| A | B |
| castra | 'LINE 1 - nom pl |
| Italia | 'LINE 1 - abl s |
| populum | 'LINE 1 - acc s |
| Romanum | 'LINE 1 - acc s |
| Etruriae | 'LINE 1 - gen s' |
| faucibus | 'LINE 1 - abl pl |
| collocata | 'LINE 1 - perfect passive participle with sunt at the beginning of the line; modifies castra |
| dies | 'LINE 1 - acc pl |
| singulos | 'LINE 1 - acc pl |
| hostium | 'LINE 1 - gen pl; partitive' |
| numerus | 'LINE 2 - nom s |
| eorum | 'LINE 2 - gen pl |
| ducem | 'LINE 2 - acc s |
| moenia | 'LINE 2 - acc pl |
| senatu | 'LINE 2 - abl s |
| intestinam | 'LINE 3 |
| aliquam | 'LINE 3 |
| molientem | 'LINE 3 |
| perniciem | 'LINE 3 |
| comprehendi | 'LINE 3 - present passive infinitive' |
| interfici | 'LINE 3 - present passive infinitive' |
| iussero | 'LINE 3 - future perfect active |
| te | 'LINE 3 - acc s |
| verendum erit | 'LINE 4 - passive periphrastic |
| mihi | 'LINE 4 - dative of agent with verendum erit |
| dicat | 'LINE 4 - present active subjunctive |
| boni | 'LINE 4 - nom pl |
| verendum | 'LINE 4 - gerundive in passive periphrastic' |
| potius | 'LINE 4 - with quam....rather...than' |
| crudelius | 'LINE 4 - comparative adverb' |
| serius | 'LINE 4 - comparative adverb' |
| hoc | 'LINE 4 - subject of indirect statement; neuter acc. s; factum esse is infinitive' |
| factum esse | 'LINE 4 - perfect passive infinitive in indirect statement; subject is hoc' |