Level: C1 Advanced
Meaning of 'Pergama' in English | Latin to English
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- Dictionary Entry: Essential usages of 'Pergama'.
- Verified Footprint: 987 active tokens in this module.
- Study Commitment: Approximately 5 minutes of required focus.
- Difficulty Range: Adaptive (C1 Advanced).
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🌍 Rapiunt incensa Pergama.
🚀 Si Pergama dextra / defendi possent, etiam hac defensa fuissent.
🔥 Procedo, et parvam Trojam simulataque magnis / Pergama et arentem Xanthi cognomine rivum / agnosco, Scææque amplector limina portæ.
💡 Namque videbat uti bellantes Pergama circum / hac fugerent Graji, premeret Trojana juventus; / hac Phryges, instaret curru cristatus Achilles.
🎯 Illa sibi infestos eversa ob Pergama Teucros, / et pœnas Danaum et deserti conjugis iras / præmetuens, Trojæ et patriæ communis Erinys, / abdiderat sese atque aris invisa sedebat.
🏆 Extemplo tentanda fuga canit æquora Calchas, / nec posse Argolicis exscindi Pergama telis, / omina ni repetant Argis, numenque reducant, / quod pelago et curvis secum avexere carinis.
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Rapiunt incensa Pergama.
Si Pergama dextra / defendi possent, etiam hac defensa fuissent.
Procedo, et parvam Trojam simulataque magnis / Pergama et arentem Xanthi cognomine rivum / agnosco, Scææque amplector limina portæ.
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⚠️ Native Nuance: While "Such close had Priam's fortunes; so his days / were finished, such the bitter end he found, / now doomed by Fate with dying eyes to gaze / on Troy in flames and ruin all around, / and Pergamus laid level with the ground. / Lo, he to whom once Asia bowed the knee, / proud lord of many peoples, far-renowned, / now left to welter by the rolling sea, / a huge and headless trunk, a nameless corpse is he." directly translates to Hæc finis Priami fatorum; hic exitus illum / sorte tulit, Trojam incensam et prolapsa videntem / Pergama, tot quondam populis terrisque superbum / regnatorem Asiæ. Jacet ingens litore truncus, / avulsumque humeris caput et sine nomine corpus., locals often blend the syllables together at conversational speed.
⌨️ Interactive Hint: Press Spacebar in typing mode to quickly reveal the next letter of Templa dei saxo venerabar structa vetusto: / "Da propriam, Thymbræe, domum! Da mœnia fessis / et genus et mansuram urbem! Serva altera Trojæ / Pergama, reliquias Danaum atque immitis Achilli. / Quem sequimur, quove ire jubes, ubi ponere sedes? / Da, pater, augurium, atque animis illabere nostris!".
⌨️ Interactive Hint: Press Spacebar in typing mode to quickly reveal the next letter of Extemplo tentanda fuga canit æquora Calchas, / nec posse Argolicis exscindi Pergama telis, / omina ni repetant Argis, numenque reducant, / quod pelago et curvis secum avexere carinis..
Hæc finis Priami fatorum; hic exitus illum / sorte tulit, Trojam incensam et prolapsa videntem / Pergama, tot quondam populis terrisque superbum / regnatorem Asiæ. Jacet ingens litore truncus, / avulsumque humeris caput et sine nomine corpus.
Such close had Priam's fortunes; so his days / were finished, such the bitter end he found, / now doomed by Fate with dying eyes to gaze / on Troy in flames and ruin all around, / and Pergamus laid level with the ground. / Lo, he to whom once Asia bowed the knee, / proud lord of many peoples, far-renowned, / now left to welter by the rolling sea, / a huge and headless trunk, a nameless corpse is he.
📊 Readability Index: Flesch-Kincaid Score: 76.5 (Highly Accessible for Learners).
Munera præterea Iliacis erepta ruinis / ferre jubet, pallam signis auroque rigentem, / et circumtextum croceo velamen acantho, / ornatus Argivæ Helenæ, quos illa Mycenis, / Pergama cum peteret inconcessosque Hymenæos, / extulerat, matris Ledæ mirabile donum.
Rich presents, too, he sends for, saved of old / from Troy, a veil, whose saffron edges shone / fringed with acanthus, glorious to behold, / a broidered mantle, stiff with figures wrought in gold. / Fair Helen's ornaments, from Argos brought, / the gift of Leda, when the Trojan shore / and lawless nuptials o'er the waves she sought.
🔗 Collocation Matrix: Words frequently paired with Namque videbat uti bellantes Pergama circum / hac fugerent Graji, premeret Trojana juventus; / hac Phryges, instaret curru cristatus Achilles. include "He sees, how, fighting round the Trojan wall, / here fled the Greeks, the Trojan youth pursue, / here fled the Phrygians, and, with helmet tall, / Achilles in his chariot stormed and slew. context" and "Latin verbs".
Templa dei saxo venerabar structa vetusto: / "Da propriam, Thymbræe, domum! Da mœnia fessis / et genus et mansuram urbem! Serva altera Trojæ / Pergama, reliquias Danaum atque immitis Achilli. / Quem sequimur, quove ire jubes, ubi ponere sedes? / Da, pater, augurium, atque animis illabere nostris!"
There, in a temple built of ancient stone / I worship: "Grant, Thymbrean lord divine, / a home, a settled city of our own, / walls to the weary, and a lasting line, / to Troy another Pergamus. Incline / and harken. Save these Dardans sore-distrest, / the remnant of Achilles' wrath. Some sign / vouchsafe us, whom to follow? where to rest? / Steal into Trojan hearts, and make thy power confessed."
🗣️ Shadowing Drill: Listen to Templa dei saxo venerabar structa vetusto: / "Da propriam, Thymbræe, domum! Da mœnia fessis / et genus et mansuram urbem! Serva altera Trojæ / Pergama, reliquias Danaum atque immitis Achilli. / Quem sequimur, quove ire jubes, ubi ponere sedes? / Da, pater, augurium, atque animis illabere nostris!", wait 1 second, then repeat. Record yourself to compare the intonation.
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How do you say "They sack Troy engulfed in flames." in English?
The most natural translation is "Rapiunt incensa Pergama.".
How do you say "Could Troy be saved by mortal prowess, mine, / yea, mine had saved her." in English?
The most natural translation is "Si Pergama dextra / defendi possent, etiam hac defensa fuissent.".
How do you say "I see another but a tinier Troy, / a seeming Pergama recalls the great. / A dried-up Xanthus I salute with joy, / and clasp the portals of a Scaean gate." in English?
The most natural translation is "Procedo, et parvam Trojam simulataque magnis / Pergama et arentem Xanthi cognomine rivum / agnosco, Scææque amplector limina portæ.".
