Phrases from Unseens

ferox viribus = 'fierce in strength'

vel bello vel paci paratum = 'prepared for either war or peace'

fessus vulnere = 'tired from the wound'

fessus cursu = 'tired from running'

ira incensus = 'enflamed by anger'

discordia Romana freti = 'relying on Roman disagreement'

milites avidos certaminis = 'the soldiers eager for (literally: of) battle'

Arruns Tarquinius, filius regis = 'Arruns Tarquinus, the son of the king'

Gaius Mucius, adulescens nobilis = 'Gaius Mucius, a noble young man'

Cloelia virgo, una ex obsidibus = 'Cloelia a young woman, one of the hostages'

Faliscos, non minus nobilem civitatem = 'Falerii, a no less noble city-state'

optimos boum = 'the best of the oxen'

ducem advenarum = 'the leader of the foreigners'

filium Anchisae et Veneris = 'the son of Anchises and Venus'

nobilitatem gentis virique = 'the nobility of the people and the man'

fidem futurae amicitiae = 'the promise of future friendship'

pugnam hostium = 'the fight of the enemies'

sorore regis = 'the sister of the king'

animos iuvenum = 'the minds of the young men'

vestrum primus = 'the first of you'

mater omnium = 'the mother of all'

agmine hostium = 'the column of the enemies'

partem pontis = 'the part of the bridge'

miraculo audaciae = 'the miracle of daring'

periculum pugnae = 'the danger of the fight'

in hostium castra = 'into the camp of the enemies'

cupidine gloriae = 'the desire of glory'

iuvenes summi generis = 'young men of the highest birth'

partem periculi = 'a part of the danger'

nihil aut divinae aut humanae opis = 'nothing of either divine or human aid'

reliquum noctis = 'the remainder of the night'

testimonii loco = 'in the place of evidence'

cupido quaerendi [ad quem regnum Romanum venturum esset] = 'the desire of seeking to whom the Roman kingdom would come'

experiendi animos causa militum = 'for the sake of testing the minds of the soldiers'

condendaeque urbi locum = 'a place for founding a city' (literally: for a city to be founded)

domo profugos = 'wanderers from home'

abdito intra vestem ferro = 'a sword hidden within his clothes'

ipse nostris decoratus insignibus = 'he himself adorned with our emblems'

scriba cum rege sedens = 'the secretary sitting with the king'

novem libros ferens = 'bearing nine books'

nihil aut divinae aut humanae opis neglegens = 'neglecting nothing of either divine or human aid'

timens rogare [uter Porsenna esset] = 'fearing to ask which of the two was Porsenna'

adhortans [ut, fesso iam pedite, descendant] = 'urging to come down, with the foot-soldiers now tired'

iuvenes secum partem periculi sustinentes = 'the young men taking up a part of the danger with them'

dato tandem ad erumpendum signo = 'with the signal at last given to break out'

experiendi animos causa militum parumper moratus = 'having delayed a little while for the sake of testing the minds of the soldiers'

Galli victos Romanos apud flumen Alliam secuti = 'the Gauls, having pursued the Romans who had been defeated at the river Allia'

accepto auro [ne Capitolium obsiderent] = 'with gold received so that they would not besiege the Capitoline Hill'

eos magnis intervallis sequentes = 'them following at great intervals'

confectis imperiis patris = 'with the orders of their father completed'

iam propius progressus = 'having now advanced further'

parva parte pontis relicta = 'with a small part of the bridge remaining'

forte captus a custodibus Romanis = 'by chance captured by the Roman guards'