoble, base, degenerate |
| timor, timōris, m. | here (line 13) = cowardice |
| arguō, -ere, -uī, -ūtus | to prove, make clear |
| iactātus (line 14) = iactātus est | he has been tossed |
| quae bella exhausta (line 14) | what wars endured [lit. 'what drained wars'] |
| cui (line 16) = alicui | to anybody |
| vinclum, vinclī, n. (= vinculum, vinculī, n.) | bond, chain |
| sociō (1) | to ally, unite |
| iugālis, -is, -e | of wedlock |
| dēceptus, -a, -um | deceived |
| fallō, -ere, fefellī, falsus | to cheat |
| pertaedet, -ēre, pertaesum est [impersonal] | X (acc., understand 'me' in line 18) is thoroughly weary of Y (gen.) |
| thalamus, -ī, m. | bridal chamber |
| taeda, -ae, f. | bridal torch |
| huic ūnī . . . culpae(line 19) | to this one weakness/sin |
| fors(it)an | perhaps |
| potuī succumbere (line 19) | I could have yielded |
| fāta, -ōrum, n. | here (line 20) = death |
| sparsus, -a, -um | spattered |
| frāternus, -a, -um (line 21) = alternative to a subjective genitive | by my brother |
| īnflectō, -ere, -flexī, -flectus | to make X (acc.) bend/swerve |
| labō (1) | to waver, totter, vacillate |
| prius (line 24) | sooner |
| īmus, -a, -um (line 24) | the depths of |
| dehīscō, -ere | to gape open, yawn |
| abigō, -ere, -ēgī, -āctus | to drive (away) |
| fulmen, fulminis, n. | lightning bolt |
| Erebus, -ī, m. | the Underworld, Hades |
| profundus, -a, -um | deep |
| ante...quam = antequam | before |
| pudor, pudōris, m. | here (line 27) = conscience [i.e., the delicate sensibility to what is right and wrong (Austin)] |
| violō (1) | to defile |
| resolvō, resolvere, resolvī, resolūtus | to relax, loosen, undo |
| effor, effārī, effātus sum | to speak (out), say |
| obortus, -a, -um | here (line 30) = welled-up |
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