| A | B |
|---|
| alliteration | victu revocant viris |
| anaphora | mirantur dona Aeneae, mirantur Iulum |
| anastrophe | te propter |
| antithesis | specie blanda, reapse repudianda = charming in appearance, in reality to be rejected |
| apostrophe | o patria |
| asyndeton | ancora de prora iacitur; stant litore puppes |
| chiasmus | Ilonea petit dextra laevaque Serestum |
| ellipsis | Aeolus haec contra (dixit) |
| euphemism | si quid ei acciderit |
| hendiadys | vi et armis = by force of arms |
| hyperbaton | per omnis te deos oro |
| hyperbole | aquae mons |
| hysteron proteron | moriamur et in media arma ruamus= let's die and rush into the midst of arms |
| irony | scilicet is superis labor est, ea cura quietos sollicitat= of course this is work for the gods, this care vexes them in their serenity! |
| litotes | pulvere sordidi= not unbecoming dust |
| metaphor | illa, Troiae et patriae communis Ernys= she the common curse of Troy and her land |
| metonymy | Ceres for grain |
| onomatopoeia | magno cum murmure montis |
| preterition | praetero quod non mansit= I pass over the fact that he did not remain |
| pleonasm | sic ore locuta est= thus she spoke with her mouth |
| polysyndeton | una Eurusque Notusque ruunt creberque procellis Africus= both the east wind and the south wind and the southwester rush forward together |
| prolepsis=anticipation | summersas obrue puppis= overwhelm the sunken ships |
| simile | qualis cerva |
| synchesis | saevae memorem iunonis iram |
| synecdoche | tectum for domus |
| tmesis | quae me cumque vocant terrae= quaecumque terrae me vocant |
| transferred epithet | velivolum mare= the sail-flying sea |
| zeugma | Danaos et laxat claustra= he looses the barriers and (sets free) the Greeks |
