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In LLPSI Cap XL Orberg Scripsit:

At pius Aeneas, quamquam amicam dolentem solari cupit, tamen iussa deorum exsequitur classemque revisit. Ibi vero Troiani studiose laborant, robur e silvis conferunt et iam de toto litore naves celsas deducunt. Novae carinae natant, socii tota ex urbe concurrunt.

I translate: But truthful Aeneas, though he wished to console his love, despite the orders of the Gods went after her and then returned to his ships... ...

Orberg LLPSI XL...

His dictis medium sermonem abrumpit et aegra ex oculis aufugit, linquens eum cunctantem et multa dicere parentem.

aegra ? Fem. Nom. Sing. ?

parentem ? nonne participium est?

With these words she stopped suddenly and tears fell from her eyes, withdrawing from him as he hesitated and with many words assented....? Not sure what 'multa dicere'...is doing...

Neque te teneo neque dicta tua refello: i, regnum Italiae per undas! Spero equidem te in mediis scopulis periturum et nomine 'Didonem' saepe vocaturum! Dabis, improbe, poenas!"

...from Orberg's CP XL: Dido is telling Aeneas to clear off and that she hopes that he and his companions drown. She finishes this with: Dabis, improbe, poenas!.... which seems out of context. I would have ended it with Daberis improbe poenas! ....You will suffer you wretch...! ...

In Orberg's LLPSI Cap XL Dido ad Aeneam: Putasne eam rem dis superis curae esse?

You think this thing to be of concern to the high Gods.

....with dis in the dative ??

In LLPSI Orberg scripsit:

Ergo ubi dolore victa mori constituit, tempus modumque ipsa secum reputat, et sororem alloquitur vultu sereno consilium celans ac spem simulans: "Inveni rationem, Anna, quae mihi reddat eum aut amore eius me solvat: sacerdos quaedam ex gente Massylorum dicit 'carminibus se mentes aegras curis exsolvere posse.' Tu in regia interiore sub divo erige rogum, et arma viri, quae in thalamo fixa reliquit, exuviasque omnes lectumque iugalem [lectus ...

In Orberg LLPSI scribitur:

Eum talia dicentem Dido aversa intuetur huc illuc volvens oculos, et sic ira accensa fatur: "Non est tibi divina parens, perfide, sed dura saxa te genuerunt tigresque ubera tibi admoverunt!

(as) he was saying these things Dido, having turned away, her eyes moving here and there, and inflamed with anger spoke: ...

Cur 'divina'? : divina (mandata)?.

You are not obeying divine orders...? It is not to you (dat) obeying divine ...

In LLPSI Orberg has Aeneas telling Dido: Desine querellis tuis...

What case is querellis in and why?? I reckon it's ablative but I have not seen it with ablative before.

Which of these recordings do you think is more accurate? or are there others that I should be looking to? (Not just of Cicero's oration, but as indicative of classical pronunciation)

First:
http://ia600300.us.archive.org/26/items ... 01_vbr.mp3


Second:
http://www.rhapsodes.fll.vt.edu/audiofiles/cicero.mp3

Regard
WT

Does anyone have a reference for how the "-que" suffix might be analyzed in a parse tree? I want to know because knowing the parse tree usually helps me internalize the grammar. I'm having trouble with "-que" because it seems illogical to place "-que", which is essentially a conjunction, one token into the second phrase.

My text books only give a basic description of "-que" and some similar usage examples. Interestingly, Wiktionary says that there ...

In Orberg LLPSI he has Dido imploring Aeneas to stay in Karthage (Orberg's marginal notes are inserted in square brackets ):

'...Ego per has lacrimas, per dextram tuam, per conubium nostrum te oro: si quid bene de te merui , aut si tibi dulce fuit quidquam meum, miserere mei et muta istam mentem!

Three questions:


1) ...si quid bene de te merui ...