Quārta · Unit 5 · Lesson 7
Aeneid 6.847–853: tū regere imperiō
Others will make finer statues and speeches; the Roman’s arts are ruling, peace, mercy, and war on the proud.
You will be able to
- Read Aeneid 6.847–853
- Recognize the future imperative and infinitives with mementō
- Explain how this passage frames the poem’s end
New words
- parcō, parcere, pepercī, parsum to spare (with the dative)
- mōs, mōris, m. custom, way; pl. character
- populus, populī, m. people, nation
- spīrō, spīrāre to breathe